Monday, September 18, 2006
Comics killed Tupac, mom
Andres, a friend whose an illustrator here in New York, asked me to write a minicomic for him. It's actually going to be two of them, one super short (3-5 pages) and the other one a series of shorts to be done by the end of the year. "Warsaw" was a story I started a few years ago, but I lost. Abandoning what it was about, I was always intrigued by the performance space by the same name that just happens to be down the street from me. Beginning with a ledge, two feet dangling, the story follows a nameless black college professor. I hope to have it finished this week. Then, maybe I can scan it and put it up here for you all to read.
The other is called "The Queen is Dead, Again" and is a bit more difficult. A children's comic for adults, it follows three kids, one with a Calvin Coolidge mask on. That one will be spread out over three issues and hopefully will get published by magical British people or something.
I interviewed Alfonso Cuaron last Friday and that will be up on Blank Screen in the coming week. Saw a brilliant film called A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints with Robert Downey, Jr that should be out in the rest of the country soon.
To my people in Argentina--eat more beef.
