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Snowy Ridge

“Ho-ho–oh no!”

Santa has to be an expert at balance beam one day every year.

This is a prompt from Inktober 2024. I never finished due to getting sick right in the middle of Inktober, so I’m finally re-visiting them. Although it’s a bit ahead of where I left off, this one seemed appropriate for Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas!

Inktober 15: Guidebook

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?

Jack O’Campfire

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

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 4: Exotic

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 2: Discover

Inktober 2: Discover

I was so resistant at first to using a wheelchair when out and about to help my POTS and RA symptoms. It felt awkward, it felt conspicuous, it felt like giving in and giving up. And I couldn’t even use it for very long without help, because wheeling myself around caused my arthritis to flare. Shaun was the one who finally helped me over the last mental hurdle when he told me, “I don’t care if I have to help push you, I just want to do things with you!”

So I stopped resisting. And I discovered that using a wheelchair when I need it opens up so many opportunities that would be out of my reach otherwise. I can sit through a concert in comfort, tour museums, go on “walks” (or rolls) in the park. I bought a wheelchair specifically made for going over rough surfaces, so Shaun and I can explore more gravel and dirt walking trails together. It basically has bike tires for wheels, and Shaun is always game to see what it can handle.

Adventure is out there!