Angie M. ([info]spikecomix) wrote,
@ 2009-06-25 21:15:00
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Current mood: depressed
Entry tags:art

Ooooooooohkay.
I think I've finally hit a creative brick wall. I can't make anything work this week.

It's obvious to me that the problem is a combination of burnout, stress, and just generally being weary of where I am. I miss my life in Vancouver.

Sooooooooooo here are two comics that suck.

Sorry.



First is the double that I've been working on since Monday. I've had this one in my head for a really long time, it just finally came up in the queue. As I was drawing it, though, I was just not liking the negativity. I also don't like the fact that it could seriously backfire with my parents being like "well F U then". I DO want a wedding. I would very much regret not having one. I just know how much stress and effort is between me and "the.day" and I feel the clock ticking down SO FAST.

Last panel needs way more work, obviously.

To be honest the only part I really LIKE anymore (and the part that I really wanted to draw in the fist place) is my dad rolling around in a pile of money.



Next is a comic that I started just tonight in an effort to get something FINISHED, and it totally failed the Trevor-test, so, yeah I'm just done.



It's about the children that live upstairs.



I'm going on Vacation next week. A vacation I very clearly need. Trevor and I are going to drive around down roads chosen at random and ride our bikes down dangerous things. Hopefully by the time I get back I'll have a semi-functional brain again.




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[info]tinfoil5
2009-06-26 05:01 am UTC (link)
I liked the first one, but I can totally see why you wouldn't want to do it.
The second one is okay...you'd really have to live in a situation like that to get it.
You should just do a big ol' picture of your dad rolling around in the pile of money.
Have fun on your vacation!

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[info]pattmyn
2009-06-26 07:20 am UTC (link)
I think the first one is pretty dope but I can understand the potential hell it might bring from the family.

Have to admit that the second one goes right over my head. I get the idea, but I can't quite relate to it thus the humor factor is sort of lost.

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[info]eponymousarchon
2009-06-26 07:32 am UTC (link)
Hope you enjoy the vacation, enjoy the rest!

for what it's worth, I think the first cartoon was just fine (last panel was perhaps redundant, but you're the damn creator, not me) I can get the humour because I've been there as a married. I suspect that the sentiment is a universal for people who've been through that. and the father rolling in the cash is another one I can chuckle at - we've always said that my father-in-law would have been happier if we eloped. ;)

Second one? There's a great idea in there, but then again, it's the kind of conversation I'd have in similar circumstances, so perhaps I'm biased.


Anyway - regardless of all that, have a damn fine break.

Enjoy!

-- George

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[info]psychousagi
2009-06-26 11:42 am UTC (link)
Ha! Me and my hubb actually made plans to go to a Justice of the Peace, but made the mistake of telling the parents who swiftly put a stomping foot down on said plans. We ended up compromising by saying: "We don't want a big-deal wedding, but if you want one, YOU'LL have to plan it." and they cheerfully did!

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[info]cut3kr1z
2009-06-26 03:16 pm UTC (link)
Ahahaha....

Ditto with the wedding crap.

Also ditto with the murdering children. They're screaming all the time here.

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(Anonymous)
2009-06-26 10:02 pm UTC (link)
Lol if u made the last panel a Close up of your dad with moms in the backgroung still yelling. u would have what happened after I eloped.

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[info]jdalton
2009-06-27 04:57 am UTC (link)
I'll bet they're both salvageable, with some minor rewrites. But go take your vacation- too much comics and no fun make comicker go craaaaazy.

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[info]jdalton
2009-06-27 04:58 am UTC (link)
Oh wait most comicker ARE craaaazy.

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[info]japanese_cowboy
2009-06-27 05:08 am UTC (link)
No no, comic number two is awesome!

But taking vacations is good, have fun!

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[info]taipa
2009-06-28 06:38 am UTC (link)
I honestly think they are both hilarious, but I've both planned a wedding and lived in an apartment building (though I don't think either are required to get the humour). I can certainly understand not wanting to insult the parents by putting up the first one, though. It's still funny, but I can understand it. ^_~

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(Anonymous)
2009-06-28 11:58 am UTC (link)
The first one was extremely funny, in my opinion. :P

And the second one, I totally understood and found humorous too, but it can be biased because I hate kids. So the whole "murder them faster" is just LOL worthy within itself to me.

have fun on your break, honey bunch.

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[info]boogybunny
2009-06-30 02:42 pm UTC (link)
Agreed, the first one is really good, but I can totally understand a creative slump making everything seem fudgy.

Also: Hi! Wandered on here from Wasted Talent (I really enjoy your work though I'm generally not a manga fan) and lo! U has a LJ blog too. Which is awesome. So I clickied the friend button.
Hope you enjoy your vacation. :)

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[info]fruitbane
2009-07-03 02:12 pm UTC (link)
I love the second one. I think it's awesome. Don't let these peeps get ya down.

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[info]mawthekiller
2009-07-06 01:11 pm UTC (link)
This is a triumph, but maybe I am overstating
my satisfaction.

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[info]spookster_z
2009-08-31 03:32 am UTC (link)
Both are hilarious, the second one especially!! XD

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