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Monday, March 01, 2010

The OS Journal, 3/1/10


Let's see...my comics are coming out in two days and I'm as anxious as hell. It's a good anxious, but it's still anxiousness. It's like waiting for Christmas Day if you were waiting for Christmas day for 30 years.

I just made an appointment to get my hair done by a place that does NOT resemble the reliable, safe neighborhood salon. We will see how that goes. All I know is, I will not look the same when I leave there. I don't know if that's good or bad. The last cut I got, I was so neurotic about Change that I had them take like an inch off and just paid them and ran out. You couldn't even tell the difference. So now my hair is exceptionally long and shapeless. It's when I break the ponytail out that I admit defeat. You pull that hair back and spray it into place – done! Defeat! Then: walk of shame into salon.


Watched "Julie and Julia" yesterday. Thought they could do a "Goodbye To Comics" version where footage of Frank Castle taking down a Columbian drug cartel is intercut with me learning to use Blogger for the first time. "Look honey: I got a comment! From someone who didn't know me! (squee!)" Then: a safehouse in the middle of the jungle blows up. It's genius I tell you. Someone alert Sony.

Thunder-Jock

My Munden's Bar with Martha Thomases going live was a welcome surprise. Norm did a great job didn't he? He was a real trooper. I remember seeing the first pages for this story come out, and spitting coffee all over the keyboard. And yes, it should be remembered here: Martha did create Dakota North in the 1980s. There was a lot of great female characters back then; somebody on the ComicMix boards mentioned "Whisper," and that's really true. Whisper was a GREAT book.

Ah, Sean Kleefeld has just sent me a mock-up of how I might look like in a post-disco Dazzler cut:


You know, that really ain't too bad. Now here is the BORIS original of that art:


If I could get that butt, plus the hair...you know, and the light powers...

Oh, and ordered my iPhone today. That's right. No more land-line. Change: it's scary, but fun too!

More reports as they unfold!

--Val

7 comments:

  1. You CAN get that butt! Don't you collect action figures? It can be yours!

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  2. I was thinking more of those sneakers with the bump in the middle of the sole that lets you "tone" and "firm" effortlessly.

    Or gluteal implants

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  3. Thunder-Jock is hilarious. Where did he appear?

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  4. I'm looking forward to both of your comics tomorrow!

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  5. Anonymous6:18 PM

    Loved the efforts at Munden's Bar! Such a great (and funny) way of presenting the whole conversation I frequently find myself in the middle of.

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  6. Anonymous4:55 AM

    I wish I got comments from people who don't know me who don't wish me dead because I didn't like their webcomic or they don't like mine.

    Boy, that sentence was confusing.

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  7. Ah,
    always nice to visit Munden's Bar.
    Well done!

    Also nice to see Norm Breyfogle's work see the light of day.

    But I'm surprised I didn't see any butt-revealing thong fashions on the men.

    Jus' sayin'
    Dave-lad-Jr.

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