So it's been a while. Almost. Half a year, which is weird that the time has gotten away from me, but as you know, real life has a tendency to get away from you. And that is exactly what happened to me.
The real path of artwork is always defined by life. And no matter how you try to insulate yourself from the outside world (and I thought I was doing a pretty good job at doing that), wrong.
Oh, so wrong.
The culmination of physically moving from one living location to another has always been a daunting task, especially after being able to relax and open up the “Museum of Al, a collection of oddities”. Packing it all up and reducing the living space by about 3/4.
I will say that I am fortunate to have the friends (family) that I have. All very supportive and willing to help out. And for that I am blessed.
But outside chaotic forces were being placed into play - like a chessboard match. And my workplace was one such area. More can be read here https://portlandtribune.com/2026/05/05/explosive-attack-at-multnomah-athletic-club-followed-years-of-warnings-court-records-show/
It also brings up memories from a little over a decade earlier, the Clackamas Town Center Shooting in 2012.
A lot of emotional turmoil has been dealt with, and if a third time arises, I'm out. No appoligees are going to be given. I'm done.
Not because of the fear of loss of life, the stress that comes with it.
Third time is a strike, and I'm out.
So that has taken so much of the concentration away from doing artwork; nothing has been made or is ready to show.
That is, until recently. And for all the silliness of AI-generated content, I found a group being posted on TikTok absolutely awesome.
Page 7, of Sun King. 7”x10” pencil with edits. Who doesn’t like lizard people?
So I took the short 15-second video and turned it into a comic-book-illustrated story. 9 pages. But it was enough to break the funk that I had been in for the last couple of months. And for that, I am absolutely thankful.
But what now?
Inking and page formatting. It's been years since I did an ashcan addition, I think it's time.
I will be looking into a new printer for the work. And that should be really interesting and fun.