elisfanclub

a friend of mine at work is somewhat of a comic creator. when i first met him, and he modestly told me about his hobby, i thought to myself, “cool, like what kind? self-made, photocopied stuff?” and then he pulled out a copy of his latest book (The Mourning Star) and i was very impressed. it is his first book he’s had “officially” published, and it looked very professional.

he’s been selling a few of them around the office, and i picked up one just a few days ago. it is wonderful. it’s indie and black ‘n white, but don’t let that fool you: the characters and story are awesome and lovable and amazing. i’m very proud him.

the really exciting part is that just the other day he found out from his publisher that he has been nominated for an Eisner Award! for those of you that don’t know, that’s a fucking really big deal. it’s like getting nominated for an academy award after only being in one movie. he’s going to comic-con in july, and i’ve got my fingers crossed for him.

so do yourself a favor and let your local shop know that you want to buy a copy of The Mourning Star by Kazimir Strzepek, you won’t regret it.

about 7 months ago, i undertook a HUGE project. at the time i couldn’t really have even begun to imagine ever being done with said project. honestly, i had no idea what this feeling right now would feel like. it’s awesome! the project: flickr.

beginning in may 2002 i started taking digital pictures. since then, i’ve had 4 different cameras and taken about 12,000 photos. i used to use iPhoto, but the earlier versions couldn’t really handle more than a few thousand photos at a time, so i started making my own dvd backups. that was great and all, but those backup photos were buried and no one ever saw them. i wanted to do something with them, but i wasn’t quite sure what.

last fall, peter was blogging (complaining?) about having to “pay for everything” these days. in that particular instance, he was talking about the $25/year charge for the pro flickr account. i talked him straight, he ended up going pro with the whole thing, and in the process i convinced myself that it was time.

at that exact moment (2pm on October 29th, 2006) i pulled out my credit card, paid for a pro account, and started uploading my photos. i had so many in front of me but i knew that a journey of uploading 12,000 photos begins with uploading one.

seven months later, after skimming a few thousand off the top, the grand total is just a shade under 10 grand (9,531). i’m totally current and this feeling is wonderful. enjoy!

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