Ateneum 3

 Finally ready for printer. Should be out in November/December

Make

 No one can make me to finish this book

5 or 6 or 7

 Years I still maybe could teach

Stuff from my parents house

 

I think

 I think that I will manage to conclude this

Festival

 

Festival came/went. Now back to work. And how is work? Not bad. No idea when Ateneum3 could come out, this year, I guess. Wondering if my direction is all wrong and should be doing tarot readings instead. Let me know.

Factors

 There are three important factors in the act of drawing

1. Materiality

2. Elements of drawing aka every drawing is abstract

3. Feeling of danger

Teaching

 How long exactly? 1998 I started at the University. Minor subject from 2007. But I was teaching in different places already before 1998. Just curious, I guess. I think it has been 30 years, must've. I've had my moments and I guess I still do, but in general I feel I was at my sharpest maybe 2010. Could someone check this out for me? Thanks

Working

 Now working for real with book 4. This means saying goodbye to many characters. Or does it? Book 5 is in plans and at least Juri will return and Tsitsin. Riittamaari maybe not. 

But before that I will have over 40 pages to do. And although Tempera is no longer selling the scrsperboard of my choice, I will have enough to conclude this book. And I ordered more from Italy. If the package arrives safely I will order even more. 

Day starts with a class at Aalto. So then.

Easily

 The amount of time and effort put to this project makes it easily the most difficult thing I ever did. Book 3 now just about finished and book 4 has 25 pages done. But why on earth do I keep on keeping on?

Habits

 I've picked some bad habits on the way. When I send the material to Hans to be scanned it is not really finished. First thing: it's a mess, text added here and there. It is a bit like a manuscript of Joyce, a jungle to push through. Snd I'm not really able to read it myself before the first lay out comes along. And then there will be changes, and I will notice typos, or Hans will. The latest book is now in this process. One more time I will have to read it through and one more time check the timeline. After all this I basically just want to forget it all. And I can't since one more book coming along. At least one. Rest depends on whether I will feel like it or not.

Monday

 On monday the hopefully last adjustments to Ateneum3. 72 pages worth of strange stories from the early 80s. Going to move onwards to book 4 on tuesday. Meanwhile more stuff piling up for book 5. 

Book

 Book 3 is keeping me awake. Everything is taking too much time. The book is not even coming out until November, I think. This particular project has been the most difficult I've ever started. The almost complete lack of interest doesn't help either.

Book 4 I have 25 pages done, but should I even try to finish. For what reason?

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Teaching comics

 Teaching comics since 1998. A bit longer actually, but at the Aalto university since that year. I don't know if I've done good, but I've done something. I've seen how things have gone harder for students, pressures piling up, less chances to evolve.  

I had planned I could continue for six more years, but will it happen? 

Waiting

 Ateneum3 still needs some work, not much but some. This is only possible after I see some samples of the colors, so while waiting I have one pictureless short story I can work on. But wait, this means I'm pretty close to finalizing the 3rd short story collection, and 2nd hasn't even come out yet!

According

 Two people have read Ateneum3 and according to them this third book is better than first and second. Now all I have to do is not to ruin anything with the color design. Stressful

Coloring

 Doing coloring, which pretty much means all else is done. Well, not quite not quite, almost, though. Hoping to get the book out by end of October. Nuff said

Close

 

Doing

 What am I doing

-thinking about the colors for Ateneum3

-waiting for the second proofs for A3

-writing/lettering third short story collection, coming out who knows when

-thinking of the stuff that need to be done for the second short story collection coming out 2027

-thinking about the stuff I (myself) need to do for the English edition of Läskimooses coming out next year (probably)

-thinking of the other projects that are basically done but unscanned or otherwise in the middle of the process

-other stuff