Every Once In A While
I wish this were my “grand return” but it isn’t. I’m now in my mid 40s and I’m running a small business and comics don’t make up a whole lot of my time because I don’t have a lot of it. I also had a bunch of irritating experiences in the past few years – some of them downright lousy – which soured me on a lot of the comics world. Some weren’t even directly comics related but just happened at the same time, and therefore are associated with the time in my life when I was making comics more actively, and so are all rolled up with it and color my whole experience; some were more direct, but fuck it, it’s over with and I’m not going back there. Either way, suffice it to say that I decided that I’m getting too far on in my life to bother with things that irritate or upset me for no tangible return. And although I am probably being unfair to a lot of people, I’m under no obligation to be fair to people who haven’t been fair to me. What does it mean for 6-Commando? I don’t know yet. Not a great answer but there it is.
But that’s enough outta “Grumpy Mr. Average.” Happy Mr. Average still does find time to draw, just not a whole lot of it. And the above is just something that came to mind recently when talking with a longtime comics collaborator of mine. What is it? It’s Fuxtr Xeed and Syberious Bimb. And who are they? Hell if I know. But it just goes to show you that I do still draw once in a while.
Obligations to yourself come well before obligations to strangers, and continuing a free webcomic isn’t even an obligation. It’s a shame, but seems fair to me. Glad you’ve said something about it, though, deciding to drop it and not commenting isn’t a good way to do it.
Thank you for saying so. I hasten to add that the people who read, and continue to read, 6-Commando are not one of the things that irritate me. It’s just not in a place where I can do it and although the comic itself remains something I plan and want to come back to I just haven’t figure out how to do that yet. Maybe just getting past that little roadblock above here is part of it – maybe. But either way the support helps a lot. So, thank you!
*Waves* Whattup!!
Good to see something from you! (we haven’t chatted in forever TBH, but I’m sure that’s because you’re busier than a one-legged man in a butt kicking contest.)
No time for toxic people – I get that…
I hope all is well for you otherwise! Feel free to grace me with your pms!
Right on, D, nice to hear from you! Yeah, they don’t let me out much!
This is the way.
You better know it!