Just Close Your Eyes

thatsestherly Published on Jan 4, 2013

It's late January 6, 2013.  This was the week of New Year's Eve, the expiration of old U.S. tax cuts that had the country up in arms, and my computer was mostly unstable.  I cut my hair for the new year.  I spent the week reading a lot of Cross Game, Pluto, & raced to finish The First Man (which I eventually did).  Pluto planted some very interesting ideas in my head for an underdeveloped idea that I am for now just calling Nutrino.  I did a lot of sketches of Urasawa's Atom &  a few attempts at various Cross Game characters.  I watched some Home Movies & Cromartie High on my portable DVD player while my computer was down.  I also finished the first book of Dark Angel.  I got myself up to Chapter 2 of From Eroica with Love, Chapter 3 of Cyber 7, and Chapter 9 of Attack on Titan.

Today I watched The Fellowship of the Ring and doodled some characters.  It was mostly depressing not knowing if I would get my computer back up and running.  I also read a few chapters of Daisy Kutter up to Chapter 4.

Comics Alliance's 2012 Best Comics Round Up
The Phoenix goes online worldwide
Book trailer for Warren Ellis' Gun Machine
Nathan Bulmer on Inkstuds
Brianne Drouhard's Amethyst short on DC Nation debuted this week

Somebody draw this comic (are you ready?this is my first twitter collab):It's a time travel story.
— Auld Lang Siam (@KingofSiam) January 6, 2013

The main character is fumbling around trying to make sure s/he has everything s/he needs & has thought everything through
— Auld Lang Siam (@KingofSiam) January 6, 2013

gulps, takes a deep breath and steps through a portal falling past all her/his memories, especially sad ones.
— Auld Lang Siam (@KingofSiam) January 6, 2013

lands right on the eve of particularly poignant memory. gets up brushes self off. deeply sighs & takes step toward self whose back is turned
— Auld Lang Siam (@KingofSiam) January 6, 2013

self turns and s/he says, "I know I can't change anything and even if I could I shouldn't.I'm just here to say we're going to make it."
— Auld Lang Siam (@KingofSiam) January 6, 2013

Pulls self into a surprising hug, before vaporizing into thin air.
— Auld Lang Siam (@KingofSiam) January 6, 2013

If you Cat Rackham, join 'em.

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Squidface and the Meddler covered TCAF. Overall great website.

There are a lot of great arts here.

It was Steve Wolfhard's Birthday at TCAF. Cat Rackham Loses It debuted there, and then this week Nedroid inspired this International Draw Cat Rackham Day.

Warren Ellis linked this. And it is awesome.


Uploaded by mikeybigbob on Apr 2, 2010

Ida Eva aka Jellyvampire is great.

I've been drawing He-Man a lot inexplicably. So then I drew a comic.



Earlier in the week I started this portrait of Kippery. She's great. I have some great ideas for comics I want to do now, including resurrecting a bunch of old ideas. I'm really excited to find some time to actually work this month. Wish me luck!

Tear-CAF-inated

130 Posts! Woot!

I caught up with WJC's Gungle. Good stuff. And then I see he and John Allison are contributing to this Nelson Anthology by Rob Davis. Winning!

Meanwhile everybody is enjoying their butts off at TCAF and I am here preparing for next year with a jar of tears.


Mother's Day was also this weekend. I hope you at least called your mother and had a nice conversation with her.

Man! Furry Water looks cool. I've been caught up in something like 10 years of Wildstorm continuity trying to see how Stormwatch leads into the Authority, and also how the other titles ended up. It's laborious, and I realize now I tend to take on these grueling "fun research projects" despite the inherent contradiction.

I also started watching Adventure Time which is the best. No really, the best.

Thanks to Academy of Art Animation Notes for bringing the completion of Rain Town to my attention.

Sometimes I really miss New Jack Swing.

Uploaded by 0rvIon on Jul 12, 2008