The Baillie Bugle

Had a nice morning reading 2000AD with coffee in hand on West Hampstead high street, after which I resisted the temptation of a Brazilian waxing next door for a tenner (is that a bargain?) and instead sketched the last page of TotD #2. Yeah - the last page! I'm not going to boast about being ahead of schedule, because I know that just means I'll lose the artwork for the first 22 pages or my arms will fall off or something...

Jen's show last night went really well. I was particularly very impressed with David, who played the student (you've read the story haven't you?). Robin, mate - if you're reading this - thanks for coming along and I hope you got some food in the end. I demanded that we stop off for a Chinese takeaway on the way home. My belly was rumbling so loudly the bus driver must have wondered if his vehicle had developed a mechanical problem.

A couple of things I meant to mention and didn't...

While in Madrid a couple of weeks ago I saw a Spanish translation of Jean-David Morvan and Philippe Buchet's Wolverine graphic novel, Saudade, which apart from being gorgeous (no, really - you have to see this!) seems to feature a villain with the strangest superpower I've ever encountered... He can put his hands inside an opponent's body and pull out his/her muscle tissue. I kid you not. How gross is that? I'm holding out for an English translation. If anyone knows of a scanlation please let me know.



I saw an original Panini Italian Spider-Man book a few years ago in Italy, and always regretted not picking it up. It had incredible loose artwork that would probably never make it past US editorial. I'll have to Google that...

The other thing I meant to mention was how I'm using Google Sketchup in ToTD #2.
But I'll talk about that next time...