While Bones and Sawyer continue thier adventures I’d like to recount an adventure that happened to me this week. On Monday last week I began to feel a bit of a headache. Having suffered from migraines for most of my life I just chowed down on some paracetamol and kept working. It wasn’t until late in the day when I realised I was having trouble focusing and that my headache had escalated to a migraine. By 11 that night I was having a little chuck over the toilet bowl and usually that’s how my migraines end. However come Tuesday it was the same again but the pain and eventual throwing up was twice as bad. Wednesday was even more migraine fun so that I finally went to the doctor. It was after discribing the blurred vision that my doctor panicked and told me I may have had a stroke. So off to the Emergency ward at the hospital I headed. 3 hours later I was finally told I hadn’t had a stroke but I WAS staring at screens too much.

That’s a problem for me as not only is my job all about looking at screens this comic is done digitally. Additionally I just got given a PS3 and without my help Batman may never get out of Arkham. But vomiting IS a larger problem so I’ve decided I’m going to try and work a bit less over the next few weeks and give my eyes a break. If that means the comic is late I do apologise. I love Sawbones and want to keep doing it as long as I can.

-Trev

This arc is drawn by the talented Andrew Fulton who is currently travelling with Jen across the grand old United States (actually about now he’ll be in Toronto for TCAF). Andrew’s comic Mumblier is sometimes NSFW, sometimes strange but always beautiful and delightful. Jen and I are huge fans of both his comic and his resplendant beard. Sadly he’s not such a great mario cart player but we still love him.

Today is free comic book day. It’s a day when you can pop into your local comic shop and get more than 40 books designed especially for the day FREE! But it’s more than that. It’s an opportunity to discover comics, find your local store. Engage with comics. For the industry it’s about getting new readers. Comic buying is steadily decreasing even though there has never been a better time for comics as far as the quality of the writing and art. So please give titles you’d not usually read a look, if you see a comic a friend’s kid might like pick it up for them, get them reading!

For my part I’ll be supporting FCBD by doing sketches at All Star Comics in Melbourne between 2-3pm along with 17 other great comic creators. Here is the full list. Hope to see you there.

Sawbones began 5 years ago as Sawyer and Bones appeared as background players of a bunnified version of Poe’s the Raven.

Recently I realised that that story wasn’t on the site and went looking for it. Turns out i don’t actually have a copy on any of my computers. Technology moves so fast i’ve been through 4 of them in that time. So I used my moderate google-fu skills and found it online. Apparently nothing dies on the interwebs.

Anyway reading through the story I was struck by two things.

1. Jen’s storytelling was just as delightful 5 years ago. Reading the story with so much water under the bridge was like reading it for the first time and I loved the turns of phrase and way she balanced the horror tone with the comedic twist.

2. There was no way I could bear putting that art up online now. I don’t know a single artist who doesn’t cringe at old work and i’m no different. So over the last few weeks I’ve redrawn the comic. Tightening it up a little and adding a little more mood. I’m sure in another 5 years I’ll hate this too but it’s a start.

I do however want to aknowledge how this started so as this story progesses there’ll be a link at the bottom of the comic where you can look at the original version.

I hope you enjoy this.