[[A muscular man, BRANTFORD, stands admiring himself in an ornate standing mirror, wearing only shorts. He has a tank-top tan line. A woman, THESSALY, is wearing a robe.]]
THESSALY: There's so many things we THINK about that we'll never take the chance to DO
THESSALY: Things that we do the same way every time for no reason other than habit. Why not TRY to do things in different ways? SEE what surprising things we learn?
[[THESSALY removes her robe behind a frosted panel.]]
THESSALY: Even if it's not "BETTER". Even if just to keep our senses from getting dulled. To remind ourselves that habit is a choice like any other.
[[THESSALY views herself nude in the mirror, admiring an elaborate tiger-stripe tan/sunburn pattern that covers her body.]]
BRANTFORD: And how do you feel about your choice to execute the experimental sunblock pattern known as "THE TIGER"?
THESSALY: I feel like a lot of useful lessons were learned, although I'm not sure I could list any
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it's not that I really wanted to do it, I just wanted to HAVE done it, and you kinda have to go through the muddy water in between
The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
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