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Boo-Hoo

Sketch Sanchez

on June 17, 2008

Hey now, looks like we're back!

So…where have I been? That's a good question with a long and sad answer I'm afraid but I'll try to tell it anyway. Okay, after my last update I took a vacation from work for about two-weeks-I was going on a trip and, sadly, I didnt get the chance to post the next page before leaving-no biggie, right? Sure, unless your best friend suddenly decides to betray you and go after a girl I was messing around with, a girl he knew I had strong feelings for.

This person decided that the prospect of a girl actually wanting to fuck him was too good to pass up, this was far more important than an almost 7 year friendship, of course. Needless to say, I was devestated. I couldnt understand why, why his guy who I considered to be my brother could do this to me-i still dont get it-but what I did know was how I felt. I felt worthless, completely alone, the pain felt unbearable.

I isolated myself after that. I didnt draw. I didnt go online. I did nothing but wallow in my own misery-sometimes it feels like I slept that entire week away. I hid in the safest place in the entire universe-my own mind. Now, of course, I realize this was a mistake-hindsight is 20/20 right-but that is what I did. Eventually i reached out, I talked to people and they all tried to comfort me in their own way but they couldnt, they didnt really understand.

I mean, sure, they've seen it before and alot of what they told me makes sense-but this wasnt any mere "friend", THis wasnt some guy I was cool with. We had a psychic link, if you ever had a friend you could say such a thing about then you'll know what that means. I was lucky to have a friend like that-at least thats what I thought.

Upon reflection, I realize that I was a fool to trust one man so much. But I can't change the past, I can only move forward-so here I am.

The time off wasnt a complete waste, however, I kept busy.

First of all, RIOTANDFADEOUT.COM now redirects to this page-so please add it to your bookmarks. I plan on redesigning the look of this page this week so be on the look out for that.

I began a facebook page dedicated to this comic and you can find it at this URL: http://www.facebook.com/pages/RIOT-and-Fade-Out/15740122286

Sign up,become a fan-theres a place to post messages and I'm going to use that to post news-its much better made for that sort of thing than myspace.

So, here we are. Can I promise a page next week? Well, I'm in the middle of inking the next one as we speak but I refuse to make any more promices, I hate letting people down. Check back at the facebook page and I'll keep you updated should anything else arise.

Til then,
Sketch