The Trip

I'm alive! I know, I've done it again – this whole disappearing-and-reappearing act. Almost exactly a year ago, I went on my bicycle trip in Brandenburg, and now – on Tuesday – I'm finally presenting the final product. I'm sorry about the silence – it was kind of a rough year and I couldn't bring myself to do an update. If you're reading this, though, thanks for checking back!

I wanted to give you a little glimpse of the book:

Here's the cover:

And here's a page of the book.

To be completely honest, I can't even bear to look at the book anymore, but I'm planning on making the PDF of the book available to everyone online and to maybe sell a few copies of the book. I'll do that in April, so check back for updates!

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.

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!

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. 

Comfort Zone

Not sera

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.

Ritual