Shoulder Update
Hey folks! The doctor has me doing specific stretching and light strength training to help get my shoulder stable. Trying not to push things too much but still not overly baby it. It still gets sore but eases off if I give it rest. Sorry for so many breaks in the comic, I honestly wish I could just dive back in and keep things going, but that’s not reality. Wapsi will be back Monday. Thanks so much for your continued support and patience. *hugs*
Nice drawing of Bud, Paul!
Be careful . . . overdoing it could mean surgery, and trust me, nobody wants that!
dem ain’t legs, dem be Yegs… all the way from the tippy-top to the tippey-toe.
I’m forced to make the assumption this isn’t illustrating one of your stretching exercises.
I knew that sounded like that shoulder needed some therapy work.
Look into a CryoCuff from DonJoy. Did 3 rotator cuff surgeries with it. Hurts like hell using it, but it does wonders.
Seems Kevin traded the boobies for a booty!
I know Bud was teaching Dancing, but I didn’t know she was also a Prima Ballerina.
(And isn’t she also a principal leader of MIB? When does she have time to do dancing too?)
Brandi is in charge of MIB as far as I recall, Bud just helps out on occasion.
That sounds like a good program, Paul. Have a Powdermilk biscuit, and do What Needs To Be Done to heal properly. 🙂
Oh yeah, powdermilk biscuits originated from his neck o’ the woods… haven’t listened to keillor in a while.
That’s because a year or three ago Keilor retired and gave the show to someone else. It’s no longer PHC, but now called “Live From Here” — wherever “here” happens to be. Not bad, a little more music oriented rather than skit oriented.
I don’t suppose it bothers Bud a bit to dance en pointe.
Bud looks perfactly nom-able here, thanks for this. Why not go to 3 days per week for the duration?
That’s what I was gonna tell him! 3 updates a week to ease off and heal up would be perfectly acceptable…
I came in today to suggest that!
If he goes to 3 days a week (for a while, not forever), it might be better for them to be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday…
Dude, if you getting hurt means we get Bud pin-ups, I’ma find you and run you over with a car!
Lord, look at the gams on that dame!
Again, TAKE MORE TIME! Build some strength up. Maybe, oh I dunno, build up a buffer of strips?
There are a distressingly large number of webcomic artists having problems due to injuries associated with drawing lately.
Some of the characters are looking so similar to me that I’m having trouble telling who is who. I thought this was Castella until I read the comments, even though she lacks Cas’s normal smudges on her cheeks.
And Paul, a while back when I was having issues with an elbow inflamation a regimen of Prednisone helped me out immensely. Might bring it up with your doc.
Agreed. I originally thought it was Cas until I read the tag.
The thing about recovering from an injury is you have to rest and recover as well as do the therapy. It’s a balance between using and over using; pushing and pushing too much. You let your body tell you. Take the time you need. You are NOT slacking. You are recovering. Your health is more important than the Comic.
I have an idea, Paul; try doing a little of a comic at a time, then rest…then a little more of the comic, then rest, instead of all at once. That way, you could still get things done w/o pushing too hard and hurting yourself again. Try it! And thanks for Wapsi Square! (BTW I didn’t know Cassie was a ballerina)
That’s Bud, but you could be forgiven for confusing the two, since they both wear their hair roughly the same.
Except that ^Bud’s^ blonde hair is supposed to be more “straw”like (whatever that’s supposed to mean).
It’s an injury, dude. You have a lot of life ahead of ya, and aren’t a teenager. You do have to take care of yourself or this will just keep being not-great until it gets a lot worse.
I noticed the feet were drawn differently than your previous work. There has been a wonderful evolution in your work in body development and proportion. The feet tended to be drawn more clunky but artistically endearing for your style. Now i notice that the feet have become more refined. Well done. I could never grow as well as an artist as you have become.
[reverently] Dat Ass…
Hurricane “Bud” is advancing on Mexico, and Southern California.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_ep3+shtml/203444.shtml?cone
Who needs boobs with a booty like THAT?