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I met my Barcelonian friend Elena in Tokyo of all places. We were both studying at Sophia University for a year.
We met through a mutual acquaintance and the three of us ended up on a three day trip to Okinawa. Both Elena and I share an enthusiasm for Okinawan culture and were so excited to go. We managed to see everything on our checklist and had an overall wonderful time there.
As it turned out, a few weeks later, Elena ended up moving into the same dorm as me. We ended up spending memorable times together, staying up to the wee hours of the morning chatting and eating candy.
Now, having only recently moved to San Francisco, we live on practically opposite sides of the globe. But we still Facebook and tweet at each other. And, most excitingly, we send packages through snail mail to each other, back and forth from Spain to the States.
While we were friends in Tokyo, Elena had no idea I drew at all. This was during my college phase of not having time to draw. Boy, was she surprised when she learned I was working on my graphic novel The Poet and the Flea. And, quickly, she became my #1 fan!
Elena became smitten by the rose from page 27 of The Flea (as seen on Part 4 of Behind the Scenes). So, for the winter holiday, I sent her the following ink and watercolor rose.
In return, at the end of January, I received a wonderful little New Year’s present from Elena (see photos below)! She sent me a delightfully long handwritten letter, a bag of candy, and a flyer of a favorite Japanese band called exist†trace (which I believe Elena was handed by the lead singer named Jyou after a The GazettE concert).
I would love for Elena to come visit San Francisco one day, or for me to visit her in Barcelona (when I’m not an unpaid intern making absolutely no money). Elena is really the only person I keep in touch with from my year abroad and I’m proud to have such an awesome friend! Maybe someday we’ll even return to Japan and even Okinawa together.
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Copyright 2013 by G. E. Gallas
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★Please Note: Feedback on this post would be extremely appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Dear friends, followers, readers:
I need your help!
This is me, flailing for help, as represented by a simple emoticon.
I am looking to compile a list of webcomics/online graphic novels that have yet to be professionally published and fall under the category of non-fiction, young adult, biographical/autobiographical/memoir, and/or historical.
Below is my list so far (in no particular order):
- Awkward Shelby by Shelby Lynn Criswell
- A Space Boy Dream by Moira Zahra and Mark Scicluna
- Pre-Raphernalia by Raine Szramski
- Eve of All Saints by George Herman & Kit Seaton
- Eavesdropping by Rebecca Pugh
- Laura Knows Best by Brett Williams
- Comics/Illustrations by Lucy Bellwood
- Quarterly Stories by Joshua Kemble
- Melancholy Rainbow by Nina Kim
- Oswald the Webcomic by Adam Bastuscheck
- Weak Highlights by (?)
- Jack Tinn and the Aquanauts by Jess Smart Smiley
- Comics by Elis
- Future eating disorder comic by Lani Fernance
- Ben Draws Life by Ben
- Bad Machinery by John Allison
- In Oscar’s Footsteps by Lucy Knisley
- Loyalty & Liberty by Tamara ‘Meezer’ Gale
- Raised On Ritalin by Tyler Page
- The Unsunny Valley by Michał Shadovski
- I Think You’re Sauceome by Sarah Becan
- So Far Apart by Rasmus Gran & Rene Engström
- Anders Loves Maria by Rene Engström
- Comics/Zines by Heather Bryant
- Big Plans Number 5 by Aron Steinke
- Stripped Books by Gordon McAlpin
- Clockwork Game by Jane Irwin
- Dovecote Crest: A Civil War Reenactment Webcomic by Hailey Bachrach & Bridget Underwood
- Lovecraft is Missing by Larry Latham
- Kevin Burkhalter’s Journal Comic
- Alex’s Guide to a Life Well-Lived by Alex Heberling
- Bobwhite by Magnolia Porter
- Johnny Wander by Yuko Ota & Ananth Panagariya
- Conversations With The Boyfriend by Jade F. Lee
- Delilah Dirk and The Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff
- Sleeping on the Sleeper by Jen Collins
- Nine Lines of Metro and Seven Days in Berlin by Neil Slorance
- …?
Please leave a comment below with your suggestions (name of webcomic and website address) and I’ll add them to my list.
Thank you so much for you help!
Best regards,
G. E.
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Copyright 2013 by G. E. Gallas
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Page 3 & 4, in progress.
Page 4, in progress.
Page 1-3, in progress.
Title page, in progress.
Page 5, in progress.
Page 5 & 6, in progress.
Page 7 & 8, in progress.
Page 9 & 10, in progress.
Page 11, in progress.
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Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas
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My chair & a fresh pad of bristol board.
A brigade of pens, markers, etc.
Brand-new X-Acto knife & replacement blades, my slightly worn cutting mat, & Tintin Band-Aids (just in case).
You can never have enough erasers. (The tweezers come in handy, too.)
My top-secret notebook (which I ended up not actually using for this project, whoops!)
My computer: a very important tool.
Research: Dante’s “Divine Comedy” with illustrations by William Blake (gotta love Penguin Classics!).
My friends… they keep me company while I work.
The view outside my window!
My trustworthy wastebasket.
The perils of refilling Copic markers. (Or am I just unskilled?)
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Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas
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Images from my upcoming graphic novel, The Poet and the Flea.
[For more updates, don’t forget to follow me on tumblr and/or twitter.]
Preliminary character designs for the poet-painter William Blake.
Preliminary character designs for William Blake and The Ghost of the Flea.
Preliminary character designs for Kate Blake and the archangel Raphael.
Experimenting with black paper for The Flea.
Experimenting with X-Acto knife for The Flea.
Pages 1 & 2, in progress.
Page 1, in progress.
Page 2, in progress.
Page 3, in progress.
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Part 3 of “Behind the Scenes” will be posted sometime soon!
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Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas
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Seeking Webcomic Suggestions!
★Please Note: Feedback on this post would be extremely appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Dear friends, followers, readers:
I need your help!
This is me, flailing for help, as represented by a simple emoticon.
I am looking to compile a list of webcomics/online graphic novels that have yet to be professionally published and fall under the category of non-fiction, young adult, biographical/autobiographical/memoir, and/or historical.
Below is my list so far (in no particular order):
Please leave a comment below with your suggestions (name of webcomic and website address) and I’ll add them to my list.
Thank you so much for you help!
Best regards,
G. E.
***
For more updates, don’t forget to follow me on tumblr and/or twitter.
***
Copyright 2013 by G. E. Gallas
17 comments | tags: A Contract with God, A Space Boy Dream, A Tale of Love and Fallout, Address, Advice, America, American Born Chinese, Animation, Announcement, Are You My Mother?, Artwork, Autobiographical, Autobiography, Awkward, Awkward Shelby, Barefoot Gen, Best, Biographical, biography, Blankets, Blogging, Brainstorming, Burma Chronicles, Cancer Vixen, Carnet de Voyage, Category, Cheeming Boey, Comic book, Comic Strip, Comics, Comment, Compile, Cuba: My Revolution, Diary, Drawing, England, Epileptic, Eve of All Saints, Feedback, Followers, Friends, Fun Home, Graphic Novel, Hark! A Vagrant, Help, Hipsters, Historical, History, I Never Liked You, I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors, If You Don't Weaken, Illustration, Illustrator, Ink, International, It Was the War of the Trenches, It's a Good Life, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, Links, List, Malta, Maus, Memoir, Name, Non-Fiction, Online, Our Cancer Year, Paying for It, Pedro and Me, Pen and Ink, Persepolis, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Pre-Raphernalia, Pride of Baghdad, Professional, Professionally, Published, Publisher, Pyongyang, Radioactive:Marie and Pierre Curie, Readers, Regards, Research, Rome, Sequential Art, Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China, Smile, Suggestions, Teenager, The Arrival, The Beats: A Graphic History, The Dreamer, The Kampung Boy, The Photographer, The Playboy, Topic, Travelogue, Web Comic, Webcomic, Website, Writer, YA, Young Adult | posted in Announcement, Brainstorming, Graphic Novel, Links, Research