Rat’s version: Today I stayed home and drank beer, then I passed out.Goat’s version: Today I stayed home and sipped white wine, later I had some grass and passed out.
Tonight’s NCIS is about the hunt for a seaman that took his mask off before leaving the building. They had all the evidence they needed, surveillance video, dna samples, witnesses, …
In the late 1960s, John Lennon was asked to keep a one-year diary, to be published in the avant-garde magazine Aspen .
Aspen was a multi-media thing that usually came in a box containing prints, cards, photos, audio recordings, and such.
The Lennon Diary was a small booklet containing 365 entries, one for each day of the year.
Each one (in reproductions of Lennon’s handwriting) was more or less like Pig’s little offering above…
Got up. Went to work. Came home. Watched TV. Went to bed.
He also noted when he and Ono made love, never descriptive, sometimes only a couple of one-letter abbreviations for “inappropriate” words.
About a year ago I poked around on the ’net and found that all issues ( six or so) were photographically archived online, for free. I guess they ’re still out there.
Hey, Pig. I turned the lights on, then, off. I boiled a pot of water for my instant coffee. I watched Monk on H and I TV while lunching. There was just all sorts of exciting stuff in my day, the kind of stuff that makes a really, really dreadful novel.
Won’t even talk about comic strip fodder. I’ll leave that to Cartoon-Boy, our prize-winning mope….
THANK GAWD you’ve only got four panels. . .hate to think what you would do with four paragraphs. . .four pages . . . “After all, it isn’t really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a good story in rotten English, which is as far as most people seem to get nowadays.” Lord Peter Wimsey, Unnatural Death. And fer gawd’s sake, watch your commas and spelling. The Spelling/Punctuation Nazis are BRUTAL. . .And Amazon: PLEASE stop sending ads for those sleazy puerile bad boy romances every time I start my Kindle. . .geezus. . .
I have an author friend who initially thought that the lockdown ( in England ) would be great for him. It would give him time to finish his latest novel without interruptions. Not so!
Long story short, it took two months longer finish than he’d expected, and another three months more to get it into print and on Amazon, than was planned by the publisher.
If you’re a writer, you write. It’s what you do, and there’s very little choice in the matter. You write. You don’t think about writing any more than a fish thinks about swimming or paint thinks about drying. Fish swim, paint dries, and writers write. But if you only think you’re a writer, or that you’d like to be a writer, then environment, surroundings, moods, other demands can get in the way. But if you are a writer, you write, come hell or high water.
During a panel on writing at a science fiction convention, I was asked why, with my academic background, I wrote popular fiction instead of literary fiction. I blamed it on not having the material to write it. My parents weren’t horrible, and I was aware that any screw-ups I made were my own dang fault. That’s one of the few things that was my parents’ fault.
Down doobie down down down, comic writer down doobie down down down, writing this is hard to-oo-oo do. Hey, come on, as Watterson said, it’s a talking heads strip. Ask Bill how to make people laugh…
BE THIS GUY almost 4 years ago
I’m waiting for all quarantine movies to come out when this thing is over.
BasilBruce almost 4 years ago
Agoraphobia, The Movie—Coming soon to a theater near you.
marilynnbyerly almost 4 years ago
That’s not what fiction is about. It’s about making things up. Because, you know, it’s fiction.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Not so bad : Pig didn’t even get ink on his face like usual .
B UTTONS almost 4 years ago
The Life and Times of a Pig in a Blanket
DennisinSeattle Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Rat’s version: Today I stayed home and drank beer, then I passed out.Goat’s version: Today I stayed home and sipped white wine, later I had some grass and passed out.
Caldonia almost 4 years ago
Well, it worked for Stephen King in Gerald’s Game. Except, you know, his happened to involve handcuffs…
hariseldon59 almost 4 years ago
Even before the pandemic Pig’s life was nothing to write about.
gopher gofer almost 4 years ago
my job resumés were compelling fiction…
Bilan almost 4 years ago
Tonight’s NCIS is about the hunt for a seaman that took his mask off before leaving the building. They had all the evidence they needed, surveillance video, dna samples, witnesses, …
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 4 years ago
And for you, Pig.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Got up, turned on the news. !2 hours later; turned off the news, went to bed.
jimmjonzz Premium Member almost 4 years ago
In the late 1960s, John Lennon was asked to keep a one-year diary, to be published in the avant-garde magazine Aspen .
Aspen was a multi-media thing that usually came in a box containing prints, cards, photos, audio recordings, and such.
The Lennon Diary was a small booklet containing 365 entries, one for each day of the year.
Each one (in reproductions of Lennon’s handwriting) was more or less like Pig’s little offering above…
Got up. Went to work. Came home. Watched TV. Went to bed.
He also noted when he and Ono made love, never descriptive, sometimes only a couple of one-letter abbreviations for “inappropriate” words.
About a year ago I poked around on the ’net and found that all issues ( six or so) were photographically archived online, for free. I guess they ’re still out there.
Breadboard almost 4 years ago
Pig get in touch with Larry Croc ! What it’s like to be a Can-E-Date ;-) …. Croc Power !
iggyman almost 4 years ago
“I had a little ball, I stuck it on a wall, that’s all”
eddie6192 almost 4 years ago
That dumb Pig has writer’s cramp of the cerebellum.
wirepunchr almost 4 years ago
No one mentioned pocket pool.
Ellis97 almost 4 years ago
It’s called writing what you know.
Sisyphos almost 4 years ago
Hey, Pig. I turned the lights on, then, off. I boiled a pot of water for my instant coffee. I watched Monk on H and I TV while lunching. There was just all sorts of exciting stuff in my day, the kind of stuff that makes a really, really dreadful novel.
Won’t even talk about comic strip fodder. I’ll leave that to Cartoon-Boy, our prize-winning mope….
1953Baby almost 4 years ago
THANK GAWD you’ve only got four panels. . .hate to think what you would do with four paragraphs. . .four pages . . . “After all, it isn’t really difficult to write books. Especially if you either write a rotten story in good English or a good story in rotten English, which is as far as most people seem to get nowadays.” Lord Peter Wimsey, Unnatural Death. And fer gawd’s sake, watch your commas and spelling. The Spelling/Punctuation Nazis are BRUTAL. . .And Amazon: PLEASE stop sending ads for those sleazy puerile bad boy romances every time I start my Kindle. . .geezus. . .
Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Often =! always.
Zebrastripes almost 4 years ago
Poor PIG! He needs to get a life….with the help from his friends..er…maybe Pigita can stop by…..
well-i-never almost 4 years ago
Well I’m going to the grocery store in a half hour. Talk about adventure! Oh, the frozen things I’ll see!
ERBEN2 almost 4 years ago
WHY ?? Even try to relive this mess ? Let alone watch a movie about it . What is done is done , please .
zeexenon almost 4 years ago
My days to a “T.” If it weren’t for comics, porn and bon-bons, I wouldn’t be able to survive.
Cubic3D almost 4 years ago
Write a movie about a pandemic.
rshive almost 4 years ago
Nightmares, Pig. Remember the nightmares.
Linguist almost 4 years ago
I have an author friend who initially thought that the lockdown ( in England ) would be great for him. It would give him time to finish his latest novel without interruptions. Not so!
Long story short, it took two months longer finish than he’d expected, and another three months more to get it into print and on Amazon, than was planned by the publisher.
tripwire45 almost 4 years ago
It is indeed.
mauser7 almost 4 years ago
They say to write what you know.
Bookworm almost 4 years ago
If you’re a writer, you write. It’s what you do, and there’s very little choice in the matter. You write. You don’t think about writing any more than a fish thinks about swimming or paint thinks about drying. Fish swim, paint dries, and writers write. But if you only think you’re a writer, or that you’d like to be a writer, then environment, surroundings, moods, other demands can get in the way. But if you are a writer, you write, come hell or high water.
Indianapolis Smith almost 4 years ago
“Today I stayed in my house.
Later, I went under my bed."
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 4 years ago
Try a fantasy study, Pig.
marilynnbyerly almost 4 years ago
During a panel on writing at a science fiction convention, I was asked why, with my academic background, I wrote popular fiction instead of literary fiction. I blamed it on not having the material to write it. My parents weren’t horrible, and I was aware that any screw-ups I made were my own dang fault. That’s one of the few things that was my parents’ fault.
Ratkin Premium Member almost 4 years ago
The End of October by Lawrence Wright was written before the COVID pandemic but it is amazing how much of it came true.
WCraft Premium Member almost 4 years ago
And I’ll bet it was a dark and stormy night, too!
Thinkingblade almost 4 years ago
Based on “write what you know” … it doesn’t seem like the world has learned that much.
Flower Girl almost 4 years ago
Down doobie down down down, comic writer down doobie down down down, writing this is hard to-oo-oo do. Hey, come on, as Watterson said, it’s a talking heads strip. Ask Bill how to make people laugh…
willie_mctell almost 4 years ago
Interior monologue is happening, folks.
rgcviper almost 4 years ago
Hang in there, Pig. I can relate to writer’s block/not moving forward with projects, since I often stall out with my stories.
However, I did make significant progress on one scene tonight … as part of NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, in November. More info here:
https://nanowrimo.org/
Onward!
ZachOWott almost 4 years ago
This explains why all of the recent Pearl’s strips are only the characters saying “life sucks” but in different ways