Ninja and Pirate

So yesterday I was working on my comic all day long. A huge amount of praise and thanks to my mother and father-in-law for taking dinner off of my hands (I usually cook dinner and it takes about one to three hours out of my schedule) and my kids for being really good most of the day keeping to themselves. The only problem was- I couldn’t finish. I was having a really bad art day and despite trying for twelve hours straight I could not push through it. It was incredibly emotional and I almost gave up several times.

Eventually I came to the conclusion there was no way I could finish it that day. So I decided to start over. Make a different comic. And the one I wrote, the only one that would fit into the story, was an emotional two-pager. I COULD finish that one tonight but I would have to stay up until 530 the next day. I didn’t do anything with my kids today, and they were so good keeping to themselves and letting me work. They didn’t deserve two days of no dad just because I couldn’t push through  my art block and my negative emotions. So for what feels like the first time in my personal history, I am putting the comic aside for a week instead of pushing myself to finish. I am putting my mental health first.

But, I have a responsibility to provide what few fans I have with content. So, here is a comic I made for my portfolio recently. It is just a short little story, but I feel like I can’t just not post something for everybody. You don’t deserve to go without just because I decided not to kill myself to push through. So here is this neat little macabre story. I’ll make this up to you by making that two pager next week. And the one after that has some seriously intense art. I was working on that non stop today and I was only able to complete one character in one panel. So rather than straining myself to finish a goal I made myself, I am going to put that aside and give you this instead. I hope you can forgive me for trying to take care of myself. I’ll make it up to you.