Hello. It's been a while.

I've been fast at work with my summer classes, heading to the end of the second week. It moves fast, and so do I.

I am ahead of everyone else in the comicbook class, because, well, I'm so enthusiastic about it. We watched a documentary called Comicbook Confidential, which was really good, especially the bit with R. Crumb and the parts with Will Eisner. Also watched How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, which is exactly like my book, only more entertaining because it's Stan Lee himself in front of the camera! Also watched a DVD about the business itself, and breaking in. But no, as far as work goes, everyone else still seems to be doing sketches and working out their ideas. I wrote a short story in about 5 minutes, did page after page of sketches, then decided I hated it and pulled out my second Cyberpunk Blues idea and started it.

I'm nearly finished inking the cover, got the panels and some penciling done on all 4 story pages, and finished pencils for the first page! Here's a peak:

The bottom left corner panel is my tribute to Scott Pilgrim. There are probably other Scott Pilgrim tributes, too, but that one's my favorite.

So I may be way ahead, but I think the inking and coloring process will slow me down quite a bit, especially coloring, seeing as I have no real clue what to do there...

And here's a charcoal drawing I finished shortly before moving back to Johnson City:

Digital photography, on the other hand, I rather hate. It drags and drags.

Other things!

-E3 happened! The best thing? The 3DS, obviously, Nintendo's new handheld juggernaut. While Sony and Microsoft finally revealed their answers to the Wii's motion controls, Nintendo is thinking ahead of the pack. Nice.
-Speaking of Scott Pilgrim, the new trailers are WONDERFUL, especially the International trailer released today.
-I watched Splice two weekends ago with some friends and it was insane. It's like a very modern revision of Frankenstein, just crossing many more lines and making you intensely uncomfortable.
-Been listening to a bit of some new genre of music referred to as Witch House. Bands with symbols for names, making them impossible to do a Google search on, and their song titles are about the same. Slow, dragging, stompy synths and distorted vocals. Weird stuff.

I have also fallen in love with Brett Domino. I am proud to share my first name with him:

I had decided a couple months back that I REALLY want a theremin. Now I also want a stylophone.

Last but not least, I got a part-time job at G2K Games. My best friend works at the Johnson City store and I know one of the managers, and I'll be working at the store in Kingsport once it's opened. I am so very excited.

That's it. Going to bed early tonight, haven't been getting too much sleep lately, and I need it, I do.

[Brett]