I’m putting up this post because it says a lot of things I wanted to share. Life has stepped in to make it less timely and an explanation follows in the next post. However, it’s most salient points still hold. The videos haven’t been posted as promised, but I hope to get them up shortly. They’re also out there elsewhere on the net if you just can’t wait. Not as tidy as I wanted, but life seldom is. What follows is the original post.
Life in the Funkyverse is moving at light speed ( 299,792,458 m/s ) these days as I try to catch up on events that seem to have overtaken me. The first thing want to do is thank the folks at my alma mater Kent State for the Funky mural they put up in their student center, and it really is a Funky ( and Crankshaft mural ). Both Chuck Ayers ( the artist on Crankshaft ) were totally blown away by be asked, and totally thrilled by the result. To see for yourself, check out the photos posted in the archive. Also, the Philly comic con has come and gone and, as usual, Wizard World did their usual stellar job with the event. They treat their guests and their guest artists with the same outstanding courtesy and, if you’ve never been to one, you owe yourself. It was great to meet Funky’s readers from the Philly area ( including getting to spend time with a former high school classmate – hi,Terry ) and I even found a collection of the Hunter stories from Eerie magazine. Also while in Philly, I also got to spend time my friend from college who was the inspiration for Les which made the trip especially enjoyable. You can’t ask for a better weekend than that.
That all came on the heels of a boatload of interviews throughout the month of May regarding the prom story arc. Two of the interviews, CBS This Morning and the AP Wire story are now cached at the Bio/Interviews section on this site if you want to check ’em out.
When I got home, I dug right into a story arc for next Spring featuring the return of a long lost Funky character. Plus, I started work on Volume II of the Complete Funky which will come out next year. And, in two weeks, my wife Cathy and I are off to the San Diego Comic Con International. So like I said, light speed. I barely have time to kick back and enjoy Les and Summer’s climb of Kilimanjaro. I’m looking forward to meeting more of you down the road this summer so for now, cheers.
