Inktober 15: Guidebook
A librarian can guide you to the right book…even to the right guidebook, if you are taking a trip. And also, possibly find that book that you can’t remember anything about, but want to read again.
The bookcases are wonky–I am sorry. If you are particularly bothered by that sort of thing, maybe look at only one side of the comic at a time?
Inktober 14: Roam
“You’re getting warmer…no, colder…still colder…freezing cold…ice cold…you’re in the Arctic…!”
Remember the hot and cold game as a kid? I play it a lot with misplaced objects.
Inktober 13: Horizon
A rare peek behind-the-scenes into the making of a Lab Mice comic! Who do you think builds that fourth wall in the first place?
Happy Halloween!
This was last year’s final Inktober drawing. Inktober 2024 may be officially coming to an end, but I’ll be continuing to post for the prompts I haven’t completed yet. So look for more Inktober comics!
To everyone who is posting their final drawing today: Congratulations! You made it! …And now you have a pen permanently welded to your fingers!
Inktober 12: Remote
We’ve stumbled upon a remote civilization….
Inktober 11: Snacks
This Inktober’s art history parody is based on God Speed by Edmund Leighton, 1900.
“Snack” was a prompt two years ago, so I decided to go with something snack-adjacent. There’s nothing more annoying than getting to the battlefield and discovering you’ve forgotten your packed lunch back at the castle.
The Inktober challenge ends in two days, but I’m going to keep going until I finish the list. I must admit that I’ve lacked enthusiasm about the prompts this year–a feeling that I know is shared by many other Inktober artists–and it’s made me more reluctant to put my limited energy into the challenge. But now that I’ve begun, I don’t want to leave it unfinished. If I post three cartoons a week, for the remaining prompts, I should be finished by mid-December.
For all the artists who’ve made it this far–the finish line is just ahead!
(Image source: Wikipedia)
Inktober 9: Sun
I am one of those people who burns after about five minutes in the sun, so this is not a far exaggeration of what I look like outdoors during the summer.
Inktober 8: Hike
This Inktober is a hike.
I didn’t have a particularly good idea for this prompt, so I let current circumstances provide inspiration. When you’re sick, getting out of bed feels like going on a hike.
My last Inktober comic was a kind of a hit-and-run post, because for the next few days afterward, I took a lot more naps. This virus is not letting go without a fight, but I’m slowly winning. In any case, since I am fifteen whole days behind on Inktober, I guess I won’t have to think of much to post between the end of October and Christmas.
Inktober 7: Passport
Aaaaand we’re back!
I didn’t exactly help myself out by having a six-panel comic planned for the next prompt, but since I wasn’t really up to doing even a simple comic while sick–might as well do what I wanted!
I’ve never actually been given a hard time at passport control coming back into the U.S., but I always have a feeling that the officers are letting me in only because they can’t find a reason not to. And then I imagine what an unhinged citizenship pop quiz would be like….
Anyone have a crazy travel story about crossing international borders?
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