This comic is true. (Well, except that I ever stayed up at night trying to draw a spooky thing). Occasionally I get the impulse to try and draw something scary. I have a hard time saying where exactly the impulse comes from; it may just be because it’s entirely unlike what I usually draw. But the thing is, just like in real life, if I ever actually scared anybody I’d feel terrible. I have played one Scary Prank in my memory and I apologized almost immediately afterward.

This is a bunny trail, because you’re possibly curious about what that one prank was — when I worked at the theatre, I went upstairs to the projection area to get something while the shows were running. Those projectors were old and noisy, and with all five on you really couldn’t hear much outside of your immediate vicinity. Steve was cleaning one of them and didn’t notice me up there, so I walked closer to him, pointed and made a face like Donald Sutherland at the end of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Then I waited a few seconds for him to stand up, turn, and see me standing there. It startled him pretty badly, but even though he laughed about it right away I still felt bad and really had to question why I did it in the first place.

So…Interesting Times won’t be turning into a horror comic any time soon, is what I’m trying to say. [June 12, 2012]