it's been one week...

...since my last post.

... clearly have barenaked ladies on the brain (and by that, i mean the BAND)... been HARD at work on the cobbler's monster, only 14 pages to go! WOOHOOO!

and since they've got the first 3 pages posted over at the image comics blog, i figure i can post one of those pages here...

mmmm, tastes like a hot dog.

been listening to stephen king's cell on audiobook (thanks a bunch, todd!) while putting in late nights... can't wait to hear how it ends (gonna haveta do more audiobooks while working... got the latest neil gaiman here waiting to go after the cell)...

todd and i have been talking a lot lately about the next 'haps series (and plan to start the next covers as soon as i get done with this project) ... the more we talk, the more excited we get... gonna make the first series seem boring in comparison, i tells ya!

and head over to todd's blog as he's gonna start posting some more of the pin-ups we were lucky enough to get for the 'haps trade FIRST BLOOD (shameless plug... order yours from your local comic shop in this week's previews catalog)

i'm sure i'll have more to post next week when i finally get through this deadline...

-c (can't wait to see what outrageousnes happens tonight on 24... and how they leave us hangin' 'til next week)

music i'm listening to as i type this .... arctic monkeys - whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not

workin'...

... practically non-stop to get through the cobbler's monster deadline to get the book out in time for san diego! (29 pages to go before the end of the month equals 2 pages a day and no sleep)...

in the meantime, up top there should be another tellos commission i had done a while back for somebody from the baltimore convention (easily one of my favorite cons... which i won't be at this year, since i'll be at a good friend's wedding... but i WILL be heading down to heroescon in charlotte and out to san diego )... but blogger's acting all woogie. i'll try to post it later...

been fliiping through a lot of french albums for inspiration and motivation lately, stuff like "belladone" and "ring circus" ... beautiful stuff! (and of course, anything by claire wendling is da bee's knees!)

back to work for me! (gotta get a few panels done before i get sucked into 24!)


-c


music i'm listening to as i type this... you can play these songs with chords - death cab for cutie

rockin' the suburbs!

so, trish and i had a night out on tuedsay and saw ben folds and his band in providence at lupo's (which moved a few years back to the strand... which, trish reminded me, is where we saw the reverend horton heat and the toadies on what was almost kinda sorta our first date 'lo those many years ago)...
a great show all around with a full 2 hour set (but standing around for 3+ hours in a jam packed sold out club made us realize why we don't go to shows too often anymore)...

got a LOT of pages left to get through to meet our deadline on cobbler's monster, but i'm confident we'll hit our deadline (wayne's been doing great stuff and giulia's colors are AMAZING!) looks like the image preview book will be available in philly and charlotte (i'll find out if they'll hit stores as well...)...

looking forward to getting back to the 'haps and commissions after this book (and hopefully the next book with beckett as well.... i enjoy working on the less than mainstream stuff after so many years of superheroes... although i'm getting the itch to do a 'hero book again - too bad almost every editor i've worked with at dc has moved on to hopefully greener pastures..)

got in david william's frickin' sweet pin-up for the 'haps trade and should be getting more any day... (i'll post it next week)

after seeing 'ringo's sweet scarlet witch on his site, i figured i'd post this one i did a while back but never got on the site...

back to work.

-c

what i'm listening to as i type this - itunes originals - barenaked ladies