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I saw the mommy rat and her two baby rats at the subway station again today. Last time, they were playing follow the leader. They have tiny baby ears. I can't help but be charmed by them.

I don't usually do these book displays, but I jumped at the chance to see how many shades of lilac queer books I could find. I would read a phone book if it was periwinkle.

I've finally gotten tired of my fineliners drying out every few months, so I took the plunge and picked up a G-nib and some Speedball black ink. I was surprised by just how fine a line it can make--part of why I was interested in ink was so I could fill in large black areas, but it looks like I'll have to get a broader nib for that. I went to Scott McCloud's Making Comics for pointers--I remembered there being a section on cartoonist's tools, particularly a page of examples of the work of artists who work in brushes vs. dip pens vs. fineliners. I've found that I don't have enough control of the pressure, and therefore line width, when I'm inking digitally, but I don't have a problem with even a flexible G nib. I've yet to practice curves, but I like it a lot so far. Here's fuzzy Silly and his lime.