All right, I laid out 8 pages! Honestly I’m a little nervous about the response from the class, but as long as it’s something more constructive than “start over, you hack!” I’ll be happy.

Actually, I can also blame pesky presidential debates for my slow progress, but I’m expected to have a thumbnail version of my entire comic book by tomorrow night, and I’ve done one page. Guess who’ll be pulling an all-nighter, UCLA-style! On the plus side, at Utrecht art store I found these useful comic book layout drawing pads.

Hey, sometimes you gotta write before you can draw. I’ve been toying with varying ideas with the same theme, but I think it’s finally starting to come into focus.

Couldn’t sleep, so I caught up with an old friend.

In my improv class it’s rare to hear a recited joke, but one of my classmates felt it was relevant to the conversation: Why did the elephant paint his toenails? Because he was hiding in the rose bushes. Cue 10 minutes of banter about elephants and toenails. Improv is a lot of fun.