It started with a headache on Thursday. I woke up Friday with a stabbing pain in my tooth. I was pretty disappointed because this is a tooth that I had a root canal on a few years ago. Turns out for some reason I developed an infection up in the bone between the tooth and my sinus cavity. The infection is being kind of a jerk and has eaten away at some of the bone. Not very nice, and also very painful. I’m taking “Extra Strength” Vicodin for the pain and it doesn’t seem to help much. Right now sleep seems to be the best pain relief… and I’ve been having some craaaazy dreams.

Gingerdead and Friends is my weekly source of poetic nightmares. Calan’s line work evokes the feel of old woodcut illustrations complete with limited color pallette. It’s black and white and gray with the color red reserved for hearts, balloons and lots of blood. The comics themselves run a range of styles from traditional 3 panel newspaper strip to large single panel drawings combined with poetry or song lyrics. Part of the fun is the interaction in the comments from readers responding with poetry of their own.