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[bluecanarykit]

the gigcast has created a tribute to ken.

i want to thank everyone once again for their thoughts, prayers and kind words. you guys, my friends, and family are what's pulling me through this.

i miss that goofball of mine.

c, thank you and doug for coming to hospital with me. when the doctor told us the news, i would've fallen on the floor if it hadn't been for you.

girlwithoutfear, thank you for being there and for you idea to use one of ken's drawings as a subject for one of your art quilts. i know it will be beautiful.

jocelyncee, thank you for being an ear and for driving so far to come. the same to you, becca. i think you closest of all know what i'm going through, since you lost a friend back in high school.

glych, thank you for that phone call. it meant alot.

to tim, madscott, trantor and everyone at nightgig, thanks for the flowers and your thoughts.

to brad and all of ken's friends from DMI, thank you for the long drive to be here. it mean so much.

to bill, joy, danny, keith and chris, i am so glad you guys came. i'll keep in touch.

i still miss that goofball.

just yesterday, i received flowers from my landlord. they were so pretty. a little while after, i thought, "wait 'til i tell ke-..."
and then i realized that i couldn't.
that's what's been the hardest. losing my confidant, my best friend, the shoulder i normally cry on and warmest and most loving person i've known. and then realizing it all over again when something like that happens. *sigh*

i checked on ken's folks last night. we are all doing as well as expected. i went back to work on thursday because i knew i'd go crazy if i didn't.

ken's sister, krista, had a good idea to create a scrapbook about ken. i think i'll make one, too. i'll be emailing his friends for amusing stories, ancedotes and general thoughts that i can put into it. anyone here who knew him is welcome to contribute.


thanks again.

Comments

[glych.livejournal.com]

You can still tell Ken everything.

He can hear you.

^_^

-glych

[bluecanarykit.livejournal.com]

i sincerely hope so.

[dlphntat.livejournal.com]

Not to sound weird, but I felt the same way when my mom died. she was the one person I could turn to, and when she was gone, I didn;t know what to do.
Luckily, it sounds as if you have quite a wonderful circle of friends to get through this.

[missperkygoth.livejournal.com]

I just can't imagine...

::hugs::

[bluecanarykit.livejournal.com]

*hugs*
thanks. i needed the hug.

A Prince Among Men

[(Anonymous)]

My name is Jonathan M. Sweet, the writer/artist of Belch Dimension Comics (http://www.freewebs.com/smokingcatcomicsandcollectibles/bdcthumbnailgallery.htm).I used to work with Kat White and Ken Prince on The Herald, back in the good old days, and I was floored to learn he just died. My god, he was only two years older than I. I'll always remember Ken as an affable guy, never without a smile on his face or a kind word to share with a fellow scribe. As a cartoonist he had his own distinctive style, very different from Lance Turner's Trudeau-inspired caricatures, Antonio Guistino's thick, bold outlines, Kat's wide-eyed anime characters, or my own minimalist homages to Tex Avery. I only wish I had gotten to know him outside of the confines of the office. Is there room in the mourner's section for an old journalistic pariah?