Scattershot
I've been very lax about posting lately (though, courtesy of installing Tweetdeck, I've been more active on my Twitter account of late).
(Be warned, if you decide to "follow" me on Twitter--I do occasionally go on music jags via Blip.FM, which crosspost to Twitter.)
Things have been very, very busy. I just finished a short script, a sort of six-page Free Comic Book Day "teaser" or prologue for Wide Awake, the soon-to-be-launched webcomic I'm doing with Brandon Jerwa, Mirco Pierfederici (who's name I have consistently butchered; sorry Mirco!) and David Messina. I'm pretty happy with it, and I've spent some time lately whipping up some suitably weird monster designs. Can't wait to see what the art folk do with 'em.
Work proceeds apace on Mystery Video Game Projekt™; it is an intensely frustrating project, one I'm quite ambivalent about if truth be told, though I'm apparently adding value to the game. As an exercise in story development, it has been a decent experience, and -- on the plus side -- I'm not dealing with complete jerks (which has all too frequently been the case in the past). But overall, it seems to be going well, and they seem to like me (and more importantly, they seem to think I know what I'm talking about and don't automatically assume I'm an incompetent ass), so that's nice.
JSA VS. KOBRA is still cranking along. Hope to be done with the issue #3 script in the next few days, and then back onto the VERTIGO book (where I am rather significantly behind where I want to be for Act 2 rewrites; Act 3 is due soon as well, and I am circling it warily). Just saw the cover to JSA VS KOBRA #2; Gene Ha is, as is well documented elsewhere, a golden god and I wish to have his babies. Holy. Cow.
Freelance writing: Feast or Famine. Coming off more than a year of famine, the sudden feast is rather overwhelming at times.
Haven't had much time to spend with friends for the last several, uh, months. I am an awful friend. Haven't talked to Rucka in ages, nor to Tim (both of whom have also been insanely busy of late). I do get "quality time" with Jerwa, though lately that consists largely of him insulting me and/or my mother on Twitter.
Hopefully after Emerald City Comic Con (you're going, right?), I'll have a little downtime and can have some face-to-face time with friends.
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Haven't managed any significant movie or TV viewing of late, though on the train to Vancouver, B.C. I read most of Peter Guralnick's Searching for Robert Johnson, which is surprisingly meaty for such a thin tome. I commend it to your attention if you like music bios or blues. Especially you, Wes.
