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usedbooks on Jan. 21, 2025
The “city” (population 50K) I lived in in the twenty-aughts had a bus service that was a bit incomplete. The last buses ran routes from 7 to 8 PM. The buses also didn't run on Sundays. My friend and former roommate had to quit her job when she moved across town, but they wouldn't let her have Sundays off, so she literally couldn't get to work. (We previously lived a block away, so she and I walked to work.) Neither of us drove at that time. No car. Our other roommate rode a bicycle to her job as night security. We were fortunate to never be mugged on our commutes. We were burglarized though. :P It wasn't the safest “city.”
Used Books was inspired by that city and those roommates. My former roommates still live there. But I live in a different state. The nearest town has fewer than 2000 residents, and I'm out in agricultural zoning with cows and cornfields for neighbors.
This page uses a bit more digital art/editing due to the circles and repetition. It made no sense to try to freehand that. XD
KAM at 3:24PM, Jan. 21, 2025
When art programs have straight line & circle tools there's no point to hand drawing it (except as a suggestion for where they should go).
usedbooks at 4:03PM, Jan. 21, 2025
Yeah. I used to heavy duty digital edit everything, but it took the joy out of comic making. Now I use it where it makes sense/shortcuts, but not as a perfection tool.