In no particular order:

I have no idea whether or not he reads this log, but in case he does, let me say THANK YOU and WELCOME to John, our [Fraction's and mine] new intern from the Creative Writing Program at KCAI. John's here once a week for three hours. Thus far he's done the translations checks on BLACK CAT and KARE FIRST LOVE. (Poor thing.) Yesterday was his birthday. Happy Birthday, John! He's 21.

Turned in a very short piece (4 pages) for an upcoming comics anthology that I don't think has been announced, so I'll leave out the particulars for the time being. I spent 3 or 4 days playing narrative Sudoku, attempting to make a La Ronde-style story I'd pitched work and ended up failing miserably. My next attempt -- a short piece about two sisters with their savings riding on mid-week race at Belmont Park -- also ended in creative abortion. I finally went back to an old script (my first attempt at comic writing, I think), an un-published mini called PERFECT BOUND, and attempted to adapt that. What I ended up with was a piece called TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES ALIVE IN WINTER... and it's entirely unlike PERFECT BOUND. Funny how that happens.

I think I've chosen an artist for NORMAL JEAN, though I still need to have him do up a sample page for my publisher/editor and get his approval, which means, of course, that the artist needs some script pages. I thought I'd have something to give him by now, but the burglary and Christmas BURIED me. And, I confess, I lost confidence and enthusiasm for the project there for a while, but I'm all fired up again. I'm working on start scripting on Monday at long last. If I could just get ahead of my deadlines a little! Two near all-nighters this week -- one on 2 hours of sleep, one on 3 -- I'm too old for this crap. I hope to be caught up by Friday, though. Cross your fingers for me.

I had something else to tell you but I've forgotten what it was. Lucky you.

From the Press Release:

In the Best One-Shot category, Viz Media took the award with their release of Sexy Voice and Robo which was followed-up by Brother from DramaQueen and Rizelmine from TOKYOPOP. [Emphasis mine.]

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