I came across a copy of The Resident Tourist sitting on my colleague’s desk yesterday. I was rather intrigued by the green covered volume, and asked to thumb through it. The premise was interesting enough that i went to visit the artist’s website. I liked what he was doing so much that i read through 2 volumes out of 3 in one sitting for this particular series, all of which are freely available on his website.
I came home last night after a movie and a dinner, and finished off the 3rd part in one sitting as well.
I don’t think i’ve been so enthralled by a comic like that in a long time. It made me want to find out more about the author, to understand where he was coming from.
That made the start of my weekend.
So i thought about it. What was so alluring about this artist? He had heart. He had honesty and took the time to hone his craft at communicating his story. These things count as brilliant in my book. I loved it. So what’s with the mixtape title you might ask? Without giving away too much of the story, it was a reference from the comic about each of us finding our own bit of life, and doing what we’re given/gifted/called to do.
i’m real inspired once more to do my own mixtape. What about you?