Título: Medimaga
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( Medimaga )

Well, the first one was a dud and I had to shlep it back to the Apple store on Regent Street, but the second beast seems to be working okay. I decided to get a MacBook Pro in the end and I'm trying to come to terms with it not being my old computer. (I was very attached to my last one.)

The only snag I've hit so far, and it's a big one, is that my old scanner and printer aren't supported by the latest Mac software. Curses! (They're an Epson Perfection 1200 Photo and an A3 Epson Stylus Photo 1290.) They are so, so good, this is such a hideous waste! Grrr.

Well, I guess I'll have to decide if I get another A4 scanner or upgrade to an A3, and figure out what's a decent A3 printer. I'm partial to Epson, but I could be persuaded otherwise. Let me know if you have any recommendations!

Good morning, hostiles. You may notice the lack of comic today. Thanks to my webmaster for posting a notice.

My laptop broke. Actually, the bit that connects to the power cord just snapped on the inside, so the laptop was fine, but all it had was thirty minutes of battery power to go on, so I had to get that fixed. It was still under warranty, but it left me laptopless and without the ability to scan comics or pretty them up in photoshop.

So, a week's delay for the end of FH and the start of OPB. I am really sorry about this, and also pretty frustrated about it, but it's really the only option at the moment.

I was shocked and incredibly pleased with the number of preorders I recieved for my graphic novel, La Macchina Bellica! 29 preorders total, mostly from the US (and strangely, many of them from Texas - a good 1/4), but I did recieve several international orders: Canada, the UK, Germany, Italy, Norway and the Netherlands! 

I'm overwhelmed with joy and a feeling that maybe I can make my dream of becoming a well-known comic artist come true! 

I'm going to be taking additional orders at Otakon, at my Artist Alley table L12! I made several new silkscreen prints this weekend to sell, though I didn't really get any shirts done. I'm looking forward to more silkscreens in the future! I thought I might be a little rusty, but it all came right back to me while working on it this weekend!

Also, I'll be heading over to Small Press Expo in Bethesda in late September, though not with a table. I'm going to bring some copies of my graphic novel to hand out to small publishers, like First Second, to see if maybe I can get a chance of getting my name out there more! 


Overall, things are looking up!

List of Conventions I want to attend/get tables at for next year:
Katsucon (DC area)
Anime Expo (LA, CA)
Anime Weekend Atlanta
Otakon (Baltimore)
NY Comic Con
MoCCA (NY)
Akon (Dallas, TX)
Anime Central (Rosemont, IL)
Yaoi-Con (San Mateo, CA)
Small Press Expo

Of course, not all of them are possible, but I shall see. I'm trying to hit all the big cons in the US to get the biggest chance for exposure! Living in DC makes it so much easier to travel, since I'm very close to 3 major airports.

http://feeds.penny-arcade.com/~r/pa-mainsite/~3/steAHEGWsjg/

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/7/13/his-supposed-nemesis/

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic//his-supposed-nemesis/

I recently went away for a week with no internet, and wrote a bunch of fics. I won't spam everyone with them, so they're all here:

Title: Substantiation
Characters: Tim Drake, Jack Drake
Rating: PG-13, for self-harm, and also Timmy is disturbingly mature and morose for his age.
Note: Sequel to Testing by anthraciteowl. Read that first, because 1) my story won't make much sense without the background and 2) it's really really good.
http://anthraciteowl.livejournal.com/21653.html#cutid1

Thanks to dragonbat2006, who helped tremendously with my knowledge of comics canon.
Summary: Five years after Testing, Tim decides to test himself again. And though he refuses to admit it even to himself, it is a test for someone else, too.

http://scraplove.livejournal.com/11295.html


Title: Need
Rating: PG
Characters: Tim Drake-Wayne, mentions of Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, and the demonspawn
Pairing: none
Continuity: follows Rationale, found here: http://scraplove.livejournal.com/5991.html

Summary: As he leaves Gotham, Tim reflects on the relationship between him and Dick, including why and how it went to hell.

Notes: So I finally bit the bullet and read some scans of Red Robin #1, specifically the part where Tim leaves. The miscommunication there just about broke my heart. I could see what Dick was trying (and failing) to say, and exactly how Timmy was taking it. Angst-bucket!Tim came out to play. Con-crit and canon corrections welcome as always, and enjoy.

http://scraplove.livejournal.com/11249.html



Title: Over the Edge
Rating: PG-13
Continuity: DC Animated Universe, The New Batman Adventures
Characters: Tim, Dick, Bruce, Alfred, Barbara, Jim, Renée Montoya, Harvey Bullock, mentions of Scarecrow
Warnings: disturbing themes, death... kinda
Summary: After Barbara is killed in Over the Edge, Jim Gordon takes his revenge on Bruce through his youngest son.

( Spoilers!! Summary of the relevant parts of that episode under the cut. )

Notes: My first Bat-fic--it just took me forever to type it. I got this idea during the scene where Jim Gordon first calls Bruce to tell him he knows who Batman is. It would have made just as much sense (if not more) for Jim to take out his vendetta on Bruce by forcing him into Jim's position. In the cartoon series, Harvey Bullock strongly dislikes and distrusts all of the Bat-people. Also, Toon Timmy isn't actually ten years old, but he looks like it, and it works better, so he's ten here. As always, con-crit welcome.

http://scraplove.livejournal.com/10980.html


Title: In Touch
Rating: PG
Characters: Tim Drake, Kon-El, Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, mentions of Jack Drake, Dana Winters, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, Bruce Wayne, Cassie Sandsmark

Pairing: pre-Tim/Kon
Summary: Between super-teams, Tim and Kon keep in touch.

Continuity: First in In Touch verse.

Notes: I haven't found anything in canon to support or oppose the idea that Tim and Kon kept in contact with each other between YJ and the Titans. So I decided that, being best friends, they totally did. This starts almost immediately after Graduation Day. I'm not quite sure when Kon started living in Smallville with the Kents, so I'm going to assume he is there at this point. I also don't know how long the teams were broken up, so time is a little vague. Con-crit and canon corrections welcome as always, and enjoy.

http://scraplove.livejournal.com/10681.html


Title: Acceptance
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Tim, Kon, Bruce, Dick, Alfred, Babs, the Joker
Pairing: Tim/Kon
Summary: Bruce has never liked or trusted Kon. But when Tim's life is in danger, he has no where else to turn, and Kon proves himself.
Warnings: mentions of rather brutal violence

Continuity: Fifth in Flowers verse. Other parts here: http://scraplove.livejournal.com/4428.html

Notes: Some angst for our boys this time. It's Bruce-voice this time, so it really couldn't be avoided. The violence isn't too graphic, mostly just dealing with the aftermath, so if that disturbs you skip that section. I really couldn't think of another way to get Bruce to like Kon. Also, the scene at the end is taken from the comics originally, and I just added on to it. Note: I'm fudging canon a little, and Bruce knows that the Joker beat Jason with a crowbar before he killed him. Con-crit and canon corrections welcome as always, and enjoy.

http://scraplove.livejournal.com/10268.html