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This site is evolving.\u00a0 In 2010 I wrote the following when I launched the website (The links still work and I’m not changing them.\u00a0 Think of it as a time capsule):<\/p>\n
Laying Fallow is a comics blog started by me, Byron Johnson<\/a>.\u00a0 The impetus for this site was my family’s decision to spend a year living abroad.\u00a0 Having completed two years of foundation art classes, I was ready to start doing projects generated by myself and not my instructors.\u00a0 Creating a graphic interpretation of the year, and all it joys and misfortunes, appeals to me greatly, even though I have been a better consumer of graphic novels and comics than a producer.\u00a0 Our year in Turkey will change that.<\/p>\n My intention is to present our story in two ways on this site.\u00a0 The biggest undertaking is The Sabbatical Year.\u00a0 I will post a new comic weekly and it will detail the story of our time abroad.\u00a0 At the time of writing this I have no idea how the year will play out so I look forward to seeing how I choose to present our experiences.\u00a0 My goal is to provide a narrative of our experience but also to highlight the emotions and silliness that we experience along the way.\u00a0 And I will learn what works and what does not in a graphic narrative presented on the web.<\/p>\n On a smaller scale I plan to post a weekly drawing of something we have encountered during the week.\u00a0 These will be done on Artist’s Trading Cards and are intended to be more of a snapshot rather than a part of a storyline.\u00a0 To learn more about the process please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Other side projects, or observations, may appear as our year progresses.\u00a0 One never knows what might happen.\u00a0 I have a year to learn, experiment, and explore.<\/p>\n