Sunday, August 25, 2013

You'll be Happy to Know ...

... that while i'm waiting for my comic to be printed i'm using spare time wisely ... by sitting around and watching old anime.

and I do mean OLD.  right now i'm watching early works from toei studio, including a selection of their theatrical features, their first animated television series wolf boy ken, and their second animated series shonen ninja kaze no fujimaru.

it's very unfortunate that ken and fujimaru were never released in the usa.  ken is the less serious of the two series, and I decided to post some highlights of the series for fans (and would be fans) of the show.

and I even figured out how to link them up here (will wonders never cease?).






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday, August 22, 2013

oh, but ...



... it is.

the wait is over.

now the tale may be told.

as you may know, things in my personal and professional life have been preventing me from working on my comic ... one project in particular.

i recently painted myself into a proverbial corner with this problem causing project, and had stop, rethink things, start in a new direction,  and wait for some new items for the project.

because this waiting was going on i found myself with some free time, and i decided to use this time to do some work on the comic.

once i started working on the comic i realized that i was a lot further on it than i thought, and that if i concentrated my efforts on the comic i could have it completed by month's end.

perhaps more important was that i found out that if the comic was completed before month's end i had the possibility of having it printed and in my hands to distribute in time to honor my collaborator Bill White on the one year anniversary of his passing.

so i put my nose to the grindstone, and my shoulder to the wheel.  there are some things that i wish i could have done better or done over, but i persevered and did what had to be done.  it would have been nice to have a person to proof the completed work, but unfortunately life has not afforded me such an extreme decadent luxury.

about an hour ago i received word from the printer.  he said my files' size/format/etc are correct, and everything is a go.

it's finally ...

-30-




Monday, August 19, 2013