Zzackback 180529

What can I say? I was never good at jumping hurdles (physical, not metaphorical).

Zzackback 180425

This comic was inspired by my memories of playing basketball in P.E. class.

Whenever the class played basketball, we'd shoot from the foul line first to determine team captains. Whichever two students that made the shot first would become a captain, then the two would take turns choosing their team among the rest of the class. Though I wasn't much of an athlete, thanks to the basketball hoop we had at home, I managed to get decent at shooting from the foul line. Once, I ended up being the first to make the shot in class. My initial reaction was excitement: “Oh boy, I’m a team captain!” What I quickly learned, though, was that not too many kids wanted to be on the team captained by a not-so-athletic student.

I learned a valuable lesson that day – though it’s nice to know you have the ability to be a team captain if you want, sometimes it’s wiser to acknowledge someone is more qualified for the role, and maybe it’s a little more altruistic to step aside and let that person take the role.

After that day, I still joined in when the other kids “shot for captains”, except I’d tell the class my shots didn’t count. I didn’t want to pass up an opportunity to shoot hoops 😉

Practice Sketch 180417

Today's practice sketch is inspired from my memories of playing two-hand touch football with the other boys at recess. While not having a lot of speed, I was content to stay at the line and cover the quarterback. Boy, did I take that job seriously!

Linework 180416

Here's a glimpse of the hand-drawn, hand-inked artwork in the comic strips I share online.

Zzackback 180416

Zzackback 180329

Zzackback 180325

Unfortunately I had more afternoons like this than I want to remember...