Odd and the Frost Giants page 11 (chapter 1)

Yup. It sure took it's time... but I promise the next page won't take so long.

Cheerio.

The Graveyard Book

So, I've read (and listened at mousecircus.com) Neil's new book... and I loved it.

Once again Neil tells us stories filled with ghosts and ghouls and monsters. And once again those creatures are described with such accuracy and clarity that they seem more real, more HUMAN, than most of the empty-faced strangers that you'll see walking down the streets in the REAL world.

And once again the most powerfull parts of the stories are not the scary bits (and there are those too), but the more silent and gentle parts where you can almost taste the joy, or sadness, or longing, of the characters... and you can most certainly feel it.

Cheerio.

Blinking at the sunlight...

It's been awhile (and certainly longer than I anticipated).

Right. The past six months have been pretty rough. Nothing dramatic though. More like a slow avalanche of work- and family-related stuff that really needed my attention. But at some point during that time I realized I was wearing myself out, and decided to put all the "extra-stuff" on hold for awhile. Now, few months later, I'm still not ready to go full-speed ahead with Odd, but the "itch" is slowly getting unbearable and I've even done some drawin' during the past couple of days.

So. I'm still not out from the woods (and neither is Odd), not really, but I'm getting there (and so will he). There's just too much cool stuff already sketched or visualized in my head to quit at this point.

Be seeing you.

Cheerio.

Odd page 11 inks

YES, I'm still doing things you know...

Cheerio.

Be patient...

(taking a slightly apologetic face)

Just wanted to drop by and tell you that I'm still kinda trying to catch my breath after last weeks disasters (computer breaking and both of my kids getting the chicken pox)...

Sorry.

Cheerio.

No updates this week I'm afraid...

Two days back my office G5 rolled over and died (with a sharp SNAP!-sound and the smell of burning electronics stuff). Fortunately the hard disk was not damaged (so nothing was lost), but it meant that A) I'm currently working on a Macbook and I don't have access to the Odd files and B) instead of actually doing anything I'm paid to do, I've used many hours with mobile on one hand and a screwdriver on other, talking to a repairman and pulling things out of the deceased G5... which means I have shit-loads of things to do before I can even THINK about continuing Odd.

So, no updates this week. Sorry.

Odd and the Frost Giants page 10 (chapter 1)

Here's page 10. I can feel the end of Chapter 1 (slowly) approaching... and it's a good feeling.

Cheerio.