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05/22/13 Yuri’s Powers

by Christopher on May 21, 2013 at 9:00 pm
05/22/13 Yuri’s Powers

I had lunch with my drawing group on Monday, wishing one of our crew good journeys to Wales. That was fun. Tuesday I did a videocall guest lecture about creating comics for a school in Montague, MA to 5th graders. I enjoyed it, and I was told that they did too. Discussed with Dan the motivation to create art, always enjoyable to ponder. Other than that, I’ve just been drawing. Reading some poetry.

I heard they’re finally making a movie of “Ender’s Game” and so I re-listened to the audiobook. I have some a few issues with the book, but it’s still amazing (even if the author is unfortunately so extremely outspokenly anti-gay). Then I listened to “Silent To The Bone” a young adult book by Konigsworth, which was entertaining but I’m not sure holds up well under intense scrutiny. Next, “Pillars of the Earth” and “Mistress of the Art of Death.” Wheee!

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05/20/13 Building The Cage

by Christopher on May 19, 2013 at 9:00 pm
05/20/13 Building The Cage

Congratulations to the Nebula Award Winners (I look forward to the day when I am on that list.)

I’ve had a busy week, but haven’t done much blogworthy. I haven’t seen Iron Man or Star Trek. We planted the tomatoes, and I moved the really heavy iron fence (ouch). Our cat, Cosette, has a sore throat today, Verdi’s left eye is now squinty with something, and the new kitten still has a URI. Had a beer with a poet friend, where we talked about quilting and wood stacking.

I would like to mention again that Spacetrawler is now on the iphone app Comic Chameleon, which I quite like. It’s a good way to read through archives on the go — and I’ve been doing just that.

Shaenon Garrity and Jeffrey Wells are doing a Kickstarter to help fund the printing of the fourth volume of their comic “Skin Horse.” They already met their goal, but you should still buy a book. I adore Shaenon’s humor and art, and love what Jeffrey has brought to it all as well. I even wrote a pull-quote for the book, yay!

Oh, and I’ve watched episodes of The Office here and there. The ending was nice, I liked it. I felt they handled it funny, but feeling good, and not trying to do anything really grand. Nice. Although, in talking about the show, my sweetie says I’m a mix of Pam and Kevin with a bit of Meredith. Hrrmmm.

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04/08/13 Arranging Sanctuary

by Christopher on April 7, 2013 at 9:00 pm
04/08/13 Arranging Sanctuary

I drew a fill-in strip for the brilliantly disturbingly funny Alan Ryan of “Faraday the Blob.” You can read my fill-in here (before going on to trawl the archives).

You may remember Alan’s work from when HE filled in for ME back in mid 2011 with his Spacetrawler strip Planet Wrlrlrl. Great stuff.

Regarding last week: sorry for my moaning and groaning last week. I’m feeling much better.

On a curiosity note: some of you were suggesting ways to get my brain going to come up with ideas for my next project, but the problem is not the lack of ideas, I have several. The problem is figuring out which one is going to be the best one and which direction to develop it in. Which is fun, but sometimes frustrating due to lack of time to spend on it.

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04/03/13 Martina’s Greeting

by Christopher on April 2, 2013 at 9:00 pm
04/03/13 Martina’s Greeting

I have not been in a huge bloggy mood lately. Not sure why.

I guess I’m really overworked and a lot is in transition. Tucson was a bust (though a fun one), Minneapolis was Cancelled, Portland fell through. Been awaiting a possible contract that’s been under discussion since last June for a certain project, am gnashing my teeth to finish up edits to my novel to get it to my agent, and still am not sure what I’m going to replace Spacetrawler with when it ends probably early summer. Took a walk today, only to be cut short by the wind and cold and snow. Went to what I thought was a drawing class/group tonight, but nobody was there.

I’m in decent spirits, it’s not that. I guess I’m scattered. The only time I feel clarity is when actually writing/creating.

Maybe I will go make cookies. THAT is an AWESOME idea.

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04/01/13 Small Reunion

by Christopher on March 31, 2013 at 9:00 pm
04/01/13 Small Reunion

Reuniting! It’s fun bringing people back together. Unifying a bit. :)

A travel note: I will NOT be making it to Convergence in Minneapolis this year. I am too overwhelmed with projects and difficult finances, and I had to pull out. But I LOVE that con, and fully intend to make it the following year.

Saturday was lovely. My sweetie and I packed some tea and sandwiches and made the few hour drive up to Montreal. We spent the day doing nothing but walking til our legs fell off, enjoying the sun, the architecture, and the very sweet people we met. I love little day trips like that. No real plan, just to see new things. And eat sandwiches.

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03/20/13 Keeping A Diary

by Christopher on March 19, 2013 at 9:00 pm
03/20/13 Keeping A Diary

Some Batman for you.

No, really, nothing else to blog today. It snowed. Crazy lotsa snow. Probably be gone by Monday. Weird.

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03/18/13 Martina Cornered

by Christopher on March 17, 2013 at 9:00 pm
03/18/13 Martina Cornered

Hope you all had a lovely and SAFE St. Patrick’s Day. I like green dyed Guinness as much as the next fellah, but be safe. Life is precious.

Hey, if you’ve been meaning to buy any Spacetrawler/LittDee/Bruno merchandise from TopatoCo, now wouldn’t be a bad time. The outdoor Tucson Book Festival was a bit of an expensive trip, and well, it kinda got rained out. Anyhow, just saying.

Oh, and you can also donate, and with it, you still get the 2011 “Holiday Tip” special comic, if you missed it (I really need to update that link).  ;-)

All is well here. Got a bit of a bug while traveling, but nothing horrid. Just getting caught up and all that.

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03/13/13 Martina Reconstructed

by Christopher on March 12, 2013 at 9:00 pm
03/13/13 Martina Reconstructed

Goodness, What a whirlwind my trip was. I was able to spend most of my time laughing with Gini Koch and Marshiela Rockwell, who are both total hoots. I’ve listed everyone at my booth man times already, so I’ll send out a quick shout-out of thanks for Kris Tualla for organizing it, and a hello to Lynn Rush and Deena Remiel.

I was very lucky to meet the lovely couple, Dan and Emily, who put me up the last night in the gorgeous Tucson desert at the base of Mount Lemmon. Some of the experiences which my path falls upon, make me feel so very very fortunate.

A bit more travel until I’m home Thursday night, so I am a bit road weary, but in a good way. Relaxed and feeling good.

And don’t forget to check out, Gini Koch posted an interview that she did with me over on her site. It includes a free Spacetrawler book#1 giveaway. Go give it a read!

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12/03/12 Martina is On Board

by Christopher on December 2, 2012 at 9:00 pm
12/03/12 Martina is On Board

The holiday is nearing! As are any oder you might wish to arrive in time! My work can be found at Topatoco!

This Saturday, my sweetie and I had a delightful trip down to Albany to the Historical Albany Foundation Salvage Warehouse. For those unfamiliar with architectural warehouses, basically in your city old houses are being torn down all the time (frown). Salvage places go in and snatch up as much that seems worth saving as they can and then sell it. Generally cheaply.

I wanted to put in a plank of wood with hooks on it in our entrance hall, and I wanted the wood to look somewhat-at-least like the rest of the old dark wood trim. And so I found a long plank, and some old hooks. I ALSO wanted to build a kitty window seat, and so I found an old shutter and two old banister supports.

Sunday I put them together. Not the work of a fine woodcrafter, but not bad pieces of work. Oh, and finally stained my hideous pine crappy shelves so they would not not be utterly ashamed to sit beside even the ugliest of my other office furniture. That said, “red cherry” always looks fallacious, despite the desire for it to come across genuine.

I also made penuche fudge, but it didn’t fully solidify, and instead came out the consistency of frosting. So, later this evening, I may make a spice cake to go under it.

Oh, and my sweetie and I celebrated her birthday. And for it I painted her a little painting.

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11/28/12 Krep’s Appeal

by Christopher on November 27, 2012 at 9:00 pm
11/28/12 Krep’s Appeal

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Sorry, the comments are still down. Hopefully will be back up soon.

No internet at home either (soonest they can connect us is Monday) and so I’m at the Rock Hill Bakehouse drinking hot chocolate. Life is very rough.

The move went well, the cats aren’t freaking out, my sweetie made hummus, and the strip is done and uploaded. True I can’t provide comments, but I can still give you the strip. All is right enough in my world.

So, maybe I’ll spend the week working on the novel. To relax. Because I’m like that.

Hope your week is good too.

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