Two Years!!!
It was two years ago today, on the first day of Summer, that I began Randie & Ryan.
I had taken a long leave of absence from Squid Row; I needed a break… and I wasn’t sure how long it was going to be… or whether I was done with my comic. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do except that I was going to try my hand at doing a graphic novel. I didn’t want to leave the world I created around Randie, so it would be a story about her. I wrote it, was tweaking it, began some drawings and then realized it was a little dark in places. I didn’t like it enough to keep going. Now what?
I’d left Squid Row at an interesting juncture. Randie and Ryan were going to be a thing… a couple. So naturally, I jumped ahead even further… now they’re married! It seemed right. So that is where I started their new story. After their wedding. They left the neighborhood called Squid Row, and now they could go anywhere and do anything. This story was all about them.
This coming year will see some bigger changes for our duo. Life is all about change and we will see how R&R deal with them. Thank you for coming along for the ride… I hope that you have enjoyed the ups & downs and all the speed bumps in between.
Well, I’ve enjoyed it. And the revived “Squid Row,” too.
Thank you, RN… I’m glad that you’ve enjoyed seeing it through the changes. Vive le Squid!
Bappy Hirthday, R&R! And I’m lovin’ it!
And I second Robert’s second comment: It’s been terrific seeing Squid Row up and running and not down and out.
Thank you, Pete. You have been a super long-time Squiddie… and have seen this notion change dramatically. Thanks for coming along for the ride… here’s to further adventure!
Happy “2”!! Wishing you many more years of sharing R&R and Squid Row adventures with all of us! Love seeing all the characters grow and change with time. Just beware of those gnomes 😉
Hi, Nadia! Thank you for your readership and thank you for the warning on the gnomes.*
**in my upcoming move from Salinas to Portland, I will be, um, taking the garden gnomes with me. They belonged to my grandmother, and were maliciously placed in my yard by my well-meaning and wily family members.
I’ve certainly enjoyed it!
Fun Mike… with “fun” built right into your name, you’d be a good judge of fun things. Thanks for coming along!
Congrats on entering THE TERRIBLE TWOS!
…aww, there’s a happy puppy in the first panel.
Dada… THere’s a story behind the puppy… that would be Mocha. She was my pooch when I lived in Pacific Grove. We would walk the rec trail everyday twice a day. I loved Mo… and the four years we spent walking the trail were our happiest together. Sniff.