For the cover of Love and Magic, the two authors made a couple of requests. Trista requested a castle on the cover, and Shara requested something out of Hollywood Cemetery, which is located in Richmond, Virginia. As always, I said I would do what I could and made no promises. That’s when Shara offered me the use of her father’s photos from Hollywood Cemetery. I gave my usual disclaimers about resolution and quality, but as it turned out, one of…
Today, in light of what’s happened in New Orleans, the powers that be in Huntington Beach left an envelope at my doorstep—at everyone’s doorstep—with the words “Official EMERGENCY information from the City of Huntington Beach” written on it. In the envelope is a letter outlining what we all can do to be prepared in the event of any disaster—the highest risk being earthquake, then flood or storm, fire or explosion, chemical spill, violence, and what have you. There is also…
Well, here’s Git, disguised as a little girl and running away from the secret agent assigned to his case, who is in turn trying to get away from the Oireachtas dance competition bouncer, who in turn thinks the secret agent is a pervert. It’s actually a really cute story written by G. Allen Wilbanks—great narrating voice and funny as hell. And the descriptive metaphors are priceless: Hundreds of miniature, beauty-queen caricatures flashed past me, ricocheting off of furniture, walls, and…
I’m currently working on an illustration for a story called “River Gnome Dance”—which involves a river gnome named Git who is really, really into Irish dancing. The Michael Flatley kind of Irish dancing, that is. I haven’t gotten around to drawing and coloring Git yet, but I have one of a hundred little girls that show up in the story, posted above. So far, I’m picturing a J.K. Rowling house elf in some kind of Riverdance girl’s outfit, and I’m…
I have this obsession. Every time H.E. and I go out to lunch, we get the L.A. Times, and I turn to a section, to a number puzzle called Sudoku. I’ve been playing Sudoku for a long while now, and I usually solve it pretty quickly—whether they rate it Gentle or Diabolical and so long as I’m not distracted by TV or conversation. It’s actually not that hard, and I’m insanely addicted to it. Apparently, though, I’m not alone. I…