I find myself editing much more ruthlessly and plotting even more carefully for issue three than I did before. If I maybe missed something in issue one or two, I had plenty more pages to make up for it later. But now, if I drop something and have to casually throw in some vital piece of information in issue four, I’ll end up doing that kind of borderline-retcon action that makes me so crazy when other artists and writers do it.

You know why they do it, though? Because sometimes, despite your best efforts, it’s really hard to avoid. Especially if you’ve been releasing parts of a work bit by bit, rather than a single, complete work.

I’m not complaining – actually, I find this fun – but it’s surprising to see how my focus changes without any conscious effort on my part.

This is just what I was hoping for, when I decided to start one longer work. I’m happy. I’m hoping to start thumbnailing this week. That’s the other happy realization: I miss drawing this project. Being too mired in the words for too long makes me start getting antsy.

(That said, after this comic full of cubicles and desks and office buildings and other havens of the right angle, I think my next work will be about a bunch of jellyfish visiting a bubble farm.)