My life for the last couple days has consisted of almost nothing but going to a nearby coffeehouse (The Sentient Bean,) and listening to Tolkien audiobooks with Eleanor. It is quite pleasant.
And Eleanor finally posted up the birthday jam drawing I mentioned a post or two back.
Look at me! I’m participating in a meme! Just like the cool kids!
I can tell that David Yoder’s Fat Batcat meme will be just as popular as the 1000+ Batgirl drawing meme that swept the internet last week.
This panel was fun to pencil, but super problematic to ink, for some reason. I’m still not sure if it’s coming together entirely. Oh well.
I forgot to mention the last time I posted – The ancient Egypt issue of Moo-Cow Fan Club Magazine I mention a month or so back (that I did all of the pharaoh pictures for) is on the stands. I saw it at our local Books-a-Million, so you might check there if you’re interested. I think Eleanor is working on a comic for an upcoming issue, too.
Eleanor and I have been listening to the audiobook of Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, and we finally finished it last night. I highly recommend it, with two caveats:
1. If the idea of multitudes of footnotes, long anecdotes, “period” stylization, and very dry humor doesn’t seem like a plus to you, this may not be your kind of book.
2. The ending is not quite happy for all of the characters.
Eleanor was not so pleased with me when I made her stay up an hour past her bedtime so we could get to the ending, which made her sad anyway.
I have a tiny illustration in the most recent issue of Nickelodeon magazine (the one with the “Jimmy Neutron” cover.) It’s right in the first couple pages, the header for the Letters to the Editor column. There’s a number of other cool cartoonists in the issue, like Vera Brosgol, Greg Cook, and Todd Webb, definitely worth checking out. You can find Nick in most grocery stores, so you could read it right there, or even buy it or something.
I think everyone there will agree that Eleanor’s birthday party was awesome fun. We all chipped in and made a big jam drawing-type birthday card (with contributions from even some of our out-of-town friends, via the magic of email, scissors and glue.)
While we were at the party, our friend JP had copies on hand of the new anthology he was in, Papercutter. Besides JP’s great piece, there’s also a strong piece by Aaron Renier, which reminded me that I meant to mention this podcast a while back. It’s an interview with Renier, who has some interesting things to say about comics in general and his book, Spiral Bound (not to mention Disney’s The Gummi Bears.) But of course, the reason I mention it is because he plugs my Blar minicomic near the end.
Anyway, that’s enough of this Mutual Admiration Society for today.
p.s. to a particular couple I know – Congratulations, you dang copycats!
