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I wasn't expecting such a positive response to my book. Thanks to everyone who has mailed me and everyone who has bought the book! I was actually a bit surprised that it's started selling straight away. Although, no one has actually read it yet and I haven't had any feedback about it yet.....maybe I shouldn't get too excited!
Anyway, thanks for all the support! Years from now when I am sitting in my mansion, waiting for the MTV cribs crew to turn up, wearing a chinchilla fur dress and solid gold shoes, slurping champagne from a ming vase through a diamond encrusted straw, I will look back at this moment and shed a little tear of joy. I like to think that's how Stan Lee lives.
The image above is a painting of an octopus that I did yesterday. You can buy or commission paintings through my site now. (Hey, how else am I going to get on cribs and live the Stan Lee lifestyle I should be accustomed to?)

Posted by Leonie at 03:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (12)

Some Forgotten Part, my graphic novel (remember that thing I've been working on? Did it during an MA? Built a blog around it? Y'know, that thing?) IS NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY!
http://www.lulu.com/content/696776
The print on demand has worked out well, although it has made it a bit pricey, sorry about that!
It's done! Woo hoo!
(BTW, this was the fish related news you've been waiting for)

Posted by Leonie at 05:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (1252)

Something good is coming......keep checking to find out the good news.
It involves fish.

Posted by Leonie at 10:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

That sounds like a good story title. Anyway, I went to every shop in town in search of a yellow cartridge for my printer, but all the shops were out of stock! They had the other colours, but not yellow. In desperation (because I'd left it until the last minute to print something important and had to get ink immediately) I bought one of those really cheap refilled cartridges. It made magenta come out orange. I won't make that mistake again. Why had everwhere run out of that particular cartridge at the same time? It can't be coincidence, I must have a secret nemesis. That's the only logical explanation.

There was a more important thing I had to write about. What was It?.....Oh, yeah, a new comics people meet up thing. I got an email from Gav recently and it got me thinking that since me and Andy stopped running 'Bishi Bashi' (comic events that happened many moons ago) we've lost touch with a lot of people. So I'm sending the word out to any comics people in Newcastle (or the surrounding area), we'll have a little pub meet in early August. Get in touch if you are interested and pass the message on.

I also got a letter today from Puffin books telling me that my style wasn't what they were looking for. They missed the 'e' off my name, so I'm hoping they've sent me the wrong letter, and somebody called Leoni is currently wondering why Puffin books have sent her a contract with an extra 'e'. Or maybe my nemesis had something to do with it. Yeah, sounds like the type of mean thing a nemesis would do.

Posted by Leonie at 01:44 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tag Team is coming along nicely, so far there are stories from Nigel Auchterlounie, Andy Richmond, Dave West, Colin Mathieson and Tony Hitchman. I haven't had much time to work on it, but it should be finished soon. I've made some little fuzzy wrestlers which will be used in a photo shoot for the cover.
I've spent the last few weeks working on SFP (my ill fated graphic novel). Everything that could go wrong has gone very wrong. I've invested so much time trying to get this thing up on lulu.com that to give up now would seem like such a waste. Hopefully it will be available at some point.
Gavin Pollock is working on a graphic novel for children:

If you are interested in publishing it or know of a suitable publisher, please get in touch and I will pass the information on to him.

Posted by Leonie at 01:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (9)