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def in Japan: a comic diary

More happy happy stuff! Summer! I must have SAD.

 
Even better. I do exactly the same but with a camera. But them again, maybe we all do that in the beginning of our adventures here...
 
I definitely did that a lot when I got here, then things got normal, and I'm trying to rediscover things again.
 
I wondered if Nahadef knew when he drew it that James Gandolfini had just died. News said he had a massive heart attack while in Italy. I bet he had a big Italian meal in front of him and died happy.

Uncle Frank
 
I wondered if Nahadef knew when he drew it that James Gandolfini had just died.

Nope, I was just about to color it when I read the news. All my strips are written and drawn the day listed, then inked another day, and colored on another, which is why the date is a week back. I have the next three already drawn, but not finished.

I have a dumb persisting belief that a little fat makes someone unhandsome, but I always remember that Tony Soprano proved that rule wrong. All the same, reading he had a heart attack put things in a different perspective for me, reminding me of the unhealthy track I'm on.

Just a coincidence.
 
Being a father sounds like a frustrating and fantastic thing.
 
I love your comics. Do you post them anywhere else?
 
Yeah, I post them on Facebook and Tumblr at the link in my sig. Or just click this: Facebook.com/squarecomix

By all means, 'like' it there and have them come up in your feeds. I just started it last month, so it's still a little small.
 
I'm already following. I hope to see more of your comics.
 
I'm already following. I hope to see more of your comics.

Thanks! I'm working on a longer comic book right now, so I'm a little behind on the strips (I have five written and penciled, waiting to be inked and coloured). But I will keep up the diary strips for all of 2013, and we'll see in 2014 and beyond.
 
Thanks! I'm working on a longer comic book right now, so I'm a little behind on the strips (I have five written and penciled, waiting to be inked and coloured). But I will keep up the diary strips for all of 2013, and we'll see in 2014 and beyond.

Do you sell any printed comics?
 
Oh, this is cute. We do kind of the same here. =)
Thanks!

Putting together the next three zines, deciding to go all in and make proper covers for each. This feels like the right decision.

 
I don't mind having to be 'on' while in my free time in the case that I meet a student, but it does lead to some awkward conversations. This kid isn't special ed, he's just weird.

 
Beautiful scenery, Def! Are those any particular landmarks?
 
I don't really know! I went to Niseko for the first time. That mountain is pretty prominent, so I suppose it is.
 
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