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 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 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 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?
As it turns out, I’ve been napping a lot more than drawing over the last few days. This cold has been nasty. I am way behind on Inktober at this point, but I’m just going to pick up where I left off and keep going until I finish. It’s been nice to have everyone else’s Inktober entries to scroll through on Instagram to keep me entertained, and I’ve enjoyed cheering from sidelines. We can do it!
Inktober 6: Trek
🎶Star Trekkin’ across the universe
Boldly going forward ’cause we can’t find reverse🎶
My contribution to the collection of Star Trek references for this prompt.
A cold has put me behind, but I’m drawing in between long naps.
Inktober 4: Exotic
My knowledge of physics is about as complicated as a model atom made out of wire and painted balls of styrofoam. But when my husband suggested “exotic matter” for this prompt, I became curious. A bit of reading led me to the term “gluon,” and the discovery that physicists can become rather whimsical when they name things.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing!
Inktober 3: Boots
What else lives in your boots, besides your feet? If you’re not careful, before long, it may start painting cave art down inside the toes. And if your boots reach the point of hosting an industrial revolution, you may as well just give up and get a new pair….
Lab Mice 