Issue 26 flat

Läskimooses spin-offs?

Oh yeah

issue 26 just about finished. Cover is a mess and I haven't even started the club page, but: on monday. And on tuesday I start issue 27, which is the penultimate issue of chapter three of the book.

I have this idea...

Dream

I dreamt that the manufacture of essdee scraperboard had been discontinued due to that it had proven hazardous to health. A good reminder that i need to get myself four new boxes in order to make it last til the end of Läskimooses.

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Issues 24 and 25 going to the printers

Working on Läskimooses at the Helsinki comics festival 2014

Läskimooses numero 21 työn alla Sarjakuvafestivaaleilla 2014.

Posted by Kreegah Bundolo on 7. syyskuuta 2014

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Pieces

On the beach while listing the forthcoming issues a couple of pieces fall in their places. This seems to be the way the story evolves. I have parts of the story  lined up but dont know exactly their rightful place until something starts to feel right. In the end will the story be as I want it to be? Perhaps. I do have some questions concerning the past issues that I might want to tamper with, but eventually  it might be less than I felt when I was only starting.

10cmx23cm

800€

Book was called the Black Planet

If

It's probably too much to ask, but the book could use some subscribers. This thing should be kept going on for another 3 years one way or another. Or... Sometimes I get this feeling that I'm on the right track and then on other times... I had this follow up for Silvia Regina planned and started and Läskimooses was supposed to be a diversion to it. But it turned out to be something a bit different. Maybe i just should've stuck with my old ways. Hard to say, the jury is still out.

Läskimooses on facebook

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This time

This time of the year the Textmark markers that I'm using suddenly start acting up. Don't know if it's the humidity or the heat, but it's trouble all day long.

Adorno spilling the beans to the Man

A rare print

I'm selling a couple of these. My first woodcut.

Succesful

I don't think the day was succesful. After a weeks break this is usually how it goes. Still, I managed to finish 3 panels and I'm a bit closer to the end. Maybe that is good then.

Haha

With every second finished issue I come up with an unplanned extra one. So tell me, when will this book be finished. Haha.

Way

I'd like to find a way to make me less dependant of grants. For this purpose I'm making an effort to sell some older pieces. I'm not holding my breath.

Well one solution would be to get more subscriptions...5000 more. Not likely. Even 500 seems impossible.

I wouldn't want to take a break from Läskimooses, but...I don't know. Ah, now there's not much I can do. Maybe something will come up as it usually does.

Really really funny

What is really funny is that every second month or maybe every third I come up with something  meaningful that I want to add to the story, and in most cases I do. The downside is that with every twist and turn I have to add ...an issue or half of an issue. And this will lead to 1500 pages. No. I'd like to keep this below 1200. And for many reasons. One is that in order to go to 1500 I would need a lot more subscribers OR a BIG grant.

Interest

What interests me is to maybe finish this book and then finalize it. Three years remaining of the project and every time I take a break it's always time wasted.
So far it has been a year of promises and that's all. Wouldn't mind something actually happening.

Despair

One day this project will be finished, but then it'll be over 1000 pages. And for what purpose? I hope it'll be revealed to me before the end.

Handed

Just handed over the two finished issues to my publisher. Now what i'd like to do is to letter the next issue AND draw maybe three maybe five before summer holidays.
I also got a handful of collages part of which I had totally forgotten. And just about the right moment since two of them fit exactly to the fortcoming issues. I tend to do the collages several at the same time and then what happens i'm in danger of forgetting what exactly I have already done.
Also with one of my friends I had a good conversation of among other things landscape, Beckett and writing.

Yes

Only the corrections to the texts remain and the issues 24 & 25 are done. Mmm...not bad. Will go through the script of issue 26 tonight and if everything goes alright I will letter it tomorrow. After that a break for the summer... More or less. Some occasional days at the studio. And

Yikes

Tomorrow I should get Silvia Regina by UPS...

Ok, so...

Struggling to get issue 25 finished in 2 days. Woke up at 2 am partly because this feel that i need to do something to the text. Now that i'm moving along to part four would the writing require some extra...thing. More power...
But part three still needs 3 more issues so there's no actual rush, yet.

S.R.

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Ambitions

One of my bigger ambitions is starting a school of comics. I don't think this will actually ever happen, but already twice I've made plans for a curriculum. Lots of basic drawing and writing, an in house offset printing machine...
Wpuld be fun though.

Adorno 2.0

Issue 25 spread out

And it looks like 5 pages still to do

Note to oneself

Absraction is probably the thing I'm going for in this book. Define abstraction.

Getting there

Issue 25 is in a pretty good shape. 7 pages I need to do and then work on the text just a bit and then it's done. Oh, except for the cover. Still, there's a good chance this baby is all done before 6th of June. It has been good to do this kind of an issue for a change... What kind? Sort of...abstract...or... You'll see.

Adorno

Lately

Haven't been publishing too many photos lately. Partly because what I've been up to hasn't been all that interesting. Or maybe it has...who knows. Anyways, after some calculations it seems that I have 7 full pages left to finish. Today I was mostly lettering these babies. I'm keeping it in 16 pgs although it means I will have to place one page in the back cover. Mmm...what is a bit alarming is that I have the inside covers of issue 24 undone because the pages are with my publisher. It's not a lot of work, but since June is a bit chaotic I would rather finish these as soon as I can.

Rule one

Listen to the story it knows where to go.

What what

Back to work after an extended weekend and it looks like I have 5 pages finished of issue 25 (titled VÄHENEVÄSSÄ VALOSSA ). This is an issue that feels sort of light to do, or at least it felt light before I started for real... But, it's very different from previous issues and that's always good. Yeah.

Family tree

Stand

Yes well... Always the new issue gives me pain. Learning to draw for two days now. But getting there, I presume.
Looking at the calender I notice I should have 4 issues done beginning of september. Oh. Even though these forthcoming issues (including the one I just started) should be 16 pgrs, it might be tricky to keep this schedule. Time will tell eventually.

Page 1 issue 25

This week

It's a short one. Issue 25 started out nicely. Club page of issue 24 still undone, though. Can't wait to get to part four of the book. Back to Fu people, and how come? They all died, right? I mean except the few who stayed on Earth. Well, there are things in their history that can now be revealed and those shall be revealed. And quite soon after that we will finally set our feet on LÄSKIMOOSES and learn the deepest secrets of that planet. Excelsior!

Plans

All the plans of mice and men... I had the plan to make next 3 issues 16 pagers, but then all sorts of stuff started to turn up and here I am, once again. BUT just a minute ago I altered my plans slightly and decided to divide issue 25 to two AND now the plan is to make the next FOUR issues 16 pagers. Wonder how this'll go...

Closer

Surprisingly I moved along quite a bit. Now all I really need to do is the changes to the texts, which is quite time consuming, but... Yes, and then the club page. So, it looks like I could move to issue 25 on friday. And that would be swell.
I've divided this book into parts. Part one ran from issues one to six (?) if my memory serves me right, part two ran from 7 to 14 and now I'm working on part three. And the last issue of part 3 should be issue 27. So, three issues remainig. All and all there are six parts (probably). Part 5 is bit of a special case since it should be all ablut the finnish national epic Kalevala.

Craziness

Close but

One page remaining but what really pains me is the various changes the text requires. Hard to estimate how long that type of work takes. This is the spot when everything seems to be breaking apart, the good drawing and the good writing is scarce, all that I can see is the mistakes. And mistakes are plenty.

Back story

This one character in the book, the one who talks about apes, I've been wondering where he came from. From the start I knew something: he probably was a sailor. During the process I've come to know him a bit more. But yesterday I found out a nice fat piece of new information that I would love to break to you, but it'll have to wait 20 issues.  Let me tell you, I was thrilled when I realized where the scar in his forehead came from. Nuff said

Memories

Yes, went through the pdf of Silvia Regina. That certainly brought back some memories. The book must've been the most demanding I've ever done, at least as far as scanning and that sort of stuff goes. Hans really came through with that one.
Anyways, there's still stuff to do and things to check. Haven't seen the cover yet. And the thing is going to the printer next week. Gee whiz!