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skyangel on Jan. 27, 2024
I think the real value of any hobby or personal interest is that it's a great way to distract yourself or take a break from life's stresses and worries. Mine was always drawing from a very early age.
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InkyMoondrop at 3:04PM, Feb. 6, 2025
Very nice way to present the family dynamics.
tommym at 12:25PM, Feb. 15, 2024
Dear Sky Oh My F..king God! tommym
Ironscarf at 4:27PM, Jan. 27, 2024
Heartbreaking stuff. I wonder just how many of us comic makers learned to live in our imaginary worlds as a defence mechanism at a tender age? The fixed view of these six panels is a great choice to emphasize detachment from the grown up action and isn't it time the serving hatch made a comeback?
skyangel at 2:23AM, Jan. 29, 2024
When I started drawing the serving hatch it did occur to me that younger readers might wonder what it was! My dad put his own in as a weekend job but it wasn't until now that I realised it was some kind of fashion trend at the time. It is strange to think back to because as a family we used it all the time but I've lived in my own home for some 20 years now and never once thought about having one myself.
UnderTheBlackHat at 4:05PM, Jan. 27, 2024
From Comics to Daleks... Hmmm... Wonder if there's a message in there after all? Nice little slice of life page. Also, interesting way to 'show' the parents as they trudge through their own unhappy lives (which may actually not be caused by anyone in the home, but just something they bring home and unfortunately end up spending their fury on there.)
skyangel at 2:14AM, Jan. 29, 2024
I honestly wasn't thinking that deeply on this page other. The conversations are imbedded in my mind as they were so repetitive but not what I was doing at the time. I was into Dr Who and comics though in a pretty big way so these would have been where my mind most likely escaped to.
Genejoke at 2:59PM, Jan. 27, 2024
So very familiar...
skyangel at 2:09AM, Jan. 29, 2024
It's interesting you relate so well to this behaviour. I grew up in the transition period between women being seen as stay at home mum's who spent their days cooking and cleaning and relying on one income to the new more independent women who were getting jobs and being able to have their own income. A popular line I would hear men say back then was, 'My wife doesn't need to work but she does it for a little pocket money' as if to try and minimalize the risk of them being seen as an inadequate provider for his family.
Othosmops at 10:15AM, Jan. 27, 2024
In view of the many things you can do wrong as a husband, he gets off to a flying start.
skyangel at 2:00AM, Jan. 29, 2024
My dad had a good side too but he had this nagging feeling that somehow he was less of a success than other men and this kind of behaviour seemed to be the only way he could deal with that frustration.
Genejoke at 2:58PM, Jan. 27, 2024
Yup, but also reminiscent of many a people childhood, or at least us older folks. I'd like to think younger folks saw less of this sort of thing.