February 10, 2025 - I've been hard at work evenings and days off, getting Chapter 2 of my comic Cut Flowers finished. It's finally complete and off to the printers! One of the great side benefits of a big personal project like this is the opportunity to experiment. Since this isn't for a client or art director, I'm only risking wasting my own time by trying out new mediums and techniques. So I decided to bring beadwork into the cover depicting my Native American point-of-view character, the ghost Jamie, back when she was still alive. The story takes place in 2003 and has a lot of nostalgia for that time and the age I was then. I remember the intensity of lighting some incense and listening to music and writing my thoughts and dreams in a notebook with Gelly…