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Bootlegs (Part 7)

KDog

on Dec. 27, 2011

For me, the urge to write and draw is such a strong force that I
become extremely unhappy when I go too long without doing those things.
Sometimes I wish I could be happy just getting home from work and
relaxing. I of course do plenty of that (especially once the TV is on),
but there’s always the inescapable feeling that I need to be doing
something creative. The problem is that I’ve always lacked enough
discipline to commit to writing a novel for anything more than patches
of time, since that’s like, you know, real work. This comic serves as a
satisfying if imperfect fix. It allows me to tell stories both visually
and through writing, and in a reasonable amount of time. The down side
is that it takes up enough hours to prevent me from spending too much
time on any other projects (even when I’m feeling more disciplined and
determined to work on prose), and it has its limits in terms of how far
it can go. I don’t completely own it.
Getting back to my first point, I feel like my innate urge to create
is similar to Valkyrie’s destructive urge to steal and otherwise cause
chaos. She doesn’t do it because she needs the money or because she’s
expected to act that way in her career as a member of organized crime.
She does it because she loves it, because it’s thrilling and core to her
being. When it’s taken away – such as her self-preservation-dictated
hiatus from her usual brazen antics after they pissed off the wrong
people – she goes stir-crazy and listless. The result is her committing
somewhat minor acts of crime such as stealing restaurant silverware and
shoplifting to get that fix. It’s small-time enough that her crime lord
superior won’t notice, especially since she’s out of uniform (another
reckless thrill in itself). It may not be the current career path of her
dreams, but it’s satisfying in its own ways.
- This is not an official LEGO comic. This is a tribute.
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