As you probably know by now, I'm a huge fan of the Perry Bible Fellowship comics. Nicholas Gurewitch comes out with one new comic every week, each of them in a very unique style, each one taking a little bit of reading and re-reading to fully enjoy. Here's what he put together this week:It's an unhealthy obsession for me. He often uses a comic character he created that's just a bland white figure with no nose or mouth, but he frequently emulates other artists' styles, like Edward Gorey, or in one case Nintendo's "Mike Tyson's Punch Out" game. He says it's like playing dress up.

But what I found most interesting was his creative process: "A strip concept could require several months of consideration and revision, or it could be hatched in a single moment. It could take 2 days to render, or it could be executed over the course of 2 months. It's a very difficult thing to measure, especially when you factor in power naps and research time."

I like to think that that legitimizes my frequent napping and 'research time' (aka procrastinating on the internet) not as time wasted, but time invested, bracing my body and mind for the ingenious idea that is soon to come washing over me like a tidal wave of creativity. Of course, in order for that to actually be true I'd have to act on one of those ingenious ideas...