I am about two-thirds finished with the re-write of issue #1, and perhaps about half-finished with the re-design of the Web site. Unfortunately, last night’s WordPress upgrade debacle didn’t help matters; not only did it cost me an entire evening of productivity last night, but the resulting sleep deprivation has made it harder than hell to write anything decent today as well.

Then there are the character designs, which I haven’t touched yet.

Factor in that I’m going out to dinner tomorrow and having company over on Saturday, and making my self-imposed deadline is going to be a strain. But I am NOT giving up now. The script is shaping up really well — better than I’d hoped, in fact – and I know I can polish off the character sketches in a few hours. Finally, a great deal of the site re-design from here on will consist of re-using elements I’ve already designed.

I am NOT punking out. Somehow, some way, I’m seeing this one through. Why? Because, if I do say so myself, I think The Victory Streak is a story that deserves to be told. And I owe it to myself to see my dream come to fruition.

Yesterday I attempted to install a security plug-in that worked so well it kept ME out of my blog. I thought upgrading to the latest version of WordPress might help, but the upgrade busted my blog but good. I was up until 2 a.m. fixing it.

The result? I scrapped the security plug-in (it’s called “Bad Behavior,” an ironically apt name) and had to change my blog’s theme to one that is compatible with the upgrade to WordPress 2.2.

All better. All better.

Colleen Doran is a talented writer and artist who is perhaps best known as the creative force behind A Distant Soil, a comic-book series published by Image but owned by Colleen. Her artwork has also graced a variety of other titles, including Sandman and Book of Lost Souls. Her other credits are too numerous to mention in the space and time I have at the moment.

Colleen has decided to run a contest through her blog to encourage anyone engaged in any sort of artistic endeavor. Read the rest of this entry →

Today begins the trial of Gordon Lee, owner of Legends, a comics shop in Rome, GA. Read the rest of this entry →

… and my girlfriend, the beautiful Jeannie, is going to make me a dinner consisting of barbecued ribs, sweet potato fries, and beer. I am the luckiest man in the world.

As I write this post, that’s roughly the amount of time I have left as a 36-year-old. At the stroke of Midnight I turn another year older.

I tried to think of something witty and pithy to write but I’m coming up empty. I think I’ll have a bottle of water and head to bed early.

Hopefully I’m still young enought to hold all of that water until morning.

The Ian Jackson Chandler story, told in the form of a photo essay with authentic dialogue added by yours truly: Read the rest of this entry →

According to this article, squirrels are now involved in intelligence-gathering.

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Jerry and Jennifer Chandler’s newborn baby boy makes an ominous pronouncement… 

No, the lovely Jeannie and I have not had a child. The proud parents are Jerry Chandler II and his most excellent wife, Jenn. Read the rest of this entry →