Somehow this whole bit seemed funnier in my head than how it came out. Sigh. Isn’t that always the case? Anyway, we are drawing to a close on the sequential strip, maybe Monday and Tuesday to close things out…we’ll see. I hope you’ve all enjoyed it, I’ve been a little frustrated that the comments have been kind of less for this arc, but feedback has been positive, so maybe we’ll do one again sometime soon.
As for the real world, anyone on here who knows where I work in Manhattan (very few of you I’m sure) – I did not die in this crane collapse on 91st Street and First Avenue (the exact street I work on and about half a block away from my office building). It’s making work kind of impossible and I’m the only one in the office (and they’ve closed the street since I got through this morning so I may be the only one here all day), but all my people, and it appears all our sister office’s people are accounted for, so we’re all quite lucky actually.
What a start to the weekend.
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Good to hear/see you are safe!
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Thanks Paul. It is craziness. The Mayor gave his press speech literally outside my building…we took pictures from our fifth floor window…so bizarre.
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I see Kelly’s Taxi Cab Confessions are still making the rounds.
Interesting work though, cabbies are cool people to write about.
And hes right, you need money to get married. Not just to take care of the other person, but to take care of yourself. Its a partnership, no codependancy. Well maybe it is a little of both. Does emotional codependancy and financial partnership work for the rest of the married folk here?
Signed,
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Ha. Taxicab confessions. I didn’t even think of that, but you’re totally right.
Obvs you need money to get married, but let’s face it, marriage has become this giant thing where you need tens of thousands of dollars to make it happen, but the reality is that a license and a date at the courthouse is like 50 bucks. We’ve all fallen prey to the American consumerism machine when it comes to weddings. just like with everything else (and despite my mini soap box I’m sure I would as well).
as for partnership v. codependency. oh what a loaded question that is. i’ll pass
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PS to Mike: I’ve got a little present here waiting to be mailed to your new bundle of joy…she’ll probaby be about 25 before I get to it…hope that’s okay
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Wow, did you hear the crane collapse? Or did it happen before/after work?
I like your comic arc. You get some interesting discussions in cabs. One time a guy was driving me to the airport and he gave me an entire breakdown of the U.S. dollar and why it’s collapsing but also why, in reality, we’ll be strong economically for a long time to come because every other major country’s currency in the world is backed up by the dollar. I’m too lazy to check his facts, and he could’ve been totally making it up, but he seemed on top of it.
How do you get your comic lettering so nice? Mine’s kind of all over the place — click on my name link to see my comics to understand what I’m saying. Do you just have naturally good handwriting or is there a method to comic lettering I can find online?
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Madrugada: I was at home (about five blocks from the crane) when it collapsed. I did not hear it, or see it fall, fortunately. And by the time I got ready for work and walked over it was even more chaos-y.
Wow. That US Dollar cab ride sounds like a doozy. I have gotten into some bizarre ones as well, that I wouldn’t even know how to layout as a comic, including one my boyfriend and I experienced that was basically like a political lesson of the past 15 years. Crazy stuff, but the guy was pretty smart, and as far as I could tell he had all his facts right – so your dollar guy could have been on too.
As for the lettering, I have pretty nice handwriting naturally, but I mostly don’t use a lettering guide because I’m lazy. I should use a guide and then all the letters could be beautiful and perfect
But alas, laziness. There might be tricks and techniques to be found online, but the best thing I’ve ever used for lettering is just to go to any basic art supply store and get an Ames Lettering Guide (mine is made by Staedtler). It’s hard to explain how to use it online, but it should come with some basic instructions, and if you spend a half hour practicing with it, you’ll see what it can do. It’s not like tracing letters, but it will force you to line all your lettering up and to space it correctly – which is more than half the battle.
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That $50 or so bucks for the marriage LICENSE is to cover the shipping and handling on your ball and chain. Tah-dah-cha!
Actually, the fam might be making a trip up to NYC sometime soon. Or you can just mail it. Whichever.
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