These Days …
The day job continues to satisfy, at least as much as a day job can. My truck got taken in for maintenance and came back with a working fan and something like an air conditioning system. When I was first assigned that truck the fan hadn’t worked. During the winter and early spring I hadn’t cared. I still don’t use it much (I drive with a window open and there’s usually a cool breeze coming off the sound) but it’s good to have when necessary. The air conditioning system is in the cargo area but it blows a little air up into the cab if I leave the inside cargo door open.
Outside the post office I’m keeping busy with The Surrilana Depths, Oz book illustrations, and a couple of illustration jobs for Call of Cthulhu scenarios/source books. Sarah has started writing prose stories based on some of the superhero characters I’ve posted images of here and there. She’s adding in characters and situations of her own to flesh out a “universe”. I’ll be providing an illustration for each story. She’s building up a backlog and will start posting regularly on her substack next year.
The cats seem to be doing fine. They lick up their raw chicken heart and liver gruel with as much enthusiasm as they had the processed kibble. They’ve both lost a little weight. Kemo slipped out the kitchen window a couple of weeks back. Both the cats are indoor critters. I was out of town. A friend was visiting. She and Sarah spent the night anxious, trying to figure out how to find the little jerk. When they finally had to get some sleep, Sarah closed Crunch in the bedroom with her and our friend left the front door cracked … hoping.
Kemo came back around dawn demanding to be fed. Little jerk.
We’ve gotten collars and leashes so that we can take the cats for walks. Sometime.
Stickers and Magnets and Buttons and Schtuff Gallery
This month’s gallery features a few of the circular designs I’ve done for my Zazzle and Redbubble stores. If you haven’t looked at the stores recently, now is your chance! Or not. Marketing is not my strong point.
Zazkwatch
This comic was done for the Halloween issue of GLYPH back in the 20th Century.
Nine Panels – Some Gals
Practice, practice, practice.
Here’s your reminder that I’m posting older images from my computer archives daily on substack, blue sky and tumblr. It’s the same image on each platform so you can pick the one you prefer. If you want the images to come to your email then subscribing to my substack is the way to go.
Thank you for reading. Drop me a note if you feel compelled. Take care of yourself. I’ll be back with more words and pictures on August 15th.
