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Wrapping It Up: 24 Hour Comics Day
It’s a few minutes early but I’m pronouncing my effort done for today. At some point not tonight I’ll do an overall wrap-up impression, but for now I’ll say that I scripted, laid out and lettered 24 pages. I pencilled 6.5. I’m okay with that. If (and that’s a big if) I ever try this…
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Halfway Point: 24 hour Comics
Well, I certainly thought I would have had another progress report by now, namely one that said “letters complete, moving on to pencils” but that’s still a couple hours away. I just finished lettering page 15 of 24 so at least I’m on the downhill slide of that task, but I can’t believe it’s taking…
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In Progress: 24 Hour Comics Day
So it’s 5:40am and I just finished scripting. If you notice my proposed timeline below, I’m about an hour behind where I thought I’d be. Oh well, at least I haven’t given in to sleep or given up. It was tougher than I thought, this forced production, very different from how NaNoWriMo and Script Frenzy…
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Event Reminder: 24 Hour Comics Day
So this Saturday, October 18th, is the official 24 Hour Comics Day and I’m one of many webcomickers out there participating. The goal is 24 pages in 24 hours with absolutely no work done ahead of time. That’s the tough part, of course, because I’m just dying to at least get an outline or page-map…
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Random Appetites: Trader Vic’s Mai Tai
And back to the booze! Well, sort of… While at Dragon*Con 2008 Todd and I had dinner at Trader Vic’s. Let me tell you: it was phenomenal! What we had: Shared Appetizer: Cosmo Tidbits (BBQ Spareribs, Cha Sui pork, Crab rangoon and crispy prawns) Shared Starter: Bongo Bongo Soup Todd’s Entree: 20oz Ribeye Jenn’s Entree:…
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Random Appetites: BYOP Basics
In September, 1999, I had just ended my brief career as a pastry chef to return to the more lucrative bookkeeping job I’d left and had recently been dumped by my boyfriend of more than a year. It was the first time in two years I found myself with loads of free time. Not only…
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Random Appetites: Martini Mishaps
Welcome to cocktail hour, kiddies! First, a little background may be in order: The classic martini is made with gin and vermouth (2:1 ratio) and garnished with either cocktail olives or a twist of lemon. The vodkatini made popular by 007 himself has become accepted as a substitute and with it have come numerous flavor…
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Looking Ahead
So! Now that September is over it’s time to switch gears a bit. I did enjoy having an on-going story for an entire month, a unifying theme and so forth, so will continue to “theme” the months more or less as long as I’m able to pull enough random stories together that all fit. October,…
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Random Appetites: Party Food!
Nothing like being fashionably late, no? (actually, a day off is a bit more than that but I’ll hope you’ll forgive me, I come bearing treats! or, well, at least recipes for them!) The annual party season is soon to be upon us and the realization that I have not hosted a single, solitary party…
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Random Appetites: Tuaca
Not only is it a fun word to say, it’s pretty tasty as well! (though the urge to go “tu-a-ca-ca-ca” a la Disturbed’s Down With the Sickness is nearly overwhelming) Now, even though I’m no longer IN the hospitality industry I still figure I’ve been around enough (and watch enough Food Network) to have at…
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