John Allison

I feel like it’s something we could explore together - maybe I could tell you what I think they’re about and you could illustrate it for a coffee table book.

There are genre subreddits for kpop and so on, maybe they're the answer but I feel like even they trend older

There's no "pop commons" as we understood it any more, you go direct to artist and comment wherever their fandom foments, be it Instagram or TikTok or Reddit or whatever. There's no editorial part of the system (other than, I guess, downvoting).

I'll take you through them any time you want, Dan. I don't like them, but I understand them.

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It feels great to feel a little less alone when dogged by things like this - I hope you can sort it

What a pain in the arse. I've never upgraded to Tahoe, I've stopped upgrading unless software stops working because all it seems to do is create problems these days.

I cheered

Ian there is no lag on my Cintiq, I've been running them since 2008 and it has never been an issue, each iteration has been more responsive. I've used every drawing device going too. What you're describing sounds like a pretty greivous problem with your setup but I would not like to guess what it is

A clip studio pressure curve graph

This is very specific but it might help other cartoonists. I came up with a pressure curve for Clip Studio on the iPad which makes it easier to go backwards and forwards (especially inking) from your desktop Cintiq setup. No blowouts on iPad strokes at what would be normal pressure on the Cintiq.

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This curve works on any art app that feels wooden at the mid-top end of the pen pressure range on the iPad. It made Procreate feel more predictable to me too.

A clip studio pressure curve graph

This is very specific but it might help other cartoonists. I came up with a pressure curve for Clip Studio on the iPad which makes it easier to go backwards and forwards (especially inking) from your desktop Cintiq setup. No blowouts on iPad strokes at what would be normal pressure on the Cintiq.

I suspect any zine would be an in-person thing for comic fairs, a PDF would be assured

There are (often extensive) notes and drawings for things called "Tiki Year", "The Green Fork", "Live Forever"... plus big plot grids for things that were heavily reworked later. Easily 40+ pages. Is anyone interested in this in print form? I could also put it in the bin.

Looking for my clipboard (exciting times) I found the notebook with the notes for the original (often very different) versions of Wobbly Head, NEMS 2&3, Great British Bump Off, and several abandoned projects, all end-of-pandemic brain collapse with loads of sketches. Would this make a good zine?

All trackpad, what a pro

A screengrab of my contributions to youraislopbores.me

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I wish you the best of luck, Jenny.

The drivers might be conflicting if you have many installed which could exacerbate the problem. I am very invested now!!!!

This sucks. My other suggestions: set up a dummy account on the Mac or connect it logged in as a guest. Connect it via a hub (or don’t). Connect it to a Mac it does work with and see if it’s visible over scanner sharing.

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I use an ancient (2010? earlier?) Canon LIDE and it still works with my M4 Mac if this helps. Have you tried using Vuescan rather than the native driver? Always worth a go.

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It's good for marking the panels out. I can draw on lined, maths paper, whatever, but I seem to have settled on the dots.

This makes it sound like I wrote it in a day. It might read like that but it took somewhat longer.

A gathering of friends

A young man under pressure

A little light babysitting

A small woman thrown into the air

I've written and roughed out the next issue of Solver (the final one of volume 2) today. Here's a gallery of images revealing the excitements to come in April, May and June.

I'm reserving my copy at Our Price

Witch Mike doing Magic