[ Posted by guinan on Jan 8th, 2007 10:30 PM ]...

Thanks, you must be one of those history buffs I hear so much about.

[ Posted by JimD on Jan 4th, 2007 11:32 PM ]...

Hey Michael -- doing great man! I've been keeping fairly busy but I'm about to get very busy (which I'm looking forward to!). A back-story issue of Rex Mundi coming up with Arvid & DH, and I'm doing art for a book of short stories (non-comic stuff) that will be getting pitched very soon. Like my little bio stuff says on this site, I'm really liking '07 so far!

How're YOU doing man? Looks like you're busy as hell, yes?

Later!
Jim

[ Posted by patchworkearth on Jan 5th, 2007 12:37 AM ]...

Yeah, this is week-from-Hell when it comes to the day job. I'm working on a short story collection of my own, actually (or obviously, if you've scanned my CS page here...) - I've been shying away from trying comics stuff for the last year, and it's been pretty fulfilling. Not agonizing over trying to find an artist seems to help, too! ;) But lately I've been getting that bug again, so who knows.

Your stuff's as gorgeous as ever, of course - but keep me up to date on that prose collection, man, I'm very interested!

[ Posted by JimD on Jan 5th, 2007 11:16 PM ]...

Hey thanks for the art compliments! As to the short story collection, it's possible that I may know something in the next month or two (but these things seem to always take longer than I expect! :)
Hey, I'd LOVE to pick up some of your writings -- lemme know where I can find some & I'll be sure to get it. Congrats on all of your work and keep on cranking man!

J

[ Posted by patchworkearth on Jan 6th, 2007 1:33 AM ]...

Ah-hahaha. No, for now the only place to get my work is via e-mail, by asking me. I'm not there, yet.

I was there twice, when it came to comics; once the deal fell through and the other time I broke it off. With prose, I've been waiting until the book is finished and free from my heart before I put myself through the pitching process. I don't have the friends in the business like I've had with comics, either.

I'm working on 21-25 out of 32 as we speak, and when I get there I'll make the tour by mail, like they did in the olden days.

I used to keep a website with all of my work on it, but this project has been very personal, and I haven't done that. The only public samples have been whatever I have posted on my CS page from week to week. Right now, it's one significant fragment from the first story in the collection. I might change it up later.

I appreciate the vote of confidence, though. It always feels weird when people assume that I've been published already.

[ Posted by JimD on Jan 7th, 2007 11:33 PM ]...

Are you going to mail out to literary agents first? From what I've heard for short stories and novels, that is often the best first step (though not ALways necessary). Whatever you end up doing for submitting, I wish you lots of luck man! One great thing to consider is attending conferences for writers. Much like attending comic cons is SO helpful, writing conferences are a great opportunity to meet editors, publishers, AND literary agents. Ah, but maybe you're already doing all that so I'll just shut my trap! :)

Best,
Jim

[ Posted by keithpille on Jan 5th, 2007 10:07 AM ]...

Thanks a lot! I'm still a little weirded out by the way those stories turned out; they came froma dumb thought I had while sitting at a stoplight on a bike, and pretty much every freelance job I've ever gotten has come through there. Weird.

What're you reading these days?

[ Posted by patchworkearth on Jan 5th, 2007 10:25 AM ]...

It's been my very limited experience that, really, that's how it almost always works out.

Aside from what you mentioned? In comics I'm reading Gillen/McKelvie's "Phonogram," I'm reading "Kabuki" and "Finder," and I was overjoyed to see that Dylan Horrocks's "Atlas" had finally released its third issue.

And, of course, Scott Pilgrim.

Lately I've been reading far more prose, because that's where my head's been.

[ Posted by crfh on Jan 5th, 2007 1:17 AM ]...

CRFH will be back on January 8. And yeah, I hope that 2007 is not so "interesting", heheheh!

[ Posted by rob_vollmar on Jan 1st, 2007 12:38 AM ]...

Hey thanks for the feedback on IT! On an aside note, I loved Calvino's "T Zero" and have heard great things about "Winter Night". Thanks for stopping by! ROB

[ Posted by patchworkearth on Jan 1st, 2007 5:20 PM ]...

"Invisible Cities" seems most up my alley, personally... that's my next target. But I've got too many damned books on the shelf as it is - I think 2007 is my year for the Russian classics.

[ Posted by jhall on Dec 29th, 2006 9:17 PM ]...

THanks man, nothing going on now, just schooool. Im literally there at school day and night, 12-14 hours a day 7 days a week during the term. No free time for other stuff. DOne a bit of freelance stuff but i cant show any due to NDA's. Nothing amazing though, just some stuff to pay bills. This upcoming term is a bit lighter but Im interviewing for an internship at a film studio so I'll be just as busy if that pans out.

Thanks for checking out my work!

[ Posted by patchworkearth on Dec 31st, 2006 11:20 PM ]...

It was my pleasure. Try to stay sane with it all. One day, when you're not weighed down by the world outside, drop me a line. I'd love to do a project with you some time.

[ Posted by jhall on Jan 1st, 2007 2:31 AM ]...

heheh im tryin! Thanks and will do! BTW, "Big Numbers" kicks ass! :-)

[ Posted by patchworkearth on Jan 1st, 2007 5:18 PM ]...

It is indeed. Sometimes I think everyone's forgotten about it.

[ Posted by brokenvoice on Jan 1st, 2007 5:46 AM ]...

You know how it is ... idle hands and all that!

[ Posted by Crowfeathers on Dec 30th, 2006 6:45 PM ]...

I don't have any more story samples available at the moment, but I could do a comic or children's story in whatever fashion someone wanted to commission me for, whether that be realistic (Watership Down, maybe?) or uber cartoony (The Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy?). I'm fastest at what I do the most of, but in theory at least, I can do anything.

[ Posted by patchworkearth on Dec 31st, 2006 11:18 PM ]...

Good to know. Nothing I'm working on right now is short enough to dare sliding your way (My head's in a "six issue" phase these days), but I wanted to pass along hearty thumb's up nonetheless.

[ Posted by Christian_Beranek on Dec 26th, 2006 10:29 PM ]...

Ha! I wish I knew what that was...

[ Posted by patchworkearth on Dec 26th, 2006 10:36 PM ]...

I do all of my sleeping in the bathroom these days. It's the only way to keep up!

[ Posted by Laura on Dec 24th, 2006 8:45 PM ]...

Merry Christmas to you, too.

[ Posted by ryankelly on Dec 24th, 2006 12:37 PM ]...

Awesome! I'll have my own marathon of Jack frost, Santa Clause , and Santa Clause Conqeurs the Martians.

[ Posted by patchworkearth on Dec 24th, 2006 12:55 PM ]...

Jack Frost! Damn, I'm not sure we have a copy here at the house anymore... I think we're following up the Santa Claus duo with Road House instead. It'll be a Patrick Swayze Christmas this year.

[ Posted by Harbinger on Dec 23rd, 2006 5:28 PM ]...

Ack, a grifter!

What be up, m'man? How have you been?

[ Posted by DaleLazarov on Dec 22nd, 2006 7:18 PM ]...

Thanks, man :) I do care about it being quality pornography.

[ Posted by stevapalooza on Dec 21st, 2006 12:26 AM ]...

You CAN be a Bon Vivant. All you have to do is BELIEVE!!

[ Posted by patchworkearth on Dec 21st, 2006 11:42 PM ]...

I'm clapping my hands, Tinkerbell!

[ Posted by apocalypseworking on Dec 21st, 2006 11:22 PM ]...

I knew there was a good reason I friended you! Any comics come out of that living arrangement?

[ Posted by patchworkearth on Dec 21st, 2006 11:35 PM ]...

We're currently wrapping up our unfinished 24 hour comic (cowritten with Richard Carbonneau - CS name rscarbonneau - and "Cisco Kid" writer Len Kody - CS name lenkody).

It was a magical artifact designed as a continuous cave wall (with the space between pages 1 and 24 as the cave "entrance") that tells a circular story of a cavewoman who learns to create art through magic. There is a series of mandalas on the cave wall, one per page, that establishes a language through sigils that tells the story in microcosm.