A brave new blog

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Hey, glad to see you again. Sorry for the long break between updates. Yes, I know it was nearly a year. I was spending my time getting married and doing work on the new house, and after that I pretty much just dove into the work for the next book. I hope you’ll all forgive me the delay when you … Read More

Vögelein Release Party

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Well, since I blathered on and on and on about SPX, I will do slightly less blathering about the release party and let the pictures do their work. Thousand words and all that. We had a stupendous time, the staff of Sidetrack were marvellous, and helped us pull a prank on Eric, who was less than pleased about being served … Read More

Happy Boofday to me

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It’s my birthday today, and a right pleasant one it was. Went shopping with mum on Thursday, had dinner with one brother last night, introduced him to Korean Food and the entire round of 11 draft beers at ABC (those wee sampler beers are the best thing ever, aren’t they?). Today, got a phone call from a special someone to … Read More

California… land of inhumane taxes

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Yet another reason I don’t want to live in California. After I got done filling out FIVE forms for the State Board of Equalization (Does that sound too much like Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron to anyone besides me?), I had to pay State, County, Local AND District taxes for the paltry income I made at APE. And I don’t even get … Read More

APE Aftermath

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Guess What? I just about broke even. Not quite, but almost. So there you go. In other news, here’s about half of the Saturday night dinner party. Left to right – Roberta Gregory (back) Layla Lawlor, Carla Speed McNeil, Madison Clell, me, and Matt Messana. Donna Barr’s behind the camera.

Printer Woes

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Oy. There’s a very big, very important 2-page spread at the end of Issue #4. It being a 2-page spread, it’s fairly clear that the first page of the spread should be on the left. I, however, seem completely incapable of counting, so the spread wound up on opposite sides of the same page. Siiiiigh.

Are you a Happy Cog?

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Working for the man? Check out this new web store, The Happy Cog. An ex-coworker and I came up with the idea, and it only seemed fitting.

#4 is on the way, #5 almost done.

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Issue #4 is out being proofed by Jeff Berndt right now… it will go to press within the next 2-3 weeks, and will ship in September. #5 is in the final stages of being painted and is on track to ship in November.

Word From Neil Gaiman

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This quote is taken from Neil Gaiman’s Weblog. If you haven’t given the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund a couple of bucks by this point, do yourself and them a favor and jet over to their site. At least buy a bumpersticker or something. These guys are fighting for your civil rights, too. “Well, I’m not going to write the … Read More