I’m back in the studio, working on an actual page of Teen Titans! All of these conventions keep sidetracking me and while it’s fun to go and talk about comics with people, it’s frustrating to have all these big gaps in the workflow.

When I stop working on a specific project for a few days I find it really hard to get back in the groove, and it’s not because my drawing hand feels rusty (though that happens, too) but rather because I lose the momentum of the scene and the characters. I think that to tell a story as effectively as you can, you have to be in the heads of your characters. They have to breathe on the page, and the only way to achieve that is to understand them, who they are, where they’ve been and where they’re going. Every little nuance of character in your head, whether you’re conscious of it or not, is reflected in their actions on the page. The way they stand, the expression on their face. How they’re glancing at another character. So to leave that headspace for too long is dangerous to the overall process. I had to spend a long time just staring at my desk this week and remembering who these kids were before I could get back into the actual drawing.

And the Toronto Fan Expo starts tomorrow! Wheee! See you all there!

sigh.