It's a start.

I’ve had a few comic strip ideas just sitting in my head, forever. I rarely flesh them out. Sometimes the emotional urgency to draw out those feelings, push me to bringing these ideas to reality.

I've always thought my dog and cat were a comical pairing, and wanted to honor their friendship in a comic strip. But then Ronon died, and I don't feel right about drawing a comic strip about him living when he is not. But I can draw him as a ghost, accompanying us….

Ronon’s initial characterization in this strip was a little too wolf like and not enough Chihuahua.

After adjusting the size and skull shape, this one is the closest to being “ok” with my vision of Ronon as a character, and I'm sharing it publicly. My need for perfectionism to honor his memory is definitely inhibiting my ability to create this comic.

I love rubber hose animation. With it, comes exaggerated expressions, which allowed me to illustrate the depth of sadness I feel. Don’t feel concerned, I’m functioning and coping through the grieving process. I'm making a lot of progress by drawing these out. I'm no longer crying silently. I'll share it.

I don't know the future direction for this, as my character and Ronon's character can use some fine tuning. BUT IT’S A START. A GLORIOUS START. I've done it, it's no longer a concept. No longer a bit of guilt on my shoulders. I am bringing Ronon back to life in a way through the comic. As a ghost.

I just don't want to depress people too much. So I need a balance and to know what I'm trying to achieve with putting this out there. I just want to put helpful stuff out. Not just reiterate what has already been said too many times with nothing new to the table.

Ghost Ronon is flying by way of his helicopter tail. This was how he greeted us, his little curled tail would be spinning clockwise so fast, like propellers.

I've got something of a concept. We will see where I go with this next. I posted it on Twitter & Bluesky. So I can't hide it/ignore it like if I kept it for my eyes only.