Life in Four Panels – Page 3 – Xaviar X. Xerexes

For reasons I can’t completely fathom, life in quarantine has made work on this particular project hard. I went a couple months unable to even think about any kind of art or comics. Even when my interest returned it was hard to get into the mental place where this story lives. I had to rethink the story in a couple of ways that are not really a big deal but enough to get me unstuck in making more. (Just in time too – the buffer was just about to run out!)

All The Points

Boardwalk

Full House

Just Beachy

Beach House

I grew up on a West Coast beach and later in life I took summer vacations at East Coast beaches. Beaches can be magical, beautiful places. They can also be sad and ugly, but hey, let’s hope for the best! In the original run of the comic I did one strip about the beach which no longer fits — I’ve included it below.