Tiddies and Bitties

One down, three to go.
I spent most of this past Sunday finishing my first screenplay for television. It's a straight-up adaptation of Suburban Tribe's first Christmas story.

I'm sure that it is not perfect. I'm sure that it could use a polish and a fresh editorial set of eyes. Nonetheless, I am pretty happy with it. It certainly looks professional and it moves at a snappy pace.

I'm not sure exactly what I'll do with it. It's meant to be a cartoon, obviously, so maybe I'll get a bunch of my friends together and at least get an audio recording of the dialogue. But now that it's finished, I'll move on to my other submission scripts (A new Suburban Tribe 22-page print comic, my fantasy-action comic and my "altie" bio-comic.)

Onward and upward!

Kegger at my place this weekend!
My wife's going out of town to see a friend, and she'll be gone for five whole days. You know what that means: All boxers, all the time. Put the toothbrush away and break out the Guinness and the Fruity Pebbles. All three Extended Edition "Lord of the Rings" go in to the DVD player and they don't come out. And is it mere coincindence that Jennifer Aniston is now single again just as I am home alone?

I think not.

"I'm not even supposed to be here today!"
To supplement me spiritually as I prepare professionally-formatted scripts and full-page artwork in my latest attempt at commercial discovery, I have been reading Kevin Smith's Blog on a regular basis. I also watched his 2+ hour documentary on the making of "Clerks." on the Clerks. X DVD.

And instead of getting inspired, I think I'm just getting jealous as hell.

Here's Kevin's day, no exaggeration: "Wake up at ten, play video games, go drop $400 on DVDs at Best Buy, lunch at Burger King, sex with the wife, fly to Hawaii and have a luauu with Mark Hamil and Kirsten Dunst, sex with wife in the hotel pool, fall asleep watching the Simpsons. Repeat."

Is this lifestyle desireable or decadent? I'll let you know after I've tried it for 20 or 30 years.

Last but not Least
I just caught up on my Suburban Tribe e-mail. There were a couple of e-mails in there from more than a week ago that were of the "I love your comic" variety. I feel bad when it takes so long for me to just get time to sit down and reply with a "Thanks, man."

So please, if you send me one of those e-mails and it takes forever for me to say "Thanks," don't take it personally. Those are the e-mails that keep me going. You know that saying "If you want something done, give it to a busy person?" I may or may not be that busy person, but I sure seem to be the person people keep giving stuff to.

Now that I've ended a sentence with a preposition, I think it's time to go.

A quick update

before I go into work this morning.

Sorry I didn't get to make up for Friday's strip this weekend. The day job is gearing up for another rough couple of months. I might be working overtime quite a bit, or I might not. I'll just have to see how it shakes out over the next few weeks.

Because of the potentially chaotic schedule, I spent time this weekend on my print submissions/scripts and getting the comic ready for today. I really don't want to be derailed any further from getting my comics in front of people who can get me paid for my efforts, so I sacrificed Friday's strip to the cause.

I do have Suburban Tribe stories planned out up until February/March of 06, and I don't think you will be disappointed with what's coming. Thanks for your patience. Also, if you have sent me email the last few days, I have received it and I will reply ASAP.

I have to go now, the commute calls. Keep the faith.

No Comic Today (Friday)

I just straggled in from another world-famous 14-hour American workday. I want to draw, but my brain demands some form of non-stimulus. I'll try to make it up to you guys over the weekend.

Once again, art falls to commerce. I shall now cry myself to sleep .

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Without Further Ado:

I am turning over the blog portion of the site indefinitely to ElJefe, ElMacho and Beav. (Or is it "The Beav"? I'm not sure.)

I'm doing this because I am no closer to getting paid for writing and drawing comics than I was a year ago and that's because I haven't promoted myself near as much as I should have. I need to spend much more time creating a print proposal of this strip as well as getting my other comics ideas into shape for submission to "dead tree" publishers.

I'll still post, just not that frequently. You can also ask me anything in the comments here, in the forums or via email and I'll answer.

New date for the Suburban Tribe Pledge Drive: October 17 - October 28. Look for that limited -edition "Cheesecake" print as well as some other cool prizes.

For Obvious Reasons...

...I am postponing the Suburban Tribe Pledge drive. You don't need to be sending money to me when there are 18 month old babies who are dying of dehydration in Louisiana.

Click here to donate to the American Red Cross. No amount is too small.

And you can count me among the growing number of people who are getting angry that there is an entire American city that has not received sufficient aid five days after it was leveled.

Amazing.