EMAW 10 PAGE 25 PART 2

Well, hopefully I can Frankenstein this into a page.



Now it's time to put this sordid affair behind me and move on

EMAW 10 PAGE 25... sort of

Man... this page been kickin' my ass. I was all set to do a whole bunch of pages this weekend, but I couldn't get this one out of the lame and into my car.

I finally just cut the bottom third of the page off. It was originally going to be one big splash, but it was the king of suck. So, I'll salvage some of it and add something else to the bottom. And I still got to fix some of the shit problems I left in.

Fuck. Four days with this nonsense and it's as successful as something I might've well as cranked in 20 minutes. Dammit.

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Man, who let that girl girl her hands in the Romita gel?

That puts me one page away from my January mini-deadline: finish through page 25 before February. Now, I think I really ought to see how far I can push it. Page 30 before February?

This also puts me at Page 7 in my 100 Pages in 141 Days Challenge.

I'm also now 1 week smoke free! I should celebrate. Smoke'em if you got'em!

I think I'll write about all those single issues I bought this week in a little feature I call Bitey Handy Feedy. Or Stone Glass House. Or Frank Santoro Stole My Thunder Women!

Also, I'm pretty close to having thoughts about more albums of 2007. Get those while they're temperate.

EMAW 10 PAGE 23 AND EMAW 8 REVIEW!

Page 23 and I abandon the gutters for a day, like that movie about the guy and the other guy:




HEY! Have you checked out The Pulse today? If you had, perhaps you noticed this article. Chris Beckett's For Your Consideration is always a good read, but this week's feature is a ridiculously generous piece on Earth Minds Are Weak #8: Kaiju Jugoruma Chapters 1-4 (a 15-Page Preview of which can be found HERE).


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In other news, after enjoying my night with nothing but actual comic books so much (Speak of the Devil, Fell, Jack Staff), I went out and bought a bunch more! New World Order #1, Usagi Yojimbo #109, DMZ #27, Fear Agent #18, 2 Guns #5, The Goon #20 Killing Pickman #2, and Snaked #1.

I've only read one so far... it was really awful (although you could see how it was almost really good).

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Page 22! that's 5 pages in the 100 pages in 141 days project! And there's still a lot of night left. This also puts me on my way to my minigoal of hitting Page 25 before February.



I think Marcos is going to release some big, unexpected news soon. Hopefully over at the Cliff Face site. Maybe this week?

In case you're betting on the news, the serious money is on us both being pregnant. That's right: Manspecting.

It's either that, or we're both going to play in the ultimate game of danger and thrills... starring in a Terry Gillaim movie. Honestly, can that guy ever get a break? Is Sub-Zero on his production staff? Is Buzzsaw a grip? Is Dynamo a gaffer? Is Captain Freedom an Assistant Director? Will Richard Dawson buy his next script for a dollar? Have I taken it too far?

Ohh! Fireball! I forgot FIREBALL! Um... is Fireball a costume designer?

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More MURDER! Or SET UP TO MURDER!

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I do it Eisner style. I do it Cosmo style. I give you Justin Fox's GlamourPuss!



I could REALLY use a cigarette. I'm starting to wonder if I even had a reason for quitting...

I've got so much nervous energy, I did three loads of laundry. And then I folded all my newly clean pants and boxers. And hung my shirts. And then I paired and folded my socks.

I feel like a whole new man. A man who folds socks. A man who folds socks when he could be having a cigarette. I don't like this man.

I need something to make me laugh. Make me laugh, internet!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Thank you, internet. How did people ever quit smoking without you?

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40% done! I'd like to get 50% done before the end of the month. All part of my 100 Pages in 141 Days to MoCCA Speedgavadanza.





Some subjective backgrounds to take us out of this chapter. It's the Mambo No. 5 of pages with a little Eisner by my side and a little Steranko something something. Although he wasn't the first to use the technique, Oliver Stone was the first I heard to to give it a name. He used backscreen projection for his subjective backgrounds in Natural Born Killers.

First thought of the day:

Are all non-smokers this irritable all the time? Is that why no one likes you?

Second thought of the day:

I can no longer tell the difference between my neighbors' love of football or their dogs' lonliness. It all sounds like the same high-pitched wail. Touchdown or starvation — you make the call.

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LAST SMOKE

So, I quit again. Like an hour ago.

The good news is, I'm still drawing. The bad news is, I'm ready to kill you.

If you're looking for more good news, you probably deserve it. The killing, I mean.

Anyway, here's some PERFECT MURDER. Except without the funny or the murder...

MARCOS GIVES GOOD COLOR

Marcos colors some Kaiju Jugoruma from page 18 of EMAW 10:

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Nearly at the 40% mark! I just finished two pages of something I won't be blogging about for a long time — I won't even be scanning them until the end of next month. But, in the meantime, I have pages done from the weekend that I'll be putting up:

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Call me Chris Isaacs, Ishmael. For I've been a bad, bad blogger.

Here's page 18 of EMAW 10, Kaijus Jugoruma Capter 6:




This weekend should see me blogging furiously again. New pages, musics, whatnots.

For the time being, go check out some beautiful work here. I asked Mike when we'd see more of his pages, and he delivered in diamonds!

For my next trick, I'm going to ask Beyoncé to come over so I can rub oil into her thighs...

HOW DID THIS... NOPE!

Check it out: Who Killed Round Robin. It's pretty nice.

HOW DID IT AND RAN

New panel up at How Did This Happen? Panel 34. A nice bit of thick we're accumulating there.

I did this after locking myself out of the apartment this morning. I must've put on the wrong pants. Marcos saved the day, by being home and giving me his old keys. Since, I've whiled some hours watching QI season 5, but I really need to get some dinner, do some more work and maybe shower.

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Two more pages. I'm sure this all leading to something most foul, but what?




Oh, yes. MURDER!

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So, even though I wanted to be blazing pages for weeks now, I wanted to also take a little side-trip away from doing Kaiju Jugoruma and play with something else. Of course, a number of those 'something elses' have made their way directly to the trash heap. I haven't even scanned most of them.

But, I did scan this one in. I did these two pages today. They made me laugh.




If I DO wind up finishing this little book, it will be pretty little. The pages will print out closer to this size (3.5"x4.25" live areas):




We'll see what happens.