Interlude #0

Be forewarned, this post may be terminally uninteresting, or you may like it.

Just be forewarned!

Musings of the Moustache

Sometimes things don't go according to your plan.

My original intention with this blog was to make a post about whatever I was consumed with at least once a week. This may have been overly optimistic, naive, and possibly even deluded. In practice it may be lucky if I make two posts a month at the moment. The reason for this? I seem to be rather ambitious regarding the content of my posts.

There are countless blogs available detailing comics, art, music, and literature. The question I found myself thinking about most was how to make this one distinctive and different to what is already available. My solution was to attempt a more expansive type of post which only contained artwork I recreated and created. This would hopefully provide something new while not copying the more established blogs online, which would result in their creators becoming infuriated(1).

The content and substance of the blog decided upon, the next thing to decide was how to present it. The solution to this came in the form of a throwaway title, the idea of each post being an issue. Of course, the problem with writing posts of more than a few hundred words, detailing numerous aspects of a subject while also creating the artwork for each(2) takes an awful long time. Which led to the next problem I encountered, should I publish them in an unfinished state? Meaning, should I write and publish the initial post, adding different chapters and artwork when I complete them over time? Should I lay a foundation(3) and build upon it while working on something else? Should I complete the whole issue before publishing it?

I, of course, decided upon the former, believing it’s better to have something published than nothing at all. That constantly moving forward is better than standing still as regards maintaining your enthusiasm in creating this blog. This means that at the moment I am constantly catching up with myself, while also keeping track of what needs to be completed as well as what needs to be created. Which leads to the interludes.

At the moment I am in the process of completing the pictures for the Fourth World Issue, there are six in various stages of completion. I have begun the pictures for the fifth issue(4) and formed a rough plan for what will be published for the rest of the year. The blog will focus solely on comic subjects for now as, to be brutally honest, it gets the basic comic artists and subjects out of the way which should allow me to be more esoteric and varied regarding whatever I publish next year.

Once I’ve completed the Kirby pictures I’m hoping to publish a new issue every two weeks, if for some reason that doesn’t happen I will post an interlude, an interlude which will hopefully be funnier and less boring than this one.

(1)       This being a polite way of saying that it would make them angry, lead to a bitter blog feud, and possibly end with the creation of voodoo dolls, blood sacrifices, and deflowering of Virgins.

(2)       I mean, the pictures are the main appeal of this blog, let’s be honest.

(3)       Yes, it’s a terrible metaphor I know, but I’m keeping it. Feel thankful I didn’t attempt a metaphor about making a cake.

(4)       This will not be as complex as the Kirby Issue, at least, that’s what I hope.