Boomerang Summer
Well, Claire and I made it safely across these United States. For all the details about our trip, check out Claire's great blog entry, which includes photos of the trip and links to all the state parks we camped at along the way.
Since arriving in Oakland, we have been checking a lot of stuff off of our move-in list: setting up our work spaces, getting a bank account, setting up the first-ever Phase 7 Post Office Box! (listed on the homepage), getting our new drivers licenses, registering to vote, etc. etc.
Ironically, after exerting all of this energy to get settled out here in Oakland, I am hopping on a plane tonight to head back to Vermont! Here's what the next six weeks hold for me:
June 25-29: I will be a faculty member of the new CCS Children's Book Summer Workshop
July 1-11: I'm going to visit Max and Thalie in Belgium!
July 12-August 3: I will help teach the rest of the CCS Summer Workshops. I think there is still some space available, if people want to sign up!
In my spare time I will be working on four big projects:
Penciling Phase 7 #017 - This will be the first of a three-issue arc called The Weezer Fan Trilogy. The first issue focuses on The Blue Album. I'm hoping to have this done by the end of the summer!
Coloring Walker Bean 2 - Aaron has drawn some amazing pages, and now it's time for me to color them in. Trust me, this book will be well worth the wait!
Basewood Corrections - The are dozens of little things that need to be fixed throughout the book, and they need to be done by early autumn, because the French edition of Basewood will be out in November!
Penciling Isle of Elsi - I finally finished the fourth (and FINAL!) draft of my first big Isle of Elsi story. In the photo above, you can see our kitchen table, which I took over while finishing up the script. I got some great feedback on the third draft from James Sturm, and last year's CCS seniors, which I incorporated into the story. It is hard work editing comics without screwing up all of the page turns and everything, but in the end the changes really strengthened the story. I'm so excited to finally start penciling some pages for this, my next big comics project!
I will also be working on some fun, smaller projects along the way. I'll post about those on here as they happen. In the meantime, I hope everyone's summer is getting off to a great start!
