The splint and the exercises and the rest and the using my left hand more often (hey, now!) are finally beginning to pay off. Last night I was able to draw a full page of Wanderlost without any pain. I'm still taking it easy, so the page won't appear until tomorrow. But it will be in full color.

And in the spirit of going easy on my hand, I will be posting one In Contempt strip on Thursdays for the next month. If the wrist and hand continue to improve, I'll start doing Tuesday installments, too. But I'm not going to push it. I'd rather cartoon gradually throughout my life than, well, not at all.

Thanks to everyone for their advice and good wishes.

It's really attractive.

Drawn in 100% Sharpie!

I've been doing exercises, as sent to me by the kindly and thoughtful arcana_j, but I overdid it the other day, incurring the throbbing soreness up my whole arm. So more rest.

Also, like quirkybird, I succumbed to inexplicable fatigue this weekend. I was okay on Saturday - entertaining Owen with dinosaurs, pancakes and ice cream - but Sunday I just wanted to stay in bed all day. I got the evening after Jenn came home from work. I would have let her rest after her crazy long week of moving to a new oncology facility, yet she insisted I do it based on her quick read of my visible symptoms: "You look like shit, go to bed."

I feel better now. The wrist and thumb have these pin-prickly sensations. I'm resting the hand as much as possible. I have to masturbate with my feet.

Visual!