My sketchbook says I first had the idea for this on January 4 2025. There’s no poem there, just the title and a bunch of feelings I wanted to get across.
Then of course there’s a bunch of way too complicated armour designs, which is funny to look back on given the generic Castle Lego-ass designs that I went with.
The idea sat there for around 6 months before I did anything about it. For once I’m glad I waited.
I think I didn’t go ahead with the comic in January because it was too complicated, mirroring my pretty complicated feelings on the topic. Over time it boiled down to something more simple and effective.
I also added the child on the last page, because I guess that’s just how I finish every comic these days.
It’s coming up on two years since I started these poetry comics. That has to be a record for me for doing any project consistently (cough), despite having a kid during that time.
Without trying to jinx it, I feel like my enthusiasm for these comics is growing rather than waning, because they are versatile enough for me to put any feeling I want into rhyme and then into panels.
I’ve wanted to make comics for a long time and I would be lying if I said that these were the kinds of comics I dreamed of making. But they are definitely the kind of comics I can make right now, so I think I just might.