Jane Irwin has restarted The Clockwork Game, and you can start reading this graphic-novel-in-installments right now. Go do it — I’ve been looking forward to this for what seems like ages, but like all good stories, it’s worth the wait.
Another pal, Carla Speed McNeil, has some new books out, and a new blog to celebrate. Go do that too.
Another interview with Colleen AF Venable, in which she talks about the Feynman book.
This time, we get to see lots of rejected ideas, about which I would have been happy to say “Yeah, that one!” to any of ’em.
Heck, she could have convinced me to go with the Warhol look you get when you string them all together! Super cool.
My pal Rob Hess and I are going to do some bad spelling to benefit 826michigan, and in a clear metaphor for…well, lots of things, the more money we raise the more we can cheat.
But in this case, it’s for a good cause: Reading, writing, and tutoring programs for kids.
So yeah, I’m hitting you up for money, and I’m not ashamed of it. You can
by clicking on the “Sponsor Me” button. (Sorry I can’t provide a more direct link…) Please do!
What’s in it for you, besides knowing you’ve done the right thing? Leave a comment or a note if you donated more than $24.99 — I trust you! — and I’ll draw a name from the list of those who did and send ’em one of my books, for free.
edited to add: Oh, hey, look…I ended up with an extra copy of Evolution by my fabulous pals Jay Hosler, Kevin Cannon, and Zander Cannon. So, it looks like two of you will make out like a bandit, as will literacy and tutoring programs in Michigan!
edited again, to add: I found another neat book to give away: The Secret Miracle, which not coincidentally is an 826 benefit book itself, and features many great writers talking about how and why they work. So now I’ll draw three names.
The last couple of weeks found me in the Abandoned Warehouse District of Brooklyn (you know the one — it’s where all the superhero vs. supervillain battles take place in 1960s Marvel Comics), a bonsai artist‘s nursery in Milwaukie, Periscope Studio in Portland, Gas Works Park in Seattle, an unnamed and snowy trail near Mt. Rainier, and, finally, TLC Forge in Eatonville.
The first stop was for an unusual, whirlwind, and cold freelance gig which I don’t think I can talk about yet, and the rest were mostly pleasure with a little comics-related business mixed in for seasoning. Amy, Dan, Michael, Sara, Steve, Carolyn, Jim, Billy O. (and Neeko, Kanika and Bear), Terry, Louise, and everyone else: Thank you!
p.s. I didn’t correct the red-eye here because sometimes you shouldn’t.
I’ve never read an interview with Colleen AF Venable before, but I’ve had the pleasure of talking to her face-to-face and working with her too. She’s fun, smart, enthusiastic, and…well, I just want to repeat those words again, so I will. She’s fun, smart, and enthusiastic! I also think she’s a great designer, and couldn’t be happier with what she did for Feynman.
(By the way, that’s just the front of the dustjacket. The back is great too, and the grace notes she added to the case binding itself are swell. Pun intended, Colleen!)
