The Drunken Soldier

This next one is a story told to me long ago by a friend who has a gift for weaving a tale. The poetry of his oration can't be reproduced by my abilities, but I tried. Whether I succeeded or not, it's still a funny story about an experience that maybe no one else on earth has had.

All the artwork done here is from Greg Harms--pencils, inks, and gray-scale colors. He does a beautiful job setting the tone with his gray-scales--his idea, and also a lot of work. It puts the jungle in the jungle. I love it. Just found out the other night this one was Greg's first paying job, circa 2003.

So whoever is checking this out, enjoy. And Kimball, wherever you may be--this story is for you. Hope I get to put this book in your hands someday. Here's page one with more to follow:

A Couple of Things About GQ

Okay, just one actually. He's a bit of a perfectionist. This morning I received an email from GQ with a link to a forty-page PDF file titled, "Tips to Make Your Lettering Not Suck." Or something like that, perhaps not so subtle. No big deal--we're good like that because we both want the best possible finished product. After reading the article, I went back through the pages and fixed some things and I must say I am considerably happier with the results. Perhaps I'd missed an earlier email attached to the article, "Get That F-ing Balloon Off of My Art," which I'm pretty sure is rule number one. I also Photoshopped in some musical notes which I'm hoping gives a little better of an effect to an otherwise pretty open page. Here's page one: