Mike Dawson (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mikedawsoncomic) wrote,@ 2007-05-22 13:47:00 |
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Substantial Freddie & Me update
I haven’t really been “blogging” about it much, but there’s actually been a quite a lot happening with my book in the past six months or so. I'm happy to say though, that my graphic novel will be published in spring of 2008 in the United States by Bloomsbury books.
Spring of 2008 sounds like a long time away (and believe me, when I lie awake at night thinking about it, I often realize that yes, it is actually a long time away), but I’ve got a lot to do between now and then.
The book needs to be completed by the middle of October. At some point, last December, I thought I’d pretty much finished everything, but it turns out that I was way off the mark in that regard. I’ve cut a lot of pages (I think maybe 25 – 35 total, which is a lot if you consider that I can only draw about 2 pages a week), and I’ve added at least that much in new scenes and sequences – many of which are still in script/thumbnail stage at this point. Going down to a four day work-week at the day-job really ought to help I’m thinking though. I just hope I am able to put in everything that I want to before the deadline gets here.
I let my first family member read the book this week (well, the current draft). My sister read it and called me to let me know that she loved it, which really means a lot to me. I dunno if I’ve ever mentioned this, but my family’s English (no Mike, you never mentioned that...), and therefore reserved and wary of graphic novels about their lives getting drawn and published and sold in bookstores. I’ve always meant the book to be a positive reflection on them, and I think it is, but even still, I’m not sure it would have been their first choice of subject for me to write about. Oh well, it’s (almost!) done now.
I know that about a year ago I'd made the semi-announcement here that the book would be published through Chris Pitzer's AdHouse Books. Chris has been very understanding and supportive about the change in direction, which you can see on the AdHouse forum here.
Here’s a recent drawing:
I haven’t really been “blogging” about it much, but there’s actually been a quite a lot happening with my book in the past six months or so. I'm happy to say though, that my graphic novel will be published in spring of 2008 in the United States by Bloomsbury books.
Spring of 2008 sounds like a long time away (and believe me, when I lie awake at night thinking about it, I often realize that yes, it is actually a long time away), but I’ve got a lot to do between now and then.
The book needs to be completed by the middle of October. At some point, last December, I thought I’d pretty much finished everything, but it turns out that I was way off the mark in that regard. I’ve cut a lot of pages (I think maybe 25 – 35 total, which is a lot if you consider that I can only draw about 2 pages a week), and I’ve added at least that much in new scenes and sequences – many of which are still in script/thumbnail stage at this point. Going down to a four day work-week at the day-job really ought to help I’m thinking though. I just hope I am able to put in everything that I want to before the deadline gets here.
I let my first family member read the book this week (well, the current draft). My sister read it and called me to let me know that she loved it, which really means a lot to me. I dunno if I’ve ever mentioned this, but my family’s English (no Mike, you never mentioned that...), and therefore reserved and wary of graphic novels about their lives getting drawn and published and sold in bookstores. I’ve always meant the book to be a positive reflection on them, and I think it is, but even still, I’m not sure it would have been their first choice of subject for me to write about. Oh well, it’s (almost!) done now.
I know that about a year ago I'd made the semi-announcement here that the book would be published through Chris Pitzer's AdHouse Books. Chris has been very understanding and supportive about the change in direction, which you can see on the AdHouse forum here.
Here’s a recent drawing:
