So, my brother came and reclaimed his tablet PC. Well that was fine, I guess, as it was a finicky piece of hardware and generally falling apart. Also it was his and I suppose I didn’t have much say in the matter. However it left me in an awkward spot with respect to my comic — what was I supposed to draw on now?

I knew I didn’t want to quit, so I selected a USB drawing tablet and elected to carry on. I have no idea what kind of research I did. Probably very little. I’m sure I’d heard Wacom was a good brand. Anyway, what’s a little funny is that I seem to be under the impression that nothing would really change in terms of the artwork, but in hindsight switching to the tablet is what really began the evolutionary shift to the way my drawings look today.

I don’t think I could have moved forward on that tablet PC. It’s anyone’s guess if I would even be doing the comic today if I’d have had to keep dealing with that thing. [May 4, 2011]