Return of the Thing

Weird thing about creating art as a continuous project... it can so easily be derailed.

Our house was robbed a few months back. They took my computer and my video game consoles, among other things. It's difficult to produce a comic strip about video games when you can't play games, nor can I digitize my artwork. Plus, all of the strips would have ended bitterly, either with violent bludgeoning of villains or sad depression of heroes. That doesn't exactly fit the mold of what my comic is about.

But, weeks have passed. Paranoia and resentment for the world have died down. Computing and gaming set-ups have been re-established. Scores of games await to be played. I just lack the motivation.

I still need to overcome the frustration of a steeper drive to creation. Over 500 hours of games saves are gone, so those games I never got around to finishing... yup, I'll have to trudge through the same levels once again. My scanner is not compatible with my new computer, so until I can afford a new one I will be dealing with an all-in-one printer-scanner with far less quality. And I am soooooo far behind on my comic I may just scrap old story plans and pick up where I would should have been today.

This blog post stands as a reminder to myself, a commitment to get back to work on something I love to do. I'll try not to delete it and pretend it didn't happen.