…was Awesome! The 24 Hour Comic Book Challenge was held this last Saturday, October 3rd, simultaneously testing artists around the world as they attempted to create a 24 page comic, from scratch, within the span of 24 hours. I made it to 17 pages, which I’m quite happy with – hopefully next year I’ll make it all the way to …
Tuesday was the big Marvel Comics 70th Birthday Bash, with comic shops across the country celebrating with store events. A few artists from our local Spokane Comicsmiths Guild were at Lightning Comics in Coeur d’Alene, ID for the event, drawing free sketches of Marvel characters for customers. There was also raffles and giveaways of exclusive comics, a giant birthday cake, …
Took care of some much needed chores: laundry, dishes, some cleaning, and bill paying. Got started on another commission and brainstormed some other ideas. I think this week will be a bit more productive than some recent ones… We always have problems with wasps making nests in the eaves of the apartment building – I had the maintenance people come …
…since I haven’t blogged in a while: The 4th of July was good – we just headed over to Jenny’s folks’ place and relaxed and had lots of barbeque. Jenny also went to a beading exhibit at the fairgrounds with her mom, and picked up a bunch of cool stuff she can use in her jewelry making. We didn’t stick …
Things have been going well enough, if not particularly exciting. But then, I guess that’s nothing to complain about. Jenny had her dentist appointment on Friday; she hadn’t gone quite as long as I since her last check up, but it’d still been about 10 years. But she had nothing to worry about, as her teeth were in fine shape …
A few miscellaneous things that I haven’t really blogged/twittered about. Just trying to catch up…. Our local bank is Washington Mutual, which is of course now becoming Chase. Not particularly pleased about that, but we don’t do much banking anyway, so it’s probably nothing to worry about. I am glad that Jenny and I both hung on to our credit …