Making of "One Of My Days"
Added 2021-03-21 01:33:14 +0000 UTCMy mood swings seem to be getting worse rather than better as I get older. I know it's hormonal, because I'll be fine one day, then the bottom will fall out of my world the next. Day or two later, I'm fine again, despite absolutely nothing external changing.
One of the worst aspects for me, is on days like this, nothing I draw or write is any good. Scripts I thought were funny, seem like absolute garbage now. I know if I wait they'll magically become funny again, but I love working and often try to plough through.
Recently, frustrated by my lack of comic ideas, I burst into J's office, announced I was having "One of my days" and promptly burst into tears. He stared silently forward with a serious expression. When I asked why he wasn't saying anything, he replied "I'm trying to figure out what I can cook to make this stop." I started laughing through the tears, knowing he was right AND had just inadvertently come up with a new comic -Oh, AND I got cookies too! :)
I had drawn this comic ages ago with some similar expressions, so I copied the linework over and updated them.
We expanded the middle of the interaction, so it was clear there wasn't a real problem that needed to be solved. J said it needed to be in the format of "Everything is too THIS, but it's also too THAT!" and I said, well why not just use that!
I'd made Dad Cat look serious in the last panel as that is how J delivered the line, but we worried it might look like he was annoyed rather than thoughtful, so I changed it.
