Sunday, March 16, 2008

A Refusal to Compromise

I'm pissed off.

Every day I find myself fighting to get motivated into drawing the very comic that I want desperately to finish, and when I actually manage to post something, I piss and moan incessantly about how it's not up to my standards. I spend hours awake at night thinking how to resolve this. Do I go back to pencils? Do I post rough drafts and finish them as I move along? How can I avoid the mistakes I've made time and time again?

Well, thinking about it isn't good enough. I need to bleed on to something before I can put some fire back in my veins. I need practice. I need space. Let me have my fun, give me my freedom, lend me some time. I'll be putting out a few one-shots, turning my entire process upside-down and inside-out. I'll be examining a number of different styles and stories. I'll be finding out what works and what doesn't. And when I've grown sufficiently, I'll give these characters and events, over whom I have toiled for years to design, their proper treatment.

This is not a cancellation. This is not a reboot. This is the first step. I will post one more time, exactly fifteen days from now. Yes, on April first, but know my resolve when I say that this is no joke. Then, I'll post here for the last time, but I won't be going anywhere. Thank you for your time, and your patience, but for now I'll simply say as always, "Expect it later."

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