Actually, it's not at all how it happened...

After an afternoon of walking about the city center with Xavier, we met up with Greg and Monica at the (dive?) gay bar Delmonica. It was kismet.

On to dinner, we ended up at this pizza pub. Monica ordered parmesian fries as a starter. Greg liked the sound of this, so with his burger, he'd hoped to get that with the parmesian fries instead of the regular fries.

Not sure how it happened...the accents of Greg and the (very nice) waitress; the idioms and syntax used in the exchange...but (long story short) we ended up with a lot of fries at the table.

After dinner, we went to the Waterloo bar, a very old school place. It was very quiet there, but the company was lovely.

Overall, I'd say we had such a warm and welcoming time in Strathsbungo, that the impersonality [not a word] of the city center left me feeling OK to be headed home.   

It was such an amazing trip overall! Very inspirational and motivational for me to be drawing regularly and working on comics. It was great to talk through some issues and make key decisions. Since I've arrived home, I have the next 3 scripts approved for Saved by the Bell that I've started working on. That will consume my January, February, and March for drawing, but per my plans documented here, I hope to turn back to and complete that baby book. That could give me a new book in addition to two volumes of SBTB for the fall convention circuit.

Hot cop

 

After some successful workshopping, we agreed our last night in Glasgow would be on the town. I decided to start the merriment early and Xavier and I walked to the city center. I'd hoped to find a shirt to buy. 

No such luck, but I did see this cop—though it was difficult to tell if he was a real cop or a stripper or something. Very cute, jacked, one arm tattoed halfway down his bicep, the other arm sleeved to the mid forearm. I typically am not so into tattoos, but this whole set up turned my crank. 

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Comics Workshop!

This is Sunday's post!

The idea for Glasgow was to choose a fun but not too fun place and get a lot of comics writing, brainstorming, and chatter in. I got a lot drawn into my sketchbook and Greg, Monica, and I made several key decisions about our association! It was a fun and production workshopping time.

Pizza key

This is Saturday's post!

We arrived in Glasgow a little punch drunk. Greg was to pick up the air bnb keys at a cafe next door to the flat. The joke of pizza key took many forms. For Monica, it was to not accidentally touch the pizza next to the keys. For me, it was the idea of Greg being so hungry he couldn't decide to take the pizza or the keys. Then the notion of using a slice as a key. I was laughing heartily.