A good friend of mine is getting married today, and in so doing he’s bringing an awesome person and her three children into my circle of friends. I’m very grateful for this, and look forward to getting to know his new family in the years to come.

Crazitalk asked me some time ago to be his best man, to which I told him I would be honored. Even though I got married myself, I’m not familiar with all of the aspects of being best man. These things are not handed down very well, I’ve learned. But I did organize his bachelor party, and I know where to stand during the ceremony.

I also made a guest comic for his webcomic, Three Fourty-Seven, to take a bit more of the load off today (he usually releases his comic on Sundays). But even though he gave me what he thought was his password, I could not hack into his site to upload it.

With all the other things that are going wrong today (it’s a wedding!), I think it might be a good idea to just let this one sit until after they get back from their honeymoon. In fact, since the comic is about the ceremony itself, it’s might even be good luck to wait!

Fortunately, it also turns out that he had already uploaded a comic for today, probably weeks ago. I suspect that having a comic ready for next Sunday will as important of a relief. [EDIT-By Crazitalk: I've since rectified this]

Already, a great number of things are not going as planned. This is probably the most beleaguered wedding I’ve been a part of. Which isn’t really saying much, but so many things have gone wrong or come out of left field for Eric and Michelle in the past week. Yet, when it comes down to the wire, I’m sure the purpose of this day will prevail over the circumstance.

I can’t ever bring myself to say such cliches as, “These two people were meant for each other,” because I don’t believe anything was meant by this world. But I am extremely happy for Eric and Michelle. They’ve been good for each other, and brought light into each others lives, and eyes. And I’m proud to be part of a ceremony where they promise to keep up the good work.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to save the rest of this speech for the reception.

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Studio 347 Comics | Autodesk Sketchbook, Fenmere, guest-strip, HFR, Jonathan S, Photoshop

So anyhow that leads us to what I’m writing. The spirit of Fenmere what moves my friend Jonathan’s hand is the spirit of a dragon. Jonathan is one of the more accomplished illustrators it has been my privilege to meet, especially when it comes to dragons. That said, I figure he’d enjoy learning that the Wiki-How-To of the day is How to draw a dragon. Sadly though they left out all important step #18.