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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:
May 22 2007, 18:28:15 UTC 5 years ago
And do you have any British accent left? I don't know if I've ever heard one from you. Does it rematerialize when you talk to your family? :)
May 22 2007, 18:45:41 UTC 5 years ago
No, no British accent left at all. My sister doesn't have one either, but everyone else still does. It's a shame - I think having one now would make me appear immediately more exotic and interesting to people when I meet them. Instead, now I have to wait for a moment to work it naturally into the conversation...
May 22 2007, 18:34:11 UTC 5 years ago
I don't often tell you this, but I am very proud of you. Even though this fucking book killed our funny and ugly Gabagool! baby, I wish you nothing but international fame and fortune. I can see this book being huge in Europe and Japan, if you can get in those markets. Any word on an international publisher?
May 22 2007, 18:46:48 UTC 5 years ago
Yes, a few international irons in the fire, but none are yet official. That's fine, it'll give me new things to "announce" on the LiveJournal in the coming months.
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May 23 2007, 15:02:00 UTC 5 years ago
Congratulations on finishing up the book though, that's really great news!
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May 23 2007, 18:41:55 UTC 5 years ago
congrats, mike!
Does this mean that post October of this year we'll see some more Gabagool?
Perhaps?
Please?
Anonymous
May 23 2007, 23:07:42 UTC 5 years ago
And I don't look forward to anything!
(Second on the more GABAGOOL! also)
:)
May 24 2007, 16:06:10 UTC 5 years ago
Are you going to MoCCA this year?
May 27 2007, 04:59:04 UTC 5 years ago
The craziness with moving and the new job sort of killed all MoCCA cash I would have needed, so this year it's SPX only. :(