The most important life lesson that a lifetime of playing video games has taught me is to kick every crate I see.

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First in what I hope will become a series of experiments in comics + metalwork hybrids. Deliberately kept the figures simple (wayward bolts) to focus on the sequential narrative, a SQUID GAME-inspired tug of war between the last two standing, and the unlikely victory taking place. In addition to the wayward bolts, this experiment was made from jack stand remnants, a strand of chainlink fence, a slow moving vehicle sign, and $12 worth of weldable steel.

Seven hours later brain says stop but then says go but then again it may be the paint fumes but which one.

Metalwork has given me a creative charge and excitement that I haven’t felt since I got my first drumset 30-some years ago.