Facebook When You're 30-Something..Something

My friends rag on me for wearing Hello Kitty sneakers -- especially at a recent baby shower where a pile of stilettos were at the door with my lonely pair of purple kicks intruding the mix...but maybe it's my subconscious trying to fight-the-power of growing up :P

And, if you've ever wondered what my process is for making the comic, here's a peek into my sketchbook:

rough sketch / outline for the comic

Usually, I'll work out an actual drawing, but sometimes I have most of it mapped out in my head and then I'll start working it up in Illustrator with my Wacom pen and tablet -- building the art, moving things around, deciding between 4 or 3 panels to tell the story, and finalizing the text.

In this case, I originally had the hand holding the phone in the second panel and ah-Lin in the first. But then as I fleshed it out, it made more sense to me to flip the two.

Anyhow, check out the comic in analog form in this week's issue of the Sampan Newspaper.