H.L. Trombley's Blog, page 5
April 21, 2015
Laying the Groundwork
Before a story (a novel, a movie, a play, a comic book) begins, your main character has lived at least a little, experienced the world, seen and done and felt things that shape who he* is when the action begins. (Unless you want to go the Tristram Shandy route, I suppose, in which case more […]
April 14, 2015
Every Day An Adventure
So this weekend was full of excitement here: on Saturday I drove my truck down into the Texas hill country to pick up an animation desk I had bought from an FB buddy and fellow artist.�� (More on that trip later; it provided plenty of fodder for stories, that’s for sure.) It’s exciting because this […]
April 10, 2015
A Little Housekeeping
Now that the furor of the cartoon has died down (ahhhhhh), we can return to our (ir)regular (un)scheduled bloggy-thing. Thanks to those who stopped by and decided to stick around and see what happens next; I can promise nothing but infrequent posts on topics that appeal to my rather scattered brain. Having a kid to […]
April 8, 2015
Good Heavens!
So overnight the blog rather … exploded.�� A very mild explosion, as these things go: an average post here has about five views; the very excitingly popular ones have sixty.�� My Sad Puppies cartoon has three hundred and counting!�� Welcome to all newcomers, and thank you for stopping by.�� Also thank you for the extremely […]
April 7, 2015
I Stand With the Puppies
About a million years ago I was the political cartoonist for my college newspaper.�� Possibly I was not the best person for the job, because I’m not terribly political, nor fond of being controversial, but it was a fun gig while it lasted.�� Today I was moved to draw my first political cartoon in 15 […]
April 6, 2015
Book Recs for Younguns
Peter S Beagle is touring the country screening The Last Unicorn animated film from the 80s, and since the movie is a childhood favorite (and the book remains a favorite to this day), naturally I leapt at the chance to go.�� I wound up at the end of the signing line after the film and […]
April 5, 2015
Now the Green Blade Riseth
Now the green blade riseth, from the buried grain, Wheat that in the dark earth many days has lain; Love lives again, that with the dead has been: Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green. It can be no coincidence that the rising of Christ from the tomb corresponds to the greening of […]
March 17, 2015
Book Bub!
If you are like me, then you enjoy books.�� Recently I acquired a large stack of pretty good (!!!) YA books recently, which I have been burning through as though, when I got to the end of the stack, there was still a huge stack yet to be read and I wouldn’t be wandering desolately […]
March 11, 2015
The Importance of Organization to the Young Freelancer
The other day the Viking Prince informed me that he wants to be an artist like Mommy.�� Now, of course this is terribly flattering, and the Mother part of me is proud as heck, but the Artist part is appalled.�� (Or is it the other way around?�� Mother, who wants Viking Prince to be safe […]
February 28, 2015
Winter Weather
So Dallas got hit with winter this week. Now, those of you from more … how shall I put this? More varied or robust climes might garner some amusement at what we here in the Dallas area call “winter,” where iced-over bridges or a couple of inches of snow literally shut the city down. (In […]
