Dork #7 Page 5 (Patreon)

I sold this page recently and scanned it for the files, so here's the web version. This page was an attempt to portray anxiety without using the usual words or images. Or something like that. I was basically winging this section of Dork #7, which was originally a ten-pager done for Instant Piano #4 called "What Does It Look Like I'm Doing". Stringing along jokes and, uh, stuff about anxiety. This got expaned into Dork #7 with a follow-up about my, uh, breakdown and stuff.

This was the only time I tried drawing all in white ink on black (ink), I barely remember working on it but back then I was still working with crowquill/nib pens so I'm pretty sure this was a pain in the ass to get done. Especially the lettering. It's not something I wanted to repeat. If I did, I'd draw it black on white and have it reversed digitally. That's how most of the white lettering in my work's been done the last twenty or so years. Before that I scratched it in with a Hunt 102 and some watered down white ink.

I have a fond memory of David Mazzucchelli saying some kind things about this page when IP #4 came out. It's hard not to forget something like that.

Anyway, enjoy the anxiety! I'm off to bed after a failure of a day.