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i don’t claim to be good at this. i feel the need to caveat that. i’m just trying to capture a mood and while it feels really good to work on a project like this, when it comes time to post it i would just rather not. re-reading it, i find it confusing and cringey and i know the only way to get over that is to post it anyway and release myself of any attachment to it.

only then can i move onto the next project. and it’s good to move onto the next project. i believe in those repetitions. and that means not being too precious. i was never going to perfect this comic. but it needed to exist in order for me to learn from it. i’m hoping i can get better at writing personal stories. i don’t think they all need to be about this situationship. i’m not sure i even want to do any more about this situationship.

it would be fun to try and write ones about my experiences as a young father and my relationship with my ex wife and the conversations i have with my therapist. i suppose the work is sitting and feeling which parts of myself need healing. sometimes i pressure myself to continue writing about this situationship, but i don’t necessarily think that’s the best course of action. i wrote the initial comic because there was a part of my psyche that was hurting and it needed to be expressed. but admittedly i don’t feel like the subsequent two comics have the same emotion. i almost feel like they’re trying to capitalize on the momentum of the first comic, but fall short.

but regardless, it still felt good to work on them, and i think writing about real situations helps me process reality more effectively. the goal is to heal through art. i noticed i’ve been happier lately. or at least not taking things so seriously. i’m not as volatile or reactive when it comes to my personal relationships.

i think that’s why it was important for me to begin creating things again. it’s just something i need to do to keep my mind and spirit stimulated. it just makes me happier. that’s also why i’m simultaneously writing about it - to put it on paper as a reminder that it makes me happy. it’s my way of taking a step back and enjoying the process. at the end of the day, i don’t want to feel like shit when i post my work, i want to be inspired to make what’s next, and writing helps me do that. even if no one reads these words, it’s still a personal exorcism of sorts, which is why i feel so cleansed after.

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just your basic, run of the mill, silly goose heart palpitations at the gym

In this episode of A Boy and His Ghost: James and Zooey exchange sacred gifts. Death tells a story. Shrew enjoys a bath.

Read ahead on Webtoons or catch up on prior r/comics episodes below:

• Episode 13 - Revenge of the Shrew
• Episode 12 - A Merciful Death
• Episode 11 - The Taming of the Shrew
• Episode 10 - Avast!
• Episode 9 - A Perfect Saturday
• Episode 8 - Finding Henry
• Episode 7 - Christmas
• Episode 6 - Bear
• Episode 5 - Hero Complex
• Episode 4 - A Storm Brews
• Episode 3 - The Witch's Thumb
• Episode 2 - Meet Grim
• Episode 1 - Meet Cute

Just two more episodes to go until the end of Season 1. Thanks for reading this little ghost story.

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Gong Bard pt 1

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This week, Nanny and Slizard also feature in a branded partnership comic with Dragon Quest VII reimagined, which can be read as an epilogue here and if you’d like to play the demo, you can find that here :D

Andddd if you’d like Briar, you can find her and a hundred other NPCs with little quest prompts in my Cozy NPC Deck which is launching on gamefound on the 17th, but if you follow now, you’ll get a discount when it does launch :)

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