Looking back on last week, the weekend, and the way this week has shaped up, all i can say is it would have turned into two weeks of no comic anyway ^^;; So, in a way, facing up to the reality of things and not leaving you folks hanging really was the better approach in the long run. I really appreciate your patience and your tolerance of my two week in-service ‘vacation’ ^^;;

The trip to Seattle went well – Seattle is always fun, the people are wonderful, and it’s always nice to see some of our friends out there. There were a few glitches, of course – the biggest one was finding out that the Megatokyo panel was scheduled for 8:30 in the morning on Saturday…. who the hell is going to go to a 8:30am panel on saturday morning at a con? I was pleasantly surprised that quite a few did. For those of you who made that early panel, thank you – i’m not worthy of that kind of dedication. Hell, i barely made it to the thing myself. Also, It was great to see Tycho and Gabe again, and i really appreciate them coming in towards the end of our panel and us having an impromptu joint panel for a while – something that is always fun.

Processing is moving along, as well as other projects – i’ve also been trying to get some things done for the store so we will have a new line of products ready to go for upcoming conventions. Yesterday i wasn’t feeling well, so i really didn’t get enough done, so hopefully today i can get back on schedule. Still feeling a little off, hoping this nice weather we’re having will help.

On top of all of this, i have been having to restrain my inner fanboy from going nutso – while i was in seattle it was announced that Kyoto Animation would doing its own version of the Kanon anime. Few things in my fanboy world could make me happier. In fact, when watching Kyoto Animation’s “AIR” tv the one thing i wished was that these folks would revisit the Kanon series and do it proper justice. I’m bowled over by the fact that this will indeed be happening. I’m sure there are plenty of people who don’t care and think it’s a waste, but whatever. I’m sure there are plenty of keyfans like myself who are grinning ear to ear over this news.

Maybe i’ll be able to finish this book before the first episode comes out… one can only hope.

- pirotunes: Thievery Corporation – One -

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Posted by fredrin on March 30th, 2006 :: Filed under Daily Blogging

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As you probably read on my rant on Megatokyo this morning, I’m having to put Megatokyo on hold for two weeks as i try to hammer my way through the book preparation and take a trip to Seattle with the MegaGear store. I was really hoping to not have to do something like this but the way things fell out, i sort of had no choice. Anyways, i hope MT readers are patient. Trust me, i’d rather be doing the comics for the tail end of this chapter than the grunt work of processing book files.

The nice thing about it is that it is kind of refreshing to have full control over all the decisions that result in the final frame. All sorts of little tweaks and nudges that i can make that would not be made if i had someone else doing it. Of course, i have no idea if readers will even notice these kind of things, but hey – the book is forever. Once it’s out, its out. Better to get it right the first time, and i really want this thing to come out on time in June.

The DPD drawings will be nice little breaks – the one i posted today took about 2 hours and was a refreshing break from processing. I don’t have a specific theme i’m going to follow here, but you might see a pattern if you look closely.

I am nervous about hitting my deadline, i wont lie to you. Very nervous, even with the break. If i pull all this off, the book should come out really nice tho, and the stress of getting it done will be a distant memory when the book finally surfaces.

I’ll actually provide a more detailed write up of what i have to do to process the files at some point in the future. Its kinda neat, really, and can give others an idea of what to expect if they ever try to push their work to print format.

- pirotunes: Svartling – Afraid Of Silence -

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Posted by fredrin on March 20th, 2006 :: Filed under Daily Blogging

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