July 6th, 2021
6 Jul 2021 · page 1067 of 1306
Gonna start updating every other Friday again now, starting this friday! So 3 updates every two weeks, basically- that's about where I'm at right now! Crawling back up to schedule :)
Cast: Patience Rattaker, Verity Cunningham
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Those pesky bosses, always phoning at the most inconvenient times and demanding more work to be done...
Hang on for a sec, I gotta take that call
Don't you hate it when a call interrupts your flirting?
Vee is gonna Have Words with someone over this.
And {thank you Tamora Pierce} i'd be willing to lay money that they won't be "Goddess bless"...
Doesn’t the helmsman know not to talk on the phone while he’s driving?
More updates yay
Thank you so much for more updates!
But please, don't overdo it. At least half the comic artists I'm following are coping with hand/spine problems. So, take care of yourself - and my compliments for an almost cinematic fight!
thank you! i'm lucky in that my problems haven't been physical, so that's been a blessing, at least.
good artist generally knows how to avoid those problems, wannabe ones dont (of about 100 or so different comis I read, artist never has had hand/spine problems caused by overworks; rather when they have take hiatuses its family problem, mental problem, money problem or physical injury due accident(car/bike/ski/etc))
it's actually extremely easy to work yourself into physical problems- i know of at least three friends who use wrist braces these days. and please don't suggest that someone can be "good enough" to avoid these things, overwork/burnout is completely insidious in how it creeps up on you and comments like that contribute to the notion that "it won't happen to me, i am a professional" which is exactly what sent me into a very precarious situation that i am only just recovering from now.
This. It's a little like the idea that software developers or pianists can avoid carpal tunnel syndrome by 'learning how better form'. It's just not true: if you spend ten hours a day using a keyboard, you're going to develop some level of inflammation in the distal portion of your wrist. It's unavoidable.
Yes, you can reduce the damage by isolating your wrists from your fingers while you're typing, particularly if you long fingers, but the truth is, if you make it to 60 without being crippled, you're lucky, not good.
Howard Tayler is basically the poster child for consistent comic updates and is also really open about his health (both physical and mental), and he talked often about the structuring he did to his life to avoid serious injury from his profession.
Ah, so Pryce's gadget on the last page was a shipboard intercom system, not something for finding the Anchor!
So I was partly right with my secretary joke
"daaaad just lemme have my fun"
I love how swoopy Verity's skirt is here!
Yes, I like how she has swoopy waves and Patience is all straight lines!
I'm looking through my stash right now, because I think I need to wear this dress.
Aw, Verity made a new friend!
The flirting continues.
Poor Patience, she's been boss-blocked!
I wonder if Price uses those things all of the time to annoy his employees with silly things like 'has anyone seen my suspenders' and 'guys do you want to read my fanfiction about the fourth anchor' as well as the classic 'can someone come bribe the police, I'm in jail for kidnapping.'
Take all the time you need with future updates.
Just when it was getting interesting too... Well back to plot I suppose!
To quote a page of Phil Foglio's "Girl Genius,"
"Oh, wow. Who won?"
"Too soon to tell, sir. Fight delayed on account of science."
KEHEHEHEHEHE! :-D
Also, don't you hate it when there's a phone PA system call for you while you're in the middle of enjoying a good fight!?
Isn't it awful when you are in the middle of something important and attention demanding, like a fight, and then someone says you have a call and it's the one person you cannot ignore.
That sucks.
If I was that sailor I would be nervous too. Yay more updates! especially as it gets harder and harder to wait!! don't work too hard though. :3
Nobody likes a third wheel pal