In the second month of daily diary comic making in 2024, I already felt the stress of invalidation from posting on social media. The diary comics gave me a creative way to talk about these feelings and in return resolve to return my attention to the main reason for doing these. For myself, my wife and those few people who appreciate staying linked in my life. Otherwise, why would I expect anyone to read this?
So I was free to experiment with style and themes, format and narrative. At this point, I didn’t have a scanner and the extra time needed to clean up camera photos was an additional annoyance telling me, “Give it up, why bother”.
Glad I kept it quiet for a little while longer.
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