The Friday Archives: 1997 – Autobiographical Comic
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Welcome to the second Friday Archives! In case you missed last week — I have started this thing where every Friday I post some work (illustration, art work, craft, writing) from my past and I invite you to play along. This week I’ve even made a button. You can find it below.
This is an excerpt from a two page comic I drew in 1997. For the whole story you can click on the above links for two pages of angsty, autobiographical comic badness. I drew it all by hand! Those were the days. I wouldn’t dare any more. A lot of liquid paper was used.
Here’s the button:
Feel free to copy it into your site and link it back to loobylu.com
It’s meme-city around here. I am LOVING yesterday’s celebrity sightings!
Responses
2nd May 2008 at 6:15 pm
Hi Claire – first time I have commented here. Love your site! And I love that comic! You came up with Meg Ryan’s character from You Got Mail before the movie!
2nd May 2008 at 7:12 pm
Gorgeous Claire – you obviously “overcame” the crippling disability!
2nd May 2008 at 7:41 pm
Loved the comic! And what’s wrong with drawing it all by hand?!
2nd May 2008 at 10:59 pm
I like your lines a lot! It’s nice to see how your work has evolved yet still remains essentially “you”. 
Here’s mine:
http://www.growinghappiness.com/2008/05/02/friday-archives-1995-linocut/
2nd May 2008 at 11:16 pm
I loved this! The drawing is great but it is definitely rivalled by the writing…it resonated with me as I am always reducing life to a commonly hashed out movie plot.
2nd May 2008 at 11:43 pm
Fun comics but you left us hanging at the end! Was there more? I fondly/not-so-fondly remember those days of single-dom that you captured so well!
3rd May 2008 at 1:04 am
I draw everything by hand and screw it up all the time.
10 mins in photoshop soon fixes everything
3rd May 2008 at 5:05 am
I really enjoyed that comic, Clare. I’d love to read more! Charming!
3rd May 2008 at 6:02 am
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3rd May 2008 at 6:38 am
Wow, that is A LOT of work you’ve done there–I can appreciate the time into that and a beautiful job.
Participating again in your project:
http://ilovegreyskies.blogspot.com/2008/05/facesarchival-friday.html
Maybe my link will show up right this time ?
I will soon see.
3rd May 2008 at 8:20 am
Dang, a cliffhanger…
do we have to wait a whole week for page 3?!
The Friday Archive is a great thing.
Have done my bit too over here: http://annesketchbook.blogspot.com/
3rd May 2008 at 8:40 am
Thankyou for starting this meme.I lost most of my old artwork in a flood, but I will dig out some survivors! Love the “old school” comic strip.Even the best cartoonists still use liquid paper!
3rd May 2008 at 10:15 am
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3rd May 2008 at 11:49 am
Love the comic and what a great idea, Friday archives I mean. I’d love to play along.
3rd May 2008 at 12:27 pm
I’ve participated again this week:
http://www.robayre.com/news/2008/05/02/self-portrait-colored-pencil/
3rd May 2008 at 1:39 pm
I’m loving the archives. Here’s my first contribution:
http://funkyanddelightful.blogspot.com/2008/05/friday-archives-inspired-by-loobylu.html
3rd May 2008 at 1:44 pm
What an awesome comic — so charming!! You can find my bit here:
http://www.sanaeishida.com/weblog/archives/000160.html
Sorry it’s so slapdash! I’m loving the Friday Archives though. It brings back so many vivid memories as I hunt through my old stuff!
4th May 2008 at 11:17 pm
I have just discovered your blog. I love it! So fresh, cute And you know the Moomins 
(I didn’t know it was famous in Australia! Here in France it was on TV 10 years ago)
7th May 2008 at 6:34 am
how cute! love your meme. i posted an old drawing of my own on my blog in your meme honor (?). I honestly have no idea how to use that word correctly. Doh!
http://magpieskinnies.blogspot.com/2008/05/friday-archives.html
7th May 2008 at 6:39 am
how cute! love your meme. i posted an old drawing on my blog for friday archives! thanks for the neat idea.
http://magpieskinnies.blogspot.com/2008/05/friday-archives.html
8th May 2008 at 3:40 pm
Great comic. I love your style:)
I’m going to join in the meme. I have horded a lot of my artwork from over the years and it is always nice to pull it out again.
Here’s my link http://pintspalette.blogspot.com/
2nd May 2008 at 5:52 pm
Claire, this is just fantastic! I wanted to keep reading. Beautiful, poignant, and I’m sure we’ve all been there before …