Day in the Life of an Idiot

 One of my "assignments" from the Domestika course was to make a short comic about myself to introduce myself to the instructor. I am not super into writing about myself? I kind of hate drawing myself?  So, I have written about VOID CAT.


Image: First page of my silly comic about Void Cat.  The text reads:  (top left) "mew." (top right): "Void cat is only ears, eyes, and... shadow"(center) The ADVENTURES of... VOID CAT. (bottom right): "VOID CAT aka 'Willow' is polydactyl; she has six toes on both feet! Makes catching toys fun."

So far, there is no actual story, which is particularly hilarious since 'story' is normally my strong suit. However, I have just been filling panels with various bits of information and random art.


Image: page two of my extremely silly comic about a cat.  Text reads (top left panel) "Willow lives with two other cats, Buttercup..." (top right panel) "Plus an extremely elderly cat named Miss Piggy. a little scary. 20+"  (middle panel) "Also there are humans?? Cat feeders! We love the cat feeders!" (bottom right panel): VOID CAT blends in SHADOW.

I am clearly in this to amuse myself.  

Plus I've had this blank comic book around for ages.


Image: blank comic book (apparently along with a copy of today's New York Times so that you can know that it is still alive as of today.)

I impulse bought myself this blank comic book several years ago under the illusion that it "would be fun" to make a visual diary of my life. I did start something, but I found the work of drawing myself doing things kind of overwhelming. I'm OK at drawing people, at least to my own mind, but I find all the trappings of life--chairs, rooms with perspective, beds, cars, etc. TOO MUCH.  Cats are easier. I think I will stick to the story of VOID CAT.  

Speaking of cats, I just ripped through the most adorable anime ever: With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun (犬と猫どっちも飼ってると毎日たのしい, Inu to Neko Docchimo Katteru to Mainichi Tanoshii by Hidekichi Matsumoto.  The anime is insanely short, I feel like it can only be 10-15 minutes for two short episodes, because I watched the entire first season while washing the dishes which, at most, takes me an hour. But, I mean, here also is a mangka who has made a living writing about their cat and dog.  I'm sure that this comic book will bring me equal fame and fortune, no??

Actually, I am going to hunt up the manga for this because I want to be able to review it for my manga blog. The thing I found the most amusing about the anime, however, was a completely random detail: the cat's voice actor had the deepest damn voice, ever. It was a hilarious counterpoint to the happy, child-like voice of the doggo. So, I mean, no stereotypes of cats were harmed in the making of this anime, alas, but it did add a new dimension to the whole "cats are evil and grumpy" thing, because dude's voice sounded like Satan, Himself.

Otherwise, my life continues apace. Mason is spending today writing an essay for his Shakespeare class. Shawn is grumpily making more masks (she enjoys sewing, but making masks depresses her). I've been writing to pen pals--fun fact! DeJoy has finally slowed down mail for me, I am ONLY JUST NOW receiving CHRISTMAS CARDS from my pen pals in Europe. I KID YOU NOT.

So that sucks.

But, anyway, I should figure out what's for dinner.  I shall leave you with my favorite panel of my goofy comic.


Image: cartoon image of cat staring out a window. Cat is just a silhouette.