Comments on: inkdick: january 28 2009 this is your life

By: VivRae

VivRae — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:53:12 +0000

As i was staring at your desk in the comic it finally dawned on me why it looked so familiar, I’m sitting at the exact same desk as you right now.

By: L. Nichols

L. Nichols — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:37:19 +0000

I find it really bizarre to look back through my more autobio comics. It’s like “whoa, past me is talking! I totally remember that!” Even when they’re not autobio, I still usually remember what I was doing/what was going on when I drew it. It’s like a time capsule!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:56:21 +0000

I get a weird feeling looking at strips from a few weeks or months ago. I forget that I drew them so I have a kid of objective look at them for a few seconds. It encourages me to go on as i love having them as a record of what I was doing and thinking.

By: Mooshe

Mooshe — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:05:59 +0000

PRANAS! I MISS ROCKET TONIC.

By: Joey Weiser

Joey Weiser — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:10:43 +0000

I spent a lot of time staring in awe at an original Rancor figure in the comic shop that I went to as a kid. I wasn’t even that into Star Wars, but it looked really cool and was like $150 or something…what more do you need??

By: Isaac

Isaac — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:09:26 +0000

What kind of blows my mind about looking back through the old strips is how your drawing / design style has subtly evolved. I mean, part of me still feels like your newest strips look exactly like the first couple of rocket tonic strips, but directly comparing the two, that’s clearly not the case. It’s some Penny Arcade shit.

I think one of the coolest things about daily strips is that over a long period of time, those stylistic changes that we never really notice become really clear, and you can even kind of nail them down to specific dates.

By: pranas t. naujokaitis

pranas t. naujokaitis — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:00:36 +0000

Damn, you guys are correct and you are all NERDS for getting it right! But in a good way.

Brett and Talcott, my fellow journal comicers, you guys both get it! The life of a journal comicer is a weird one but someone has to do it.

Good eye, Joey. What I have is the Battle Rancor. http://www.rebelscum.com/tacBPrancorTFU.asp What’s cooler than a Rancor? A Rancor with fucking WAR PAINT!

By: Joey Weiser

Joey Weiser — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:52:24 +0000

This isn’t what you asked, but… is that the giant Star Wars monster on your desk?

By: talcotts

talcotts — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:27:29 +0000

I do sometimes feel weird looking back at my old comics, although that has as much to do with the way my style is evolving than the experiences in the comics. I think that it’s a little different for me because most of my comics are about memories that have been floating around in my head for years, but when I look at them I get a rush of memories of where I was when I made the comics.

What I really find interesting is that once I’ve made a comic of something, suddenly that memory has been frozen. It may still shift and change in my mind, but there’s a public record of how I remembered a moment that can’t drift the way memories usually do.

I think that’s a big part of what fascinates me about journal/memoir comics.

By: buffalobelle

buffalobelle — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:17:40 +0000

PS. Go Steelers. If you want a Primanti Bros Sandwich, I’m sure Amy can make one, the recipe is on http://projects.washingtonpost.com/recipes/2009/01/28/primanti-bros-sandwiches.