Wednesday, November 29, 2006
A surprise for the fans
Hey guys. I was talking to Les Dabel yesterday, or maybe it was an e-mail. Jon and I did a lot of comic related stuff yesterday. Anyway, talked to Les, and said, or wrote, "I wish I could share the splash page of Jean-Claude and Nikolaos with the fans." It was such an amazing image. So, guess what? Les checked with everyone and said, "Share." So we're sharing. Here is an image from issue three which won't be out until, I think, mid-December. Oh, and if you don't know what the term 'splash page' means, it refers to a… Read More
Posted by LKH on 11/29 at 05:59 AM
The very last blog on rat genitalia
Okay, guys, this is it, the final word from me. I never wrote in a blog that I ever, ever, saw the scenes in the second issue where the ratmen had a full package. It never happened. I never saw it. Ever. Okay? What I referred to in the blog was early work with the artist, Brett Booth, where he sent me character sketches of the wereanimals and ghouls, and zombies, and all sorts of things. He wanted to see if his vision and mine matched; they did. At no time that I saw did the art for issue… Read More
Posted by LKH on 11/28 at 11:18 AM
Monday, November 27, 2006
Very happy with the comic books
Okay guys, I'm not sure how some of you took my comment on the wererats genitilia, or lack there of, to mean I'm not happy with the comic. I am very happy with the comic. Short of me being able to draw the pictures in my head, this is my dream of my book being adapted to comic book form. This has been an amazingly positive experience. We have one bump in the road, the fact the comic book code just doesn't let you do male frontal nudity, and I talk honestly about it in the blog, and now… Read More
Posted by LKH on 11/27 at 11:05 AM
Sunday, November 26, 2006
The Dragon’s dead, Long live the Dragon
THE HARLEQUIN was the first book I finished beginning to end in the new office. It was also the first book in years that I finished in a late night rush of inspiration. I ended up doing forty-nine pages from the day session which netted me seven, to the thirty-two that came from late afternoon to 3 A. M. The last time I sat up in the dark and did that many pages at once was LUNATIC CAFE. I did fifty pages in one rush. The session ended at 5 A. M. Trinity was only a few months old,… Read More
Posted by LKH on 11/26 at 07:18 AM
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Another step in the process
I've handed the baby off. Jon, Darla, and my editor, Susan, have the manuscript of THE HARLEQUIN. I have a list of things that I know need fixing. Darla and Jon will help tell me if what was in my head actually made it onto paper. Sometimes a scene is so vivid in the imagination that you read things into it as a writer that never made it into the paper version of the scene. You need fresh eyes that haven't been dreaming, planning, writing, reading and rereading a scene for months. After I've talked to Susan and tell… Read More
Posted by LKH on 11/25 at 10:02 PM
Friday, November 24, 2006
Dinner and a game
Just got back from dinner. Went to our favorite sea food restaurant here in town. Jon, Richard, and I took our friend Andrew out to celebrate that he got his certification as a personal trainer. Yea, for Andrew! Two of the guys are playing on the x-box, some shooting game with helicopter noises. Okay, Jon and Richard are playing. Andrew is reading. I'm about to call the evening. Apparently, Jon and Richard finally turned their weapons on each other. Jon also discovered you can, indeed, shoot down your own escape helicopter. Why you would want to do that, well,… Read More
Posted by LKH on 11/24 at 06:54 PM
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving
We're having the Thanksgiving meal with Jon's family on the weekend. Trin is with her father at his new wife's family for today. So, Jon and I turned necessity into virtue and had a blissfully quiet day. Just us, the puppies, and no one else. It's been very nice. Seeing the whole family later in the week and doing the big meal will be nice too, but spending a thanksgiving day at home with just the two of us was a nice way to spend the holiday. Hope you got to do exactly what you wanted to do on… Read More
Posted by LKH on 11/23 at 08:32 PM