Buffering

I've built up my buffer of finished, posted comics out to December 6th, with at least three comics being hand-drawn. If I can keep up this pace, I should be able to pad the buffer to my goal of two weeks ahead by this weekend. I probably won't be able to do quite that much, because one of those comics was done during an excruciating "Town Hall" conference call and I don't have anything scheduled like that for the rest of the week. And I've managed to extend my buffer of scripts for comics to 102 this morning (I"ve used 32 so far). Of course, not every script is likely to make it into a comic; I've got a whole series of ten or so that build upon that first "Minimalism Sucks" comic that I'll probably not bother with at this point, since it would feel like retrogressing as far as the art goes. Though if I ever have a deadline crunch, who knows?

I continue to be pleased with just how satisfying doing this is. The process of drawing them is fun and energizing. So far I've completely managed to avoid being paralyzed by self-criticism, and finishing one usually makes me want to start another instead of scrap it and redo it until it's perfect.