Worse, Worser and Worstest

I promise my artblog will not be headquarters for daily confessions of pain.

My surgery failed and they couldn't get my stone out. My tubes were too small for the big scary probe.

If you haven't been paying attention, here is an update--I was abducted by aliens when I was 4 years old. On the planet XR-12, they implanted a small rock in my kydney. 27 years later, Now ,they want to extract it out of my penis with a long probe and a laser.

I have to go back into surgery and try again in 2 weeks. My Doctor is a great guy and he's trying. In the meantime, they left a stent inside of me and the pain is magnificent. I'm peeing needles and going to the bathroom is like getting run over by a car. I'm eating Percocet out of a cereal bowl with a spoon. That's not even the worst of it. The worst concerns my "Health" "Insurance" God bless America.

Thank you to all who have given me compassion in the last month. I'm embarrased and humbled. Especially, from my friends in the comics community. Through all this, I have been working on the final pages for next year's The New York Four.

If anyone wants to help, they can tell the people who write reviews for Local that I am NOT a slow artist. I am pissing blood and cradling my gut and howling at the moon. I am a very VERY fast artist.

Stop Wasting Your Life Away, You Fool

I'm dropping everything, EVERYTHING, in my life right now to do something I have to. I must do. Right Now. I don't want to do it, I NEED to do it. I've woken up E V E R Y morning for the past 6 years saying to myself, "Ryan Kelly, you HAVE to do this, NOW". I then I don't do it.

Everyone close to me knows what it is. My gallery name, The name of this blog, My flickr name, my ebay name, etc, etc,.. should all clue in to what it is. I need to mention that i'd rather fully write and draw 20 books rather than write a "pitch". But, Here I go. Character sketches, eearggh, Here i go. I got to get in the game, especially when i'm sitting on the most important thing I feel I'll ever do in my life.

In other news:

The best darn sketch pen (and extremely hard to find) Tradio pen by Pentel is now a prominently featured item at Wet Paint on Grand Ave, Saint Paul:



Pros: Everyone describes the "juicy" ink flow. Dries immediately on copy paper. Makes a great bold comic line.

Cons: It can take up to an hour to dry on comic bristol. Sometimes catches on the rough paper. The Pen itself is a little pricey. Refills there are $3.50 a pop.