Judo

None of this "ninya" business.

Talents

Not proud, but pretty good at it.

Filter

Itch

An shoutout to all the "-ic"es.

Neurotic traveler

I just found this from a few years ago. This neurotic traveler is going on holiday, by the way! See you in a week!

Day 5

Schwedt to Passow

Here's another page that I might use in the thesis — the one and only time during the entire trip where I thought I could maybe get hurt. Obviously, this wasn't a highway but was a stupid, stupid route to take and I was scared shitless for the entire 10km stretch.

Tombstone

The pressure is on.

Date

Frozen pizza seriously has evolved! Maybe I should stop cooking...

Dreams

I dream of Roomba. 

Good time tonight

Either a good night or a bad night - who knows.

Komfortzone

I'm making slow but steady progress on my comic - I have to think so differently because I'm not used to doing such long stories. Sometimes I feel like I'm dwelling too long on a scene or moving too quickly...but I'm playing it by ear as I go along.

Here's an uncolored page...although I kind of like the way this looks, too!

Sauna

So...I've finally started sketching stuff for my Master thesis project, a graphic novel about my month-long bike trip in Brandenburg. My trip to the sauna is one of my favorite anecdotes, so I figured I'd test the water with this one. I'll probably more post thesis-related things from now on, so bear with me until...uh, April!

Hip

I love putting stuff out for free and peeking out of my window to see who takes the stuff.

Heatwave

The heatwave has hit Berlin and we are melting...

Meg Ryan

My half-asleep brain and its random thoughts.

Watermelon Blues

Pee away your woes.

Summer Problems

What do I look at? Ahhhh.

Perks

There are still only about 3,500 Japanese people in Berlin, which makes me quite a minority...

Precious

Polka Dot

Vaccination

Something New

Morning squats and a new medium!

Youtube Comments

Ok, now that I've read more of the comments, it seems Eurotrash was a pretty iconic show for teenage English boys in the 90s and 2000s. Unfortunately I can't seem to find entire episodes online though...

Spud

Evolution of a nickname
(by the way, the correct pronunciation of Spud-tzutzu is Spud-zoozoo)

No one cares

Nobody cares about your eyebrows, Nozomi. Nobody.

Test

Good friends. I has them.

Epidemic

Sorry for the wait! After I got back from Brandenburg, I travelled a little bit (as if that wasn't enough travelling...) and then kind of hit a wall because I'd been out of comicking for a while. I've been really unproductive, which made me hate myself for being unproductive, which made me more unproductive...anyway, it was (is) a vicious cycle.

Anyway, my good friend Hannah, her husband Tim and their baby have been visiting this past week, and basically we spent a good part of their visit puking or covered in/cleaning puke. We had a good time despite all the vomit, though (we really did), and I think this comic might help me get back into the routine.

T-1

Holy crap, where did the time go? I'm leaving tomorrow morning to start my first ever 34-day solo bike tour in the state of Brandenburg. You know the feeling where you've made a list, made a plan, packed everything, checked everything a gazillion times and you still feel like you're missing something? This week has been kind of an emotional rollercoaster, and as anxious as I am about this whole trip, I'm looking forward to getting started already.

Since I won't have a computer with me, I will be posting only on my Instagram account in the next month (http://www.instagram.com/bringmebonsai/). Don't worry, you'll be able to see the account from a browser without having an account! It probably won't be daily comics, but maybe daily doodles and photos.

For those of you who are interested: Brandenburg is one of the 16 federal states of Germany which was formerly part of the GDR. It surrounds Berlin like a misshapen donut and has a population of approx. 2.5 million. (Berlin has a population of 3.7 million even though it's 1/30 the size of Brandenburg.)

So...here goes nothing. Wish me luck! 

Last Few Days

Sorry for the silence! This is what I've been up to in the last few days. 3 more days till I take off!

Anxiety

Feeling very uninspired this weekend, hence the last of comics in the last two days! Maybe it's the anxiety setting in. 

Ripe

I told him to think of it like a kiss with teeth, but he wasn't very convinced.

Bra

One of the best decisions I've ever made.

Egg

Comfort Zone

Boring

This is a stupid thing to think, but I can't help it. Nothing really bad, though. Just something mildly bad to spice things up.

Lipstick

Not sera

Willing to

Angry Ladies

Brandenburg

As I've mentioned in a few previous comics, I am going on a month-long solo bike trip in the state of Brandenburg in a few weeks. I made this comic today as part of a second round of inquiries I am sending out to look for people to meet and interview during my my trip. For a lack of a normal comic I am posting this here, but if you happen to know someone in Brandenburg...please send them my way: horibe (at) gmail.com! It would be great to have a  couple more interesting contacts.

Not-so-good Friday

I was horribly hungover on Good Friday. G was really sweet but all I wanted to do was PUKE.

LA

We walked anyway.

Big Ass

Me drawing yesterday's comic. Cars are hard to draw.

Beast

Fee

Going back and forth between US comics and everyday comics. Sorry if you got confused!

Eavesdropping

I started getting advertisements from my them soon after I bought them. Seriously, jokes aside, I am very very creeped out.

Association

Ah! I forgot to mention that we were travelling with our friend C, who is also German. I spoke an even funkier form of Denglish during our trip than usual...

Emergency

To be fair, the ambulance can do a lot more than I could in a medical emergency.