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number 50!!

50th post of my blog.. haha.. dunno why i'm here bloggin when prelims are like next week.. but since i'm here, i'll do a short post..

Well, one of the occupations that i really have respect for are the comic strip illustrators.. thus the comic strip segment of my blog on the left. I really admire them as they have to think of a new strip for everydya of they year, meaning at least 365 comics.. and furthermore, there are the Sunday comics which are longer than the usual dailies that consist of 3-4 frames, while Sunday comics are usually at least 5 panels or juz one gigantic one.. the prospect of having to think of something new everyday is really daunting.. We all have trouble juz thinking of the same stuff everyday what more make life more complicated by thinking of a new issue to not only talk about but address through drawings?

Sadly, like most other things, good things come to an end. For example, Bill Amend now only draws Sunday comics for Foxtrot which is like one of the all-time best comics (at least for me). So although the characters in the comic strips do not grow old as the years go by, the creator of these comics do and this is undeniable. Imagine a life without the fun and colour of comic strips (although dailies are black and white) which are able to make you laugh or think of an issue that was raised in it. It makes you think bout stuff u dun normally think about and even allows you to relate to the characters (most of the time).. many other comics are relatively new like Pearls Before Swine which addresses daily questions and brings out the humour in everyday mundane occurances.

All in all, i feel that comics are an integral part of our (or my) lives and i so want to be a comic illustrator (since i already have a comic character named after me AND YES I came first) but sadly, my drawing skills just cannot make it :( owellz, i'll leave it up to the professionals for now :)

posted by slagoon @ 20:42