{"id":6029,"date":"2026-08-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/?p=6029"},"modified":"2026-08-18T22:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T02:34:03","slug":"rock-candy-the-heartbreak-of-mechanical-pencils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/rock-candy-the-heartbreak-of-mechanical-pencils\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Candy: The Heartbreak of Mechanical Pencils"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/series\/rock-candy\/\" class=\"series-62\" title=\"Rock Candy\">Rock Candy<\/a><\/div>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Fin Jump, Lead Cartoonist <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HMP-Panel-1.jpg\" alt=\"Millie: Ah Man\u2026\" class=\"wp-image-6067\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HMP-Panel-2.jpg\" alt=\"Millie: Pax, is it ok if I borrow a pencil? \u2026Again? Pax: Seriously?\" class=\"wp-image-6066\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HMP-Panel-3.jpg\" alt=\"Pax: I mean yeah I don\u2019t care but like.. jeez already? It\u2019s day 1! Millie: I know!\" class=\"wp-image-6065\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HMP-Panel-4.jpg\" alt=\"Millie: Man for some reason I have such a toxic love hate relationship with mechanical pencils. Pax: I guess I get that. They do tend to break a bunch.\" class=\"wp-image-6064\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HMP-Panel-5.jpg\" alt=\"Millie: Oh no, I absolutely adore them! Especially for drawing!\" class=\"wp-image-6063\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HMP-Panel-6.jpg\" alt=\"Millie: But for some reason they all HATE ME!\" class=\"wp-image-6062\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HMP-Panel-7.jpg\" alt=\"Pax: The Pencils? Millie: Apparently!!\" class=\"wp-image-6061\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HMP-Panel-8.jpg\" alt=\"Pax: Look, I have like a whole box of em. Ima just go ahead and give it to you and save us both the time and heartache.\" class=\"wp-image-6060\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HMP-Panel-9.jpg\" alt=\"Millie: What? Oh no it\u2019s ok really! I\u2019m sorry I\u2019m not trying to take your pencils or anything! Pax: No seriously it\u2019s fine.\" class=\"wp-image-6059\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HMP-Panel-10.jpg\" alt=\"Pax: Besides, the only time I touch that box is when you ask for one. Millie: Oh ok well\u2026 thanks! Pax: No problem! They\u2019ve literally taken up space in my bag for years. Trust me, you\u2019re doing me a favor.\" class=\"wp-image-6058\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HMP-Panel-11.jpg\" alt=\"Later... Millie: Paaaax.. Pax: What the- HOW?? Millie: I\u2019m so sorry! Pax No you\u2019re fine I- I\u2019m not mad, I\u2019m just\u2026 Concerned.\" class=\"wp-image-6057\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/series\/rock-candy\/\" class=\"series-62\" title=\"Rock Candy\">Rock Candy<\/a><\/div><p>By Fin Jump, Lead Cartoonist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":6067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"series":[62],"class_list":["post-6029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comics","series-rock-candy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6029"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6118,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6029\/revisions\/6118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6029"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=6029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}