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I'm going to be late to work, but I wanted to mention a couple of things quickly:
1) HOLY CRAP! Last night I finished dinner and an episode of The Wire (good God it's so good), came back to the computer to get some work done, and there in my RSS folder was a post on the popular/excellent Drawn.ca blog entitled "Dustin Harbin"! OMG that's like my favorite title ever! Drawn is run by John Martz and Matt Forsythe, and in its short life has become a real gallery of incredible illustrators, cartoonists, and animators. Maybe I'm making a lot of it, but I'm incredibly flattered to be included there.
2) HOLY CRAP! Also last night, at almost the exact same time, I was apparently mentioned on Warren Ellis' Twitter feed. This might sound ridiculous to some of you, but if you're familiar with Warren Ellis' popularity on the the Internet (did you know he is king of same?), then you'll understand why my site pretty much shut down under all the traffic. And now this morning I'm mentioned on his site as well. I love it!
To those of you reading this blog for the first time from either of these sources, I bid you a shy, clumsy welcome, and hope you'll hang around as I continue to post strips, blog about nothing at all, and blush occasionally at your attention. Huzzah!
3) HOLY CRAP! It is now official: I will be teaching a continuing education class at our local Central Piedmont Community College, on cartooning. Before you react in mortified shock, I'll be teaching the excellent book by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures--so it doesn't matter how good a cartoonist I am.
In order for the class to be economically viable, I think they have to hit a minimum enrollment for it to happen at all. If you live in the area and are interested in taking the class, here is the pertinent info:
GRX-7110-01 CREATING COMIC BOOKS
01/10/2009 - 02/28/2009, Saturdays, 9am - 12pm
Central Piedmont Community College
Harper Campus, Room 345
I believe the cost is $180 or so. I promise to do a good job.