I would like to take this moment to thank all of my fans for their enjoyment of my brand of insanity, their encouragement when I was having difficulties, and their support over the past few years of creating Tales, Tokkar & Jekk, and Kindred Spirits.
Tales from the Crossroads ran a complete story from beginning to end. Tokkar & Jekk, though, initially seemed like a good idea but has become “Joanie Loves Chachi”, “AfterMash”, or worse…”The Bradys” – in other words, a spin-off that was cancelled before the first season ever finished, never had the heart of the original and relied solely on jokes to see it through.
Kindred Spirits, though it is a story that I wanted to do for awhile now, takes a tremendous amount of my time to create – time that I would rather invest in my own artwork, rather than using someone else’s and simply posing it just so.
So this is where I’m headed – investing my time into my own art, and a comic I’ve been wanting to do for 7 years now. It’s not World of Warcraft-related at all (though it’s possible that I may have a character who plays the game), but instead is focused upon the quirky lives of two college roommates who are completely opposite of one another. One is a dark, moody, goth-y type of girl, the other is a bubbly, naive, A+ personality. The only thing that they seem to have in common is that they’re both Pagan, though the first is a serious student and devotee of Hecate, and the latter is a “white-light-and-fluffy-bunny-oh-my-goddess-I-need-more-crystals” type.
It will incorporate certain real-world events, such as LGBT issues, the presidential race and the economy, but will do so in a light-hearted way rather than attempting to be an editorial as some comics have become.
The name of the comic is “Mostly Sunny”, and will be done in an anime fashion – no, not because everyone else does anime, but because I’ve enjoyed that style of artwork ever since the late 70s when I became hooked on Battle of the Planets and then, later, Macross and Robotech (yeah, I’m that old).
So, again thank you for putting up with my shenanigans and contributing your kind words (and occasionally a few bucks to help keep me fed), and I will hopefully see some of you soon once “Mostly Sunny” is launched!
May your blades never dull, and shine your blades with Nevr-Dull, and all that jazz.
Blessings!
– David Watson (aka Tokkar)
