Well, I know there are a lot of Black & White fans out there, so I decided to do this one up in a classic inking style.  Heavy lines and “when in doubt, black it out” for the rest.  Even snuck in some gray tones like the old newspaper strips use to do.  Believe it or not, it took me as long to do this as it does to just ink and colors.  I spent more time thinking where to put the shadows and such, so it ate up some time, but well worth the effort in my book.  There are no short-cuts in cartooning, so I’m just gonna bite the bullet and do what I want.

Did you ever have one of those weekends? Sure, we all do.  I’ve been dealing with various “stuff” in my life and have learned not to play the “victim” and feel sorry for myself.  It is what it is and move along.  You can still complain, but I try not to let it get to me.  This weekend was a bit different.  I am pushing myself a bit to hard and have a lot on my plate.  I actually kinda enjoy it, but the mental and physical states aren’t what they use to be.  Just ask my aching back and you’ll know I’m not 25 any more.

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So, I will look at this past weekend like this, at least I was able to get the pencils done.  Trust me, the rest of the weekend sucked. And to top it off, GrooveShark.com, where I get the songs for each post, updated their site and the export widget thingy was a tad FUBAR’d… thus a perfect ending for a “perfect” weekend!

Song and a completed comic as things straighten themselves out in the Universe.

Okay, the song’s here now. Last week I mentioned Paul Rodgers and Bad Company.  This week is my favorite song from Free, the first band I know of that had Paul Rodgers in it.  This song, “Wishing Well”  is really grungy and I love it.  It kicked off side one of their last studio album “Heartbreaker” from 1973.   I guess it’s an anti-drug song, or simply a story about one of the band’s mates that had a drug habit of some kind.  I don’t know, I just like the music.  Words don’t mean that much to me (as I duck the flying debris from all the song writers out there). Rock on.

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