December 2015

Every year I draw an image for the archive section of this blog in which I try to sum up my entire year in a single illustration.

This was the year that Claire and I decided to try and get pregnant. It worked! As a result, I feel like I spent this whole year trying to finish off old projects and stockpile progress on new projects so that I can hopefully keep releasing new work next year, when I am trying to navigate my first hectic year as a parent.

It was a year spent at the drawing table. Here's what I created:

The Isle of Elsi website (I drew all the assets, but Nate Beaty built it!)
A 25-page buffer of finished Isle of Elsi pages, plus 100+ scripted pages for future stories.
45 of the 100 Watercolors, many of which are still for sale.
The 100 Watercolors book and eBook
The Weezine Omnibus (a 200-page collection of the '90s weezer fan club zine, created exclusively for the current weezer fan club)
My 15th 24-Hour Comic, 300 panels (the layout of which is available for free!)
A top-secret, 12-page comic for The Center for Cartoon Studies, which will be released at MoCCA in 2016
Drop Target #7 with a lot of help from Jon Chad
Phase 7 #021 (Which will be heading to the printers later today! I'm still hoping to mail this out to all the Phase 7 subscribers by the end of the year!!!)

There might be some other stuff in there too that I am forgetting, but those were the big projects. I also read (or listened to) more than 50 books this year, which felt like a big accomplishment.

Claire crossed the 39-week mark yesterday, which means the baby could arrive any day now. I feel about as prepared as I can be for the birth of my daughter. I'm trying to not set too many expectations on the coming weeks and months. I've cleared my schedule and I'm looking forward to spending time with the baby and helping Claire recover from her ordeal. We'll see how it goes!