I found this blackout poem while I was going through some things to compile my portfolio. People ask me if I’m getting nervous about the big day. I feel like this poem says it all.
HEY! THE XMAS CURTAIN CALLS
“My working method has more often than not involved the subtraction of weight.”
—Italo Calvino, Six Memos For The New Millenium
Drew these two pages while listening to a solo KCRW gig by My Morning Jacket’s Jim James. Jim James’ voice + silo reverb = heaven. A beautiful equation.
BIRDSEED (ONLINE COMIC)
The work continues. I’m sitting here listening to my 30+ episodes of Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio. Life is good. Last night I dreamt about a Civil War veteran with a pet tiger. Meg dreamt we had hinges behind our ears, and after we got married, we went back to the hotel, pulled off our faces, and there were two little aliens sitting behind controls in our heads. I said, “That’s a terrible dream.” Meg said, “No, because we were both relieved that we could tell each other the truth!” An anxiety dream, sure, but a sweet one, I thought.
While working on an online portfolio, I decided to put a flash edition of “Birdseed” online.
So what else? I’m reading Eddie Campbell’s Alec: How To Be An Artist (good review here), after reading his Fate Of The Artist. Both of them are really good. The man behind the From Hell visuals, Campbell’s one of the greats. Here’s a good short interview with him.
Ok, boy. Quit stalling. Get drawing.
MY LISTENING YEAR, 2006
Just me riffing on John Porcellino:
Special treat: an updated page of every Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour show.
WHAT IF WE GIVE IT AWAY?
Forbes had a “Special Report” on Books over the weekend, with some really great articles, especially one on the success of McSweeneys, and Cory Doctorow’s “give freely and they will buy” business strategy.
Doctorow really has his head straight. It seems ludicrous, but showing generosity towards your readers, giving them clips and “free stuff,” really does, in the long run, get you further than staying secretive about your work. That’s why, today, I’m posting not one, but TWO pages of work.
Comments, as always, are appreciated.
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