So, my mom was here over the weekend. She was nice enough to drop by for a few days on her way to Japan. She's been here a coupla times before and the first thing she always does when she arrives is to tell me how filthy I am and assesses the damage. Seriously. She drops her bags, takes a quick scan and after that she's a blur. Within an hour or two my place is spotless. Can't love er enoungh for that. She also cooks dumplings and curry to be frozen and eaten at a later date. I just had some last night. Damn. Moms are awesome.

My 2 month sabbatical is almost over. I can't believe how fast the weeks just disappeared. Can't say I was as productive as I'd like to have been but I did get a good chunk of the Beast script done and layed out. I was hoping to have at least half the pages done. Oh, how naive I was. Got another BFX week almost done with. I'll attach a panel below. I also found THE best reference site for clothing. If there are any artists or illustrators that are reading this you gotta check out this site. Has pics of pretty much every brand that exists and from every possible angle. Like, holy friggin' shit!! Tops, jeans, accessories, you name it. If I had found this a year ago, Mary Jane woulda been sporting a mega-super-sweet wardrobe. Faaaaaawk!!

Finally, I've started to gather images for a sketchbook. I figure I should have some sort of merchandise to sell at cons this summer so I've jumped on the bandwagon. Looking into printers with reasonable prices as well.

TAK