It’s always something. At PAX East this year I had more time to draw the comic during Make a Strip but I forgot a very important piece of hardware, and not having it made drawing the comic a huge pain in my ass. I normally have a little handheld ”puck” with a bunch of buttons on it that my left hand holds and uses for short cut keys. I forgot the little dongle that makes that thing work so instead I attempted to use my drawing tablets touch controls... for the first time...live on stage. It did not go great but I was told over and over again during the show how much fun it was to watch me struggle. In fact a few people suggested that going forward there should always be some impediment to me drawing the strip at the show!
Anyway, you can watch Make a Strip right here in case you missed it.
I also wanted to apologize for having to sit out the Acquisitions Inc. game. My body has never liked traveling. It starts decomposing as soon as I get on a plane. Getting older does not seem to have helped the situation either. Outside my home nest I just get sick and I don’t know why but it has always been the case. Most of the time I can push through it but this PAX I ended up in urgent care on Saturday and had to miss the game which was the thing I was most excited about taking part in!
Still very glad I went to the East this year as I was able to do and see a bunch of other cool stuff before my body was like “no, we are done here.”
Also, I mentioned at the end of the Make a Strip panel that I have been thinking of doing some “art lesson” type videos. I put out a request on Bluesky for folks to send me things that would like to see me covered in a series like this. If you have any suggestions please hit me up!
During the Make a Strip at PAX I mentioned doing some "art lesson" type videos and there was a good response. I have a few ideas but I'd love to hear if there is anything that folks would like for me to cover about drawing comics in general or something specific I do.
— Gabe (@cwgabriel.bsky.social) March 30, 2026 at 10:34 AM
-Gabe Out
