secondlina | Halloween 1: Save the Trees, Wipe Yourself with an Howl.

Here it is, the first of a series of jokes that will appear on the site until Halloween. I wanted to make a short story about Halloween because Halloween as always been my favorite holiday (yeah, sometimes more then Chrismas!) and it's also important because this website was created last year on Hollow's eve. Meaning this is also for the website's birthday! ^^

I'm also trying a different format for the website for the coming year. You might have noticed a gradual change here. It used to be mainly drawings, and it gradually became mainly comics. I'm going to keep illustrating days of my life with these comics, but i'm also planning to make a few "comic short stories" that might go on for a few weeks every once in a while (kinda like the Zel stripping series or the Party while i'm in Toronto joke). The short stories are most likely going to be completly made up, like this one, but using all the characters from the site. I'm trying to get a bit more of a webcomic feel into the site without loosing what was first great about Secondlina: the diary aspect of it. So both composed stories and pages about my life will be posted from now on. And don't worry, you'll know which is which XD

I'm not thinking about changing the drawing quality or medium. Yeah, it's a bit sketchy and yes, pencil is a witch, but I think everyone is pretty used to it by now and have associated it with the site. I will try to make a better/colored drawing more often, but let's not kid ourselves. The pencil medium allows me to update relativly often despite my somewhat tight schedule. (Not that tight, but tight enough for me not to want to waste 8 hours in making the perfect comic page) So i'm sticking with pencil. Besides, it's all about humour here, not me showing off that i'm a great artist or something.

This scary encounter (perfect in Halloween spirit!) happened yesterday. Lorraine is the owner of the bookstore for which I write up a list of comic book orders. I basicly take care of what goes in and out of the comic book section. She completly misunderstood my personal orders (made two weeks ago) with the store order list (made two days ago) I think it's weird that she did because I never ask about the store orders (I just come in when they do because she calls me). I was wondering about my personal orders because two weeks is kinda long. And now apparently it's gonna take three?

I know the editing compagnies don't take us seriously because we are little, but this is ridiculous! No wonder people forget us and go to Chapters or Nod books! 3 weeks of waiting for something that as been out for a while is a bloody outrage. It's not even that new. I ordered a relativly new book and an older one from a different series...Anyways...Dealing with publishers is a pain in the ass.

It's the first time I see Lorraine yell at anybody. I think she is most likely tired. I din't really enjoy getting yelled at like that though. Especially since I was a paying customer and not a worker at the time...She really raised some demons! Eeeeek.

-secondlina

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What a fun time of year to have the anniversary! Mine's right after Christmas, I think... (That means everyone has to give me presents! *evil laugh*) And anyone who can't see someone is a talented artist just because they keep their drawings in pencil is very blind. Pencil is an art medium, too!

That would definitely be scary getting yelled at like that. She must have been tired, and possible pestered too much by other customers about the store order to have understood just what you said. (Got to love when that happens...)

Mine is smack right on Halloween. I can't remember why. I think I created it on Halloween morning or something.

I'm fairly certain Lorraine is pretty damn exhausted, she's practically running the thing on her own. I just hope she din't snap at too many customers.

The art of customer service should not be lost on people - even if you just work for them. I hope a customer didn't see her!

That's the sad thing about small businesses. I love them dearly, but it'll take forever to get stuff in. When I was in Maine, I went by this one small bookshop near the paper and decided to take a chance and pre-ordered some manga from her. The manga came in two months after Waldenbooks got it and the lady was really snippy, so I just ignored her from then on out.

Here's how things work:

People complaint all there is around town is big multinationals. You open a small business. People order things with you. Big exporters don't send you books before ever because you are a small business and they know you won't bring in a lot of cash. People wonder why you don't have their stuff at the speed of a big business. They get annoyed with you, take their business elsewhere, then the small business dies. Repeat step A.

It's kindoff anoying. Rawr. It sucks for everyone.

I like your illustrations. I think they're quite charming!

Oh, BTW, I'm from

ichiban_victory's FL. I used to raid her FL and I'd see your posts, so I thought I'd go ahead and friend you, if that's OK that is...

All I know is, if I worked at a bookstore, I know I'd spend most of my paycheck in it...

Charming. There's one I haven't heard before. I,m glad you stepped foward (I have a few people who have friended me that I really have no clue who they are). It's always fun to meet a reader. Especially one dedicated enought to lurk through a fellow Lj User's list to find me ^^

It's okay to friend me, I really don't mind at all. I'm happy you enjoy the comic action here. Welcome to my site. ^_^

^_____^

Err, yeah. I'm a bit strange that way...

And thank you for the welcome!

I have always liked your drawing style, simple, nice and natural, just the way some really good webcomics are, but is not all about the drawings, but the experiences and jokes.

Too bad about the little bussiness, here it takes forever to get the stuff you request, even for medium sized bussiness, the bad part is you being yelled but, you know how stress and work excess works.

Anyway, good luck at school and job, and maybe is a good advise not buying atuff where you work, but then... where else?

-Drankel

Halloween 1: Save the Trees, Wipe Yourself with an Howl.

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