Starting Tuesday November 3rd Lovesickcomic.com will feature a new strip every Tuesday and Friday. So hang tight! The strip is coming.

If you are not embarrassed by your first strip then you waited too long to show it. This is the first strip I drew for Love Sick. Don’t let it get you down. I think I started this way to remind myself of the overall tone of the strip I wanted to create – a stoic melancholy happiness of sorts. Anyway, I promise most of what you will see in future strips is not quite this dark. This strip was not included in the Comic Strip Superstar Contest. The next upcoming strip was however…

What mysterious chains of events are they that bring us together? It is unknown. But there are those that we are undeniably driven towards. Looks like that is just the case with these two – or with Birdie anyway. Let’s see where this goes…

When I was young, my grandfather seemed to know everything. I would ask him, “How do you know that?” Apparently, he had a little birdie with whom he was a close friend. I never saw this old friend of his but I imagine he looked quite a bit like Birdie here. Oh, and that girl, that’s Jenni…

One of the goals I have each time I sit down to draw a Love Sick strip is to do something interesting with the frames. You’ll notice that characters are often braking the frames and I tend to think of the frames as an active character in each strip. Here, the frames serve as the voice of the narrator telling us that there is obviously something between these two. Next comic – a scooter!

Well, you’ve met all the major players in this comic thing – now the action really starts. (If not start here.) Don’t forget you can subscribe to comic posts. And to those that are already are on the list, THANK YOU! If you like it, please continue to spread the word by using that nifty “Share” tab just above this text to the right. It helps a lot. And oh, if you like scooters check this out too. Till next time…

Sometimes words are not enough…

Is it ironic that I’m a little late with this post? Along with the holiday season our day to day lives are filled to the brim. I’m sure I am not the only one feeling the pressure right now. I hope your day goes a bit better than Birdie’s does today. And if it doesn’t, I hope you have the courage to sing about it anyway – I’m going to.

Banzai was a term applied during World War II by the Allied forces to human wave attacks mounted by infantry forces of the Imperial Japanese Army. The term literally means “jade shards”. On the other hand Bonsai, as we can see in this fine, fine comic literally means “tree in pot”. No matter the size, big or small, a tree in a pot is a bonsai and patience is always involved. There is your bit of etymology for today.

This is the first strip in a new story arc. It should get us through to the next year – 2010. In it, we can look forward to some great fun and learn about another side to our buddy Sam. Oh, and we’ll get our first glance at Samuel Clemens. If you would like to go back and read the first arc go here. In the meanwhile, thanks for reading Love Sick and if you know anyone else who might like the strip please let them know. I really, really appreciate it.

Sometimes we just make the best use of what is available to us. Honestly though, thats when we are at our most creative.

Be sure to come back to the website tomorrow. Check the blog to see a guest strip I have drawn for another webcomic. Details to come in the morning!

Ever hauled a two ton stack of your favorite books to sell only to have the buyer turn down all your best reads? This is insulting! What is wrong with these people? Don’t they read? Don’t they know Sam needs a Guitar?!!

Ever do things just to test yourself? Just to see how far you’ll take it? It is like a little game we play with ourselves and we win the moment we come back you our senses.

For you scooter types, notice the name plate on that scooter. This is the first time you can clearly identify the type of scooter Sam rides. It is a Wasp. Not a Vespa – a Wasp. Keep an eye out for this logo. You are going to see it again...