Good News/Great News

First, the good news.  I have a car again.  The front end looks brand new!  And while I certainly didn't get out of it cheap, it was certainly better than it could have been.  I can now get back to getting my life in order.  Depending on people for rides was a drag, but riding my bike to work wasn't so bad.

The great news is that I can drive my working, mostly-dent-free car all the way to New York City from October 12-14, as I'll be sitting behind an Artist Alley Table at the New York Comic Con, selling brand new copies of Underburbs: Volume 2, as well as all the other individual issues, sketches, and more.  Apparently, someone dropped out at the last minute, leaving me an opening to swoop in and grab it.  Big thanks go to Bob Shaw for finding that opening.  I don't know what my table number is yet, but if you like The Underburbs on Facebook, I'll be keeping up to the minute updates.

UPDATE:  I'll be at Artist Alley Table B5.

In other news, I also had me a real illustration job, thanks to one of my pals from art school.  I don't think I can go into detail here regarding who the client is (I didn't have to sign an NDA, but I think it was implied), but I can tell you that it was one of the longest work days of my life.  I had to drive from Massachusetts to Connecticut (roughly 3 hours) right out of work.  I slept at a friend's house (the same friend who landed me the gig).  Then I woke up at 7am, had a quick breakfast, left at 8 to drive to the studio so I could get there by 9.  It was there that I had to make a series of drawings on a marker board.  They had to film me doing this so they can edit it together and play it back at high speed.  This is all to create what I think will be a 2-3 minute presentation.  I was there until 3:30 the next morning.  Drawing.  On a vertical board.  With my arm stretched out to the side as far as it could go so my body wouldn't be in the shot.  And then I made the 3-hour drive home so I could go to work the next morning.  So to anybody out there I've promised commissions to, I'm a little wiped at the moment but I will try to get it together in the coming weeks.  I haven't forgotten you, which is surprising because I can barely remember my own name after all this.