A Zen Tale - Page 2

Here is page 2 of "I Bring Nothing", which is an adaptation of a traditional Zen story.  At this time, I don't know how long this story will be, but I'll continue to post pages as I finish them.  Thank you for your patience.

This page was quite a challenge to put together.  Halfway through, I had to change direction with the "coloring" of the page.  Overall, I'm pleased with the result.  I hope you are too!

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A Zen Tale - Page 1

This is something I've wanted to do for a very long time.  This is an experiment in many ways.  It's the longest piece I've attempted to date, I'm trying new ways of producing the pages and I haven't settled on one method yet, so I'm a little apprehensive. 

I've been using Manga Studio and have started to explore tones.  They look great on the screen, but don't always print the way they look on my monitor.  I tried printing grays in Manga Studio, but again, they didn't print well.  I may switch to coloring in Photoshop, which will set me back a bit. 

This is a Zen Story I call "I Bring Nothing".  I hope you enjoy it. 

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When do I get mine?

I've been working on a longer piece, which I hope to start sharing soon, when this conversation happened.  

At first I didn't think it was a "comic", but as I wrote about that day in my journal, it hit me, "Oh I need to make this into a comic!"  So, I did.  This is a related to last week's comic, "Righteous Anger". 

I'm a little concerned that it might be too much of "inside joke".  I hope you enjoy it. 

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Righteous Anger!

This was a conversation I recently had at work with a co-worker.  I love these kinds of conversations in the kitchen.  (Click image to see full size)

The Kindle

My girlfriend is the best, as you can see by this week's comic!

There's more to this story, which I may or may not do later.

I'm such a child!

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The Stove

Yep, this really happened.  (More than once).  I may do a second part to this to explain the "more than once" comment, but then you might realize how stupid I really am.  Ah, life is interesting. 

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What to say?

I drew this comic four years ago, shortly after my stepmother passed away.  She died suddenly from cancer (four months).  I went back home for the funeral.

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