If you missed it, I did a fill-in strip for Dresden Codak, check it out.
Ah, the world. Alan Rickman in slo-mo (awesome, but needs a soundtrack), Giant turtles (commentary on how all giants fall eventually?), SpaceX first commercial space flight delayed until Tuesday (bummer, but as my friend Fred put it, “Better headline than Ignoring ‘Faulty’ Pressure Sensors, SpaceX mashes Button to Silence Critics–Falcon 9/Dragon Confetti Strained Out of Bay…“)
TCAF was the bomb. What a good time. I think my favorite part was that it was in a library and free. So it just felt very open and friendly.
And the time in Toronto, I was entertained and shown around and taken care of by Brian and Don (of the lovely comic Road Apples Almanac). Good company.
—-and just to repeat what I wrote above—-
So…. I was hoping the spacetrawler book #2 would arrive in early-mid april, but they arrived right as I hit these two comic conventions, and so it’s been a bit of a cluter-f*@$ keeping on top of it all.
And so with all that, I didn’t have enough time between Stumptown and TCAF to draw Monday’s and Wednesday’s strips. So I am posting abbreviated versions for now.
The final-with-color versions will go up in the next few weeks, but in the meantime I will just plow on with the strip uninterrupted, and will let you know when I have the finals for these posted.
Book #2 (and related items) should be in the mail this week or early-next.
And I will be at the science fiction convention “Norwescon” in the Dealers Room all weekend (Thur-Sun), in Seatac WA, so stop by! (sadly, no Book #2 yet, I won’t have it for another couple weeks). And on Thursday and Saturday go-to-guy/author/madman Daniel Wolff will be at my table too! The hours are Thursday 4-8, Friday 11-6, Saturday 11-6, and Sunday 11-4.
I must admit, it was fun drawing Mars.
Ooh! More fan art (I don’t know why this always tickles me so much). Emma did a drawing of Qwahntoo. Picture below (and also on the “fan art” page). Thanks, Emma!
Speaking of other people’s work, Tom Walker has posted a new (NSFW) SS Myra. The bastard.
This panel may be my favorite so far. I can just hear Nogg, sounding maybe like Animal from the muppets, in my head.
Have I mentioned how much I like Dr. McNinja? I really like Dr. McNinja. Where the hell does he come up with these screwed up ideas.
Been a long week, but I have successes to shout! Spacetrawler book #2 has been sent to the printer. The two Little Dee anthologies have been sent to the printer. The postcards have been sent to the printer. I’m feeling good. (now I just have the REST of my list to get to!)
I actually took most of Saturday off! Sweetie and I went for a walk, and then to, um, celebrate Saint Patrick’s day we watched an episode of Inspector Montalbano and I drank half of a Guinness. Sicily is near (nearer than here) to Ireland, right?
I hate not having juicy links for you. I’ve just been so overwhelmed with work that I haven’t had time to read, tweet, or breathe these days. For sci-fi fun you’ll just have to re-read Dicebox and Marooned for now. Oh, I’ve been reading book 2 Gini Koch’s “Touched By An Alien” series, those are quite entertaining.
My sweetie and I watched the Czech film, “I served the King Of England.” It was interesting in what it was trying to do, although I’m not sure I’d go as far as to recommend it to anyone. But there was a quote in it, “We in the 20th century are inclined to see the glory in ourselves and the shame in others. That’s how the mess got started.” Concepts like that, although not unique or revolutionary, make me sit back and think. I try to think of perspectives from both our larger society, to politics, to my personal actions. Makes me quiet sometimes. It’s a big world, and it’s good to feel wonder at it.
In the news, a piece I did for MAD Magazine got a nice mention over on PopMatters.com. “Baldwin’s 9-panel unpacking of the derivative bigotry rampant in Polish jokes is so meaningfully sublime.” Feels good to hear things like that. Wait ’til they hear my Helen Keller jokes.
Oh, and of course, Tom Walker is up to his usual perversions, (NSFW) SS Myra.
Oh my goodness. Monday was the most amazing day. Not only did you all help me do so well with the Kickstarter campaign (thank you thank you thank you) (more thank yous later, trust me), but the weather was perfect and Beth and I made a dash to Ocean Shores to see the Snowy Owls there, who only go there about once in every TWELVE years. And they were so pretty. And the sun was out and it was not very cold at all. Hard to think of a better day. Except that we didn’t stop for donuts.
Of course this means I’ve been madly working all day to get the strip done, and have it done and this blog done about 4 mintues before it posts. Phew! Plus I got in racquetball. I’m feeling almost fit. It’s been about twenty years since I’ve felt that! Plus, you may notice I have some adrenaline in my system. :)
A heads up, I made pita pockets, and made a video and blogged about it (including the recipe) over on Cookrookery.
And of course, Tom Walker posted a new (NSFW) SS Myra yesterday, so check that out.
Remember Luunock? Good.
Today is was indeed the last day of the Kickstarter campaign. Thank you for your support! Sincerely, Thank you. -Christopher
My birthday was a good one. Beth made orange “creme” truffles, I had really nice talks with the family, I got to play racquetball, walk down by Puget Sound, and a relaxing evening of popcorn and British television mysteries. What more could one ask for? (answer: cake)
We’re not done yet! Martina’s still kicking and book 2 runs through the end of February.
And on that note. I am raising money to print book 2 through the website Kickstarter by way of pre-orders and other incentives. Help me reach my goal of $7,000!
Thank you. -Christopher
Oh, and Beth and I went to the conservatory this weekend. Lemons!
So. There you go. The big bad secret about spacetrawlers. The shadow behind the title.
And by coincidence this is the 200th page (if you count the double lead-in strip as two separate pages, don’t include the awesome guest strip by Alan Ryan of Faraday The Blob, but do include the auto-bio intro strip and the book review strip I did over at Unshelved… it’s all such fuzzy math). So, yeah. Wow. I try not to think about it because it makes my head melt, but, um, yay.
Let’s see. Oh, Holiday cards are now available — and they’re awesome. Order them now so you have time to send them (along with some books, totes, and tees for gifts to go with the cards).
Also, Tom Walker told me that not only is the new weekly SS Myra (NSFW) up over at badmile.com, but he’s got the wordpress going and even has the RSS up. I am not posting this because he’s blackmailing me, as I have done nothing wrong.
