I See Dead People!

[talktooloose]

Of course, the other way of looking at it is that I'm a total stubborn fuck. If I have a vision for a drawing, ain't no no-nothing editor gonna tell me different. No how!

One of the compromises I agreed to was to lose the image of the dead boy with hand trailing in the Nile-turned-to-blood. Like the dark punchline of that tenth plague, this last bit of imagery in my plagues spread is stark and harsh. The editor suggested I show grieving parents instead (dressed in Gap™ clothing?). So I seem to have redrawn it as a grieving mother with a dead child in her lap. I actually researched pietas for the image. I was all proud of the new drawing when I looked at it again and... there was still a dead child.

I'm a stubborn fuck.

Oh! Also! I got a chipper phone call from editor bitch on my voice mail: "Hi, I'll be in Toronto next Wednesday for the day. Let's meet!" I'm writing back to her this morning: "Oh, shucks! I'll be out of town for a couple of days." Frankly, a face to face would only be an invitation for negotiation and I'm through negotiating.

I'm in a better mood, by the way. Thanks for your words of support. I should be upstairs drawing already, so bye.

Comments

[rfmcdpei.livejournal.com]

Yay! to being a stubborn fuck. And where do you draw?

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

You approve of stubborn fuckdom? Damn! scottybear keeps telling me I should be reasonable and actually communicate with the cunt. Um, I mean something less offensive, surely.

My drawing board was initially setup in the tiny middle bedroom of the second floor but is now in Tutu's room as we are renovating the middle bedroom. Hopefully the renos will be finished by the time he gets back from Beijing.

[painglass.livejournal.com]

Actualy, not a comment on this, but something else.

I just noticed I'm not on your friend's list! :O

Yes, I have way too much time on my hands tonight.*smiles*

And I say: What's wrong with an image of a dead child in a children's book? They see worse on public television these days. I'm sure your dead child image has more relavence then most images of the dead. Or, at least I hope so.

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

I just noticed I'm not on your friend's list! :O

Is that bumming you out? I have too much to read as it is, PG! I'll check it out, though. Sorry, no intention to hurt you and your wise, calm comments are a pleasure to read here.

As to your last paragraph: I KNOW!

[painglass.livejournal.com]

Ahh, I completely understand! Although I follow more groups then people. Just happy to read your journal, interesting things are almost always said. If your book is released in America, I'm totaly buying a copy! Heck, if I can get it online, I'll order it in from Toronto if I have to! ;) You're gareented at least one book sold! :)

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

Actually, the publisher is in New Jersey. I don't know if it will even be available retail, but it can certainly be ordered from the publisher's website. I'll give you info later. Thank you for your support. I will be even more interested in friends' support when the project is my first graphic novel which should be published in January 2006.

Oh, and you may have deduced by now that I've friended you.

[painglass.livejournal.com]

*smiles* Yes, I see that!

New Jersey, ay? I may be going to school out there next year. I look forward to getting the afore mentioned information from you later on. A graphic novel sounds interesting. What's the plot? What cetegory? I'm a book hound! Plus, I love supporting the writers around me.

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

If you're going to comment in a Canadian's journal, you'll have to learn to spell "eh" correctly. With an "ee" and an "aich", eh?

The graphic novel is about musicians. And a marriage in a difficult patch. And humans who sometimes live in outer space. And schizophrenia. And parental expectations.

What category is that?

[painglass.livejournal.com]

You know, when I lived in Vancouver for a bit, my friends spelt it both "eh" and "ay" and said both were correct. To each their own, I suppose, eh? ;D

I'd put that into the...errr...humanity category. Humans sure are werid folk.