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Thursday, May 5, 2005 » general update

What's up dude!!!!

Last week was my Japanese art history midterm, then on Monday we had our quarterly character test/midterm in Chinese, which I believe I kicked in the face (imagined reenactment). The rest of the week is all review, and I just got through my drawing midterm critique today, so that means it's time to relax for a while. I'm going to try to prevent that "relax for a while" from turning into "do nothing until week nine," but we'll see how that goes.

About the drawing midterm: I was able to finish up four out of five of my slabs series in time. Reference images for the fifth slab are proving elusive, so that one will either be further delayed or replaced. I'm happy with how the series has turned out so far, though.

I also got a huge box in the mail today, containing loads of COMICS. Yes, Origin Story, the comic Nathan and I started way back over the summer has finally physically manifested itself. I take some comfort in knowing that the last few months of delays were actually not our fault, as comiXpress, our printers, just like to do things very slowly, unless prompted by incendiary Yale-ian emails. Also, I noticed that only two days after said emailing, they put up a notice on their Website telling people to expect delays. Ooh, you can almost feel the heat!

So yeah, I have tons of these comics just sitting around, so stop by and I can hook you up. I'm actually going to be back in das Bay Area for like ten seconds this weekend to check out the Morgan's new place, so I could possibly cart some along. Otherwise, I hope to have ordering information here soon. Or, you could visit the official Origin Story Website, although be warned that it is quite insubstantial at the moment.

Did I mention that Mr. Nathan did quite a job packing the comics into that box? I'm talking professional quality packing. Seriously, if you ever need to purchase books, or magazines, or rocks or frogs or other items that can be shipped via box, try to buy them off him secondhand. They will arrive expeditiously and neatly-stacked, ready for your enjoyment.