"Numbness" Thursday - January 25th, 2007

For those of you who like the drama portion of the webcomic get ready. It seems as if Dave and Jules have just opened up their relationship to the public. You and I know that this will have consequences. Will I be evil and hold off on those? Maybe. Poor Joe though. He was about to open up to Key and then this happens. You and I know these are the things that derail courage. Will I be evil and prevent Joe from rebuilding the mood and spilling his heart? Maybe.

Hopefully this entire comic did not come out too dark. I am weary of using dark backgrounds in my comic, but I think this warranted it. I mean when does the slow dance at a high school dance NOT cause those welling emotions and crazy moments? I am very pleased with the last panel. It might have needed a little tweaking, but what you see minus all the colors and cgi is what I drew pretty much right from the rough sketch. Maybe that's my unconscious telling me that love is something that still excites the senses.

It's a step I suppose. Every time I've been single, even the time after my ex had cheated on me, I was still a sucker for sappy love stories and romantic songs. After my most recent break up, there's nothing but numbness. Every time I think about a romantic moment I just feel a numbness. I can sense something there I think. I just don't have a need or want for it. I don't feel bad about it nor do I want others to feel bad for me. the sick thing is I want that feeling not for real, but just to be a fuel for my art. Artists will know what I'm talking about. You get the crazy romantic feeling twisting up your insides and you start drawing or writing, or making music and BANG!! Something magical happens. I wish I could at least get that back.

Anyway enough real drama because that's the last thing you guys need. Everyone has drama in their life and no one ever needs more. However I hope you enjoyed today's comic and the one's the come will be just as good. There's a chance I might be unavailable this weekend so I might throw up a filler on Monday and have the real comic on Thursday again. Sorry about that folks.