I’ll take a double decker taco and two bean burritos. Please, don’t tell my friends. Thanks. What'? Yeah. Mild sauce. Like a handful…HEY! What’s up, buddy? You rock Taco Bell, too? Yeah, I eat it like once or twice a year. I love this stuff. It’s not mexican and it’s not food but it is delicious. When my marriage/life was falling apart I’d hit the Bell and sadly pound doubledeckers in the parking lot. Ah. Good times. But you! What’s up with you? I’m loving this new hair cut. You’re right about the hightop fade. It’s coming back. That cream reduce the swelling? Job good? Doggo? Aw, that’s great. You’re doing great. Me? I’m doing really fucking good, actually. This Taco Bell run is celebratory. I’ll get to that in a second though…
Firstly, I’m reading some great comics lately. Hickman and his squad are doing fun things with the X-Men line. I loved Marauders. All of the talent is contributing crazy ideas to an already idea-dense story. As most of you know from my IG stories I’m rereading John Romita Jr. comics. I picked up Tom Spurgeon’s book on the Romitas. They both have such strong figurative fundamentals that are more and more rare these days.
MONUMENT #2 is going great. I looooove inking. It takes me 12+ hours to pencil a page and 2-3 hours to ink it. Guys, there’s a real shot all the hard stuff will be done by Dec 1. Then just colors and refined lettering and design. Crazy. I included this sexy sexy chart (data viz, baby!) I use to track my progress:
My buddy just told me that he thought I was talking about Data from Star Trek the Next Generation. Which is kind of perfect. I fell off on my TNG viewing when things ended with the woman I was seeing. Data the character is in fact a panty dropper. Folks find him sexxxxxxy. Not just Tasha Yar. I gotta pick the show back up. Thanks for the reminder fam.
Lastly, the news I’m celebrating at this Taco Bell at two in the morning here with you is that I got a new job I start Dec 2nd. I like the company, the money is good and I get legit benefits. Life can be rough and I clearly have expressed that here. Lately it’s pretty fucking sweet. Y’all have absolutely crowd-sourced positive vibes for me during some dark times. I appreciate it. If you haven’t yet get at me on Twitter, @markhavenbritt and Instagram @ca_ghost. Refunds, as always, are still available.