Buyer's Remorse?


Spleck is coming whether I'm ready for it or not. And the smart money is I am not ready for it, but I bought a portfolio replete with black paper in each folder and I need to make use of it otherwise I've wasted money that I don't have.

 What's Spleck? I am so glad that you asked, not that you did, but let's pretend that you did.

 Spleck is a comic strip that has been trying to cross the distance between my head and the anxiously waiting public.

 I am less than two years into my journey as an artist and know that my ability to do sequential art is weak to say the least.

 But here I am, set to to release this thing that maybe I shouldn't.

 Are you at all interested in Spleck? Only time will tell, but regardless of reply, I am going to run with it through the length of this first portfolio, which has 24 slots in it that allows for 48 pages so I'll be Splecking for awhile.

 If I had the wherewithal, I would hire a sequentialist to draw Spleck ,which would make it better for certain sure. Now that doesn't mean there won't come a day in the life of this comic strip that I won't be able to afford a good sequentialist, but based on my history, it won't be anytime soon.

 Now yesterday's expenditure was only 14.55$, which included the buying of three eraseable pencil crayons of suitable brightness for the black paper as I am loath to remove all that black paper and replace it with white paper which would leave me with more options but be a hassle I don't need.

But every dollar adds up and money's tight.

 Still, now that I've forced myself to make a go of it to justify the expenditure, let me make the best of it.

 If nothing else, it should make for something for you, my adoring public, which is a truth that I can dream of it being to laugh at, with appreciation for my efforts.

 Right?

 Maybe?

 No? 

 Oh well.

 Time will tell what comes of this, because time tells all.

 Charles Petrie

Date
07-04-2019

Time
Untimed, Second Quarter

Word Count
0364

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