I posted this strip to my Patreon on December 20th, but like this strip indicates, real life problems like illness distracted me from posting this cartoon to this website. How fitting. Although the date for this post is 12/20 to reflect the cartoon’s production schedule, the post itself actually went live on 12/29.
The autobio part of this strip pops up again. I couldn’t really avoid it, because not drawing Fetch for nearly a month between the last week of November and first few weeks of December was on my mind the whole time. My physical and mental exhaustion due to work, illness, and other competing demands took over the creative parts of my mind that would usually transform ethnic cleansing into something hilarious. Okay I’m sort of joking. I was also struggling to deal with current events (and not just in Gaza) beyond outrage or disgust. Part of that struggle was finding the time and energy, the downtime and quiet space, to synthesize ideas and facts and analysis into a cartoon.
The next couple of weeks will be holidays and birthdays, so the next couple of cartoons will be short and hopefully funny. I am going to try to transition the strip back to the Otherworldly Goods story and finish it up. After that? Maybe more Fetch. Reviving Wanderlost with a few stories I have been working on in the back of my mind and on my Google drive for a few years. Or maybe something completely different. I have a bunch of other ideas I’ve fleshed out that I want to get to.
If only the rest of my life were less demanding. Sorry to come off woe is me. I have a good life and much less stressful than like dodging IDF bombs or Portland cops. And I’m happy for the most part. I need to set aside some time to prioritize my future creative output and try to balance it better with my personal life. No problem!
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