Category: lemons into lemonade

a haiku tribute to Pluto

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I really like “What Are We Voting On” guy in panel 2. Here is this person who saw some people about to vote on a thing with cards, so he sidles into the lineup, because who doesn’t like voting with big cards? Moments later he realizes that there might a serious issue at stake, but he doesn’t want to distract the others with questions. So, he takes the time to write out an entire sentence on his card rather than potentially vote the wrong way.

Is he a hero for spoiling his own ballot in order to help facilitate the democratic process for others? Answering that question is an exercise I leave to you, dear reader. [June 2, 2011]

the town only has one hill, but it works

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For various reasons it is sometimes extremely difficult to come with a new idea when I sit down to write a comic. Since I have almost never had any kind of backlog of work, I have done almost every comic on the day and as such my mental state is subject to the various pressures and goings-on of that day. And some days it just doesn’t seem possible to write something good.

At those times I have the debate that I’ve never really managed to definitively solve in the years since I started Interesting Times; is it better to post nothing at all than to post something I know will be lackluster? More often than not I try to write SOMETHING, partly because I don’t want to fall out of the habit and partly because I have learned that I really can’t predict which comics are going to really resonate with people. [May 22, 2011]

has he thoughts within his head

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Of course there is a strong temptation to go back and somehow either redo or hide old work that I feel is not up to my current standard (this is known in some circles as “pulling a Lucas”). This comic in particular is one I have wanted to re-draw for a long time. And actually it isn’t even that I think it doesn’t look good, because despite everything I’m really happy with it. It’s because I like it that I want to try and do it even better.

The main thing that stands in my way is my own laziness; some days (not many, but they are there) I can barely muster a brand new comic; never mind spending time on re-drawing old ones. So it stays. [May 22, 2011]