stephen h

this is a busy month for me, getting ready to move across the country to be close to family again, just in time for the holidays… one of those things that happens in life that one could either dread or look forward to with excitement, and i’m still in the middle, with the only dread coming because of all the friends i’ll be leaving behind, even though i’m sure i’ll be able to see them again.

but longing isn’t enough sometimes, and needs outweigh the wants.

creatively, i think that a new city will be just what i need… i feel a sort of creative stalemate with much of what i’ve been doing lately, and it’s time for a change. new faces, new places, new streets to roam. familiar faces will be there too, finally being close to family again for the first time in years, and that will be a comfort i’m sure through the expected cold winter ahead.

what’s left to be done?

mostly packing, consolidating, getting rid of the old so i can move and acquire anew. saying goodbyes… this will be tough, especially on me, as that’s never been something i’m any good at. goodbyes like this are always temporary, and should be said with that in mind, but somehow i never can.

one of the weirdest pieces of the transition for me is slowly but surely removing all my portland-related subscriptions in my RSS reader and twitter account – people, businesses, organizations and news feeds i used to follow zealously for their juicy bits of local information, no longer are relevant to me. now i just wonder what i will find to replace them with in my new hometown.

-h

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this summer has passed quickly, too quickly… the new season of white shirt, philosopher is well underway – in fact only 6 strips remain before the season ends mid-september. i’ve been on the fence on whether or not to continue writing the comic, and if i do continue, how is a big question, as i’d like to eventually get an actual artist to draw the strips, but that could just be a pipe dream. anyhow, new haikus are also being posted semi-regularly via twitter, and i’ve finished a short film this summer which i have yet to decide what to do with(in regards to how i release it). i’m contemplating/plotting some more video haikus, and releasing a collection of those along with the new short could be fun. i’ve also got more than enough haikus to publish a paperback compilation, but that’s a ways off at least also.

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starting tonight, my old comic series white shirt, philosopher is back online!

if you remember it from when it first launched almost two years ago, WSP is a comic about what might happen if the events of the biblical old testament were to happen in modern-day times, and what an average guy’s reaction to those things might be. unfortunately, over the time that’s passed since it launched, i was distracted away from the project, and the original site ended up going into disrepair and had to be taken offline. since then, new comics have been written and produced, but never released, so it’s become long overdue that a new site was developed and put online so they could see the light of day.

so, to re-introduce the series, as of tonight 18 of the original 32 strips are published and online at the new digs. at noon PST from monday through friday this week, one more of the next 5 comics is scheduled to go back online! next week, 3 more(the documentary trilogy!) will be re-released on monday, wednesday, and friday, also at noon PST. after that, i’ll be releasing strips twice a week, every monday and thursday, and i already have enough new material to last all the way through mid-september on that schedule!

to get started, click one(or all) of the links below!
White Shirt, Philosopher
About WSP – Promote WSP
BEGIN READING FROM THE FIRST COMIC
Be sure to leave a comment letting me know what you think! -h

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