First confession: How I ended up in Japan. For the record, I haven't been here ten years straight; it's just been ten years since my first stay. Also, I have found a purpose for being here, but that's a topic for another confession.

Can't believe it's been almost ten years...

So there you have it; the first in a newly re-booted Sketchpad Confessional, an experiment in journal-style sketchbook comics. Things I'm learning so far: (1) I need to use thicker paper. (2) I think this simple, sketchy style works for me, in that it allows me to quickly do a comic over coffee and toast on my day off. (3) I'm making no promises about how often I'll post these things, but given the quick style and that it's just simple life observations, I shouldn't run out of ideas any time soon.

Whether or not the joke is actually funny, I'll leave up to the reader to decide.

Other than that bit of nitpicking, I kind of like this one. I like what I did with lettering Larry's scream, and the cat is pretty fun. Is SkitZo MaN too tall or not-big-headed enough, though, or is it just me?

This strip was originally posted in early 2007. For those who don't get the reference, it's a parody of the first comic featuring Spider-Man, Amazing Fantasy #15, along with the slogan "With great power comes great reponsibility."

SkitZo MaN looks a little "off" in this to me, but it was fun doing a comic book cover parody. Maybe I should have done it in the same dimensions, complete with a Spider-Man-ish logo.

This one is being ridden by a Doodze, which wasn't the plan when I started drawing it, but seems to work. It just may show up sometime in the pages of the comic (www.doodze.com). Seems like a lot of my best ideas are off-the-cuff and start with a quick sketch or doodle; like Doodze itself.