There’s about a week and a half left until the Mid-Ohio-Con and I’ have taken time off from work* to focus as much attention as possible on getting something new (and something old) ready for the show.  I’m also getting ready for my cartoonists’ group (Sunday Comix)’s Gallery Show at the Crimson Cup Coffee House (our second one this year!).

The “new” thing is a reformatting/updating of the Space To Breathe book I did in 2006.  I’m retitling it Breathe In Beat, adding the story Beatnik Picnik (which appeared in 2007’s OH, COMICS), adding 3 new interior illustrations, including a bunch of sketches, writing a new Creatorial,  and adding one or two other little things.  Here’s a bit of what I’ve done so far…

…the revamped Blink cover:

…and one of the new interior illustrations (to which I still need to edit & add tones to):

Also, on a personal note, since I’m off of work,* when my daughter, Gigi, called me last night around 7pm and asked if I wanted to hang out, I didn’t hesitate to say, “Yes”  (since I didn’t have to go into work that evening).  We went to buy school books (she’s on her second year at CSCC), ate dinner at Boston’s in the Arena District (special kudos to Andrea for the awesome service and cool conversation!) and checked out some Live Jazz at the Park Street Tavern (They’ve got a Jazz Jam going on every Tuesday! ), where I met this fella Brian Lucey there, who’s a singer in a local band, American Nude, and they’ve got an album coming out tomorrow (I don’t know where it’s available for sale).  Brian sent me some MP3s from the album and this one, “America” (it ain’t a cover song), is close to my favorite.

*I don’t dress in the baby-sh*t brown UPS outfits delivering packages; I work inside the warehouse loading the big rigs.