The Cellist Part 1
usedbooks on March 8, 2021
Y'all ready to start a new chapter? I still have writer's block for the story I want to write, but my sister made a story suggestion, and I decided to use it to buy myself time. Lol
I am quite proud of this page. Although I did a LOT of research ahead of time, I didn't use any direct references while I was drawing it.
Used Books takes place somewhere in the aughts. I've been drawing it for 14 years, but comic time is what it is. So, “thirty years ago” is not OUR thirty years ago. Seiko is 25 in the story, and Kaida is 35. Just to give you a sense of setting. Our family photo albums have lots of references to the time period, and I watch a heck of a lot of shows between 50 to 30 years old, so I hope I can pull off representing the setting.
LanceDanger at 7:49PM, March 12, 2021
Just caught up! And yeah, the same thing happens with me and Warlord, it's also still based in the aughts, there are some tongue in cheek comments on the present, but I keep it to a minimum to not be too confusing lol Also, great background.
usedbooks at 8:38PM, March 12, 2021
Thanks! I am over-worried about anachronisms in this 70s setting, so I'm trying to avoid pop culture and slang where I can.
plymayer at 5:51PM, March 10, 2021
1991 was a good year for me.
usedbooks at 6:31PM, March 10, 2021
Life picked up for me around 2009, and has been progressively improving. Pop culture in the new millennium is garbage, though. :P
Peipei at 8:41PM, March 8, 2021
I can't sleep on long flights either! Doesn't matter if I slept beforehand or not, I stay up the entire 10+ hours!
usedbooks at 4:13AM, March 9, 2021
Same. I get airsickness really badly, and am just miserable. Very jealous of my sister. She sleeps even on short flights.
man in black at 5:35PM, March 8, 2021
She might be to concerned on planes to sleep
usedbooks at 4:12AM, March 9, 2021
Or airsick. Or just plain uncomfortable. Planes are not comfortable. Lol
Anubis at 5:07PM, March 8, 2021
Back in the days when you could say goodbye at the gate
usedbooks at 5:27PM, March 8, 2021
Yep. We did that in 2000 when we took my granddad to the airport.
Tantz_Aerine at 6:06AM, March 8, 2021
How very seventies! Well done with the feel!
Tantz_Aerine at 7:12AM, March 8, 2021
That's fantastic! Much respect.
usedbooks at 6:11AM, March 8, 2021
Thanks! My parents are helping me with this one. lol. They met and married in the 70s (and helped create a teachers' union through protests and such).