We went up to Atlanta's Center for Puppetry Arts yesterday, spent a while poking around the muppets (including some from Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal,) and saw a very funny Punch and Judy performance. Then we ate a bunch of Korean spicy tofu soup. I guess it was a field trip of the Creaky Theater Company, a puppetry troupe that Eleanor and some of her friends started a few months back (they've only had one performance so far, but it was pretty awesome).
Also, congratulations to Eleanor, who got the Russ Manning "promising newcomer" award at the Eisners this week! I don't know what she promised, but I hope she's not in over her head.
All I've been doing is inking Set to Sea panels and drinking iced coffee! Elo recently got a job as produce manager at the local hippie co-op; we've been reaping the spoils, by which I mean slightly spoiled vegetables.
Here are some cute photos of Eleanor from our Chicago trip! We must have tromped across half of downtown Chicago. It seemed like a city that was very comfortable in itself. We had deep dish pizza with our cartoonist pal Doug Frey and his wife, Kim.
Been trying to figure out John Updike recently. We'll see.
We're going to be in Chicago over the weekend! Eleanor's doing a signing on Saturday, July 12 (11am to noon) at the Magic Tree bookstore, and on Monday, July 13th (1:30pm) at the Baker & Taylor booth at the ALA Conference (more info on both.) So the next Set to Sea panel will be late - look for it on Wednesday.
Oh no, the monsters are not over yet. Speaking of, the 33 Beasties mini that collects a lot of these monster sketches will be available in our Little House online shop thingy when we relaunch it later this month, along with a bunch of new prints by Eleanor and stuff.
Eleanor gave me a haircut; I think my hair's the shortest it's ever been in my life. Except maybe when I was a baby, and I might even be wrong about that. Just in time for the Georgia summer!
