10-03-01

I had a very nice evening hanging out with a good friend of mine tonight. Originally, we were getting together to commiserate with another friend of ours who got laid off recently. But our mutual friend misunderstood the plans and ended up staying out in the suburbs visiting his parents. ANY-who, we were talking about the collapse of the world, and our jobs, etc. etc. And I showed him this zine Flotation Device #8 by Keith Helt. Usually, it's a personal "All About My Life" kinda zine. It's sweet. Anyway, this is a special issue collecting a bunch of comics written by friends of his, and I contributed a comic to the issue. His only stipulation was that each comic had to feature him, Keith Helt, as a character.

If you're interested in picking up this issue you can get it at Chicago Comics or Quimby's. I'm not sure where you can get it outside Chicago, possibly in oddball stores that carry zines. You could also mail me a couple bucks, and I would mail you a copy. They might be able to mail it to you. Note: I heard recently that Chicago Comics is one of the most successful comic book stores in the country.

Anyway, my friend Ron looked at the comic I drew, and he really loved it. He thought the art (which was made of fairly detailed scenes involving stick figures) was beautiful. He gave me the idea to do a series of paintings of each frame (there would be around 45 separate paintings) and put up a one-man show of all the canvases in a row telling the story. It would be an incredibly challenging project. There are many decisions to make if I tackle this project. Would all the canvases be black & white, or color? Do all the frames on one page appear on a single canvas or do I give each frame it's own canvas? Do I draw the box of each frame on the canvas or do I build a unique irregular canvas for each frame? Many ramifications to consider.

I'm excited because this sounds like a great project. It's very me. I think it could be art.

Sorry I got off topic from Amsterdam, but I'm going to postpone that until tomorrow.

John Stewart is the voice of reason in the mainstream media. Thank you, John Stewart.

This morning when I headed to the gym at 6:30 in the morning I saw the moon. It's the first time I saw the early moon this season. The cold is a-comin'. After seeing the moon I saw a bright orange bird on the ground then it became a leaf and blew away.