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A while ago, I stumbled across A Space Boy Dream, a wonderfully clever and charming webcomic by Moira Zahra and Mark Scicluna.
Somehow, my first experience of A Space Boy Dream was somewhere in the middle of the comic and out of order. But I immediately perceived Moira and Mark’s refreshingly satirical portrayal of hipsters, struggling artists, and the average young person. Not only can I relate to the plight of the angsty and self-concious protagonist Vincent, but I also marvel in the amazingly expressive character designs and unique design aesthetic of this comic.
I didn’t realize until later that the artists live in and portray the Mediterranean island of Malta!! This fact went completely over my head because A Space Boy Dream‘s hipsters are identical to the ones I’ve encountered in Manhattan, San Francisco, and across the U.S. in general. I guess some components of society and subculture are far more universal than I originally imagined.
The following images belong to Moira Zahra and Mark Scicluna.
For more A Space Boy Dream, please check out the following websites…
aspaceboydream.com
aspaceboydreamcomic.wordpress.com
www.facebook.com/aspaceboydream
www.facebook.com/aspaceboydreamcomic?fref=ts
moirazahra.prosite.com
www.behance.net/markscicluna
Interview with Moira Zahra and Mark Scicluna: www.maltainsideout.com/22565/comic-strip-artists-life-space-boy-dream-character-vincent
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★ Don’t forget to check out my graphic novel, The Poet and the Flea!
A new page every Wednesday!
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Here is a brief update on my current creative projects and endeavors…!
Monday, February 18th
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
- Worked on first zine.
Tuesday, February 19th
- Meeting with Gabe! Showed him some new work for Elias & the City of Cats.
- Worked on The First Reich.
- Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
- Spoke with my high school friend Tina L. about SPX (Small Press Expo) in Maryland. We (Tina, some of her friends, and I) are going to try to get a table there this September! Also, Tina may share a table with me for this year’s APE!
Wednesday, February 20th
- Zest Books Internship, Day #7: Super busy with some editing/fact-checking work! Also, sat in on a Teen Advisory Board meeting, which was interesting. Going in again tomorrow instead of Friday to sit in on a meeting and meet a tight deadline!
Thursday, February 21st
- Sent Hannah some follow-up answers.
- Zest Books Internship, Day #8: Came in Thursday instead of Friday. Managed to complete a big project before the deadline. Finally met Dan in person (had only talked on phone before). Going to help Hallie with a photoshop project on Wednesday. Busy, busy, busy!
Friday, February 22nd
- Day off from Zest Books Internship!
- Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
- Worked on some extra assignments for Zest.
Saturday, February 23rd
- Feeling under the weather today.
Sunday, February 24th
- Lunch with cousin Cheryl Ann.
- Date night with Wes!
- Nominated for The Very Inspring Blogger Award.
Monday, February 25th
- Did some errands downtown.
- Worked on some upcoming blog posts.
- Worked on some extra assignments for Zest.
- Nominated for The Liebster Award.
- Contacted by potential director for one of my short scripts!
- The Flea‘s First Fan Art!
Tuesday, February 26th
- Correspondence with potential director.
- Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
- Worked on first zine.
Wednesday, February 27th
- Continued correspondence with potential director.
- Zest Books Internship, Day #9: Did some more image research and worked on photoshop to convert images into multiple formats.
Thursday, February 28th
- Continued correspondence with potential director.
- Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
- Worked on The First Reich.
Friday, March 1st
- Continued correspondence with potential director.
- Zest Books Internship, Day #10: Little jobs here and there. Working on some projects for Little Fish. Took home a copy of Regine’s Book.
Saturday, March 2nd
- Worked on some upcoming blog posts.
- Attended a show at Gallerie Citi with some of my mom’s art on display.
Sunday, March 3rd
- Hannah Meiklejohn Interviews G. E. Gallas for Lemonade Magazine
- G. E. Gallas Invited to Speak to The Blake Society!
- Date night with Wes!
Monday, March 4th
- Celebrating 1,000 Followers on Twitter!
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
- Research, research, research…!
Tuesday, March 5th
- Planning for Blake’s London!
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
- Research, research, research…!
- First skype meeting with film director Josh! He’s interested in my short script The Man Who Never Smiled. Soon, he’ll be scouting locations and creating a shot list. Wants me to write detailed notes about the script and eventually create a simple storyboard. Set filming date for July. Extremely excited!!!
- Worked on The First Reich.
Wednesday, March 6th
- Zest Books Internship, Day #11: Worked on a graphic-novel-related marketing research project.
Thursday, March 7th
- Meeting with Gabe! Hoping I can finished illustrations for Elias in a few weeks, scan them, then meet with Gabe to get everything prepared to send out to publishers!
- Worked on The First Reich.
Friday, March 8th
- Package from The Blake Society!
- Zest Books Internship, Day #12: Continued to work on a graphic-novel-related marketing research project. Received some very interesting advice about publishing.
Saturday, March 9th
- Feeling under the weather today.
- Worked on some upcoming blog posts.
- Nominated a second time for Versatile Blogger Award!
Sunday, March 10th
- Feeling under the weather today.
- Worked on some upcoming blog posts.
Monday, March 11th
- Ran some errands.
- Worked on some information for the Blake Society.
- Worked on some upcoming blog posts.
Tuesday, March 12th
- Feeling under the weather today.
- Worked on The First Reich.
- Worked on some upcoming blog posts.
Wednesday, March 13th
- Feeling under the weather today.
Thursday, March 14th
- Worked on a special illustration.
- Worked on The First Reich.
- Worked on The Poet and the Flea.
Friday, March 15th
- Zest Books Internship, Day #13: Worked on image research and packing for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair!
- Worked on notes for The Man Who Never Smiled.
Saturday, March 16th
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
- Applications, applications, applications…!
- Nice dinner with extended family in Palo Alto.
Sunday, March 17th
The Ice Cream Bar, San Francisco
Monday, March 18th
- Worked on notes for The Man Who Never Smiled.
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
- Applications, applications, applications…!
Tuesday, March 19th
- Worked on notes for The Man Who Never Smiled.
- Second skype meeting with film director Josh! Discussed casting and locations.
- Talked with Tina L. over phone. Always so much fun!
Wednesday, March 20th
- Zest Books Internship, Day #14: Worked on research for graphic novels, London Book Fair, and literary agents.
Spring is here?
Thursday, March 21st
- Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
- Dinner with friend Tina C.
Friday, March 22nd
- Zest Books Internship, Day #15: Worked on research for London Book Fair and literary agents. Put together a bunch of packages to be mailed. Image research for computer/internet-related ebook.
Saturday, March 23rd
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
- Date night with Wes. Saw The Incredible Burt Wonderstone — actually much more entertaining than we were expecting. Bought David Bowie’s new album!
Yay!
Sunday, March 24th
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
- Received reply from a potential job — interview on Thursday.
- Worked on The First Reich.
- Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
- Packed for Passover trip.
Monday, March 25th
- Passover trip — had Passover and stayed overnight at cousin’s house outside of Sacramento. Would be perfect location for filming Death Is No Bad Friend.
- Received e-mail from local production company. Interview scheduled for April 11th!
Tuesday, March 26th
- Return drive from Passover trip.
Wednesday, March 27th
- Zest Books Internship, Day #16: Worked on image research and fact checking! Fact checking is definitely one of my strong suits — I have so much random knowledge stuffed away in my brain that I can immediately sense when something is off.
Beautiful but deadly pollen!
Thursday, March 28th
- Interview with potential job unsuccessful, but that’s fine by me. Looking forward to next interview on the 11th!
- Entered two screenplays (one full-length, one short) into Table Read My Screenplay contest. Wish me luck!
- Check Out “The Poet and the Flea”!!!
Friday, March 29th
- Zest Books Internship, Day #17: Continued to work on fact checking and image research!
- Tina L. called to tell me we got the table at SPX!!! Now to buy plane tickets…
Saturday, March 30th
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
- Arr, Ye Matey: “Assassin Bound” Ho!!!
- Worked on The Flea plush toy.
Sunday, March 31st
- Worked on The Flea plush toy.
- Date night with Wes!
Monday, April 1st
- Worked on The First Reich.
- Worked on Elias & the City of Cats.
- Worked on The Poet and the Flea.
- Online research/shopping for Cannes/London trip.
Etcetera
- The Poet and the Flea: 63 pages of written script (1 page of script = 4-6 illustrated pages), and about 36 pages (1-30 completed, and 31-36 in progress) of illustrated work.
- The First Reich: about 1-10 pages of illustrated work in progress.
- First Zine: about 6-8 pages of illustrated work in progress.
To Do:
- Finish work on Elias & The City of Cats.
- Continue to work on The First Reich.
- Add more information to my Behance.net profile.
- Add more information to my Coroflot.com profile.
- Continue adding blog content to The First Reich.
- Complete script for The Poet and the Flea.
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Copyright 2013 by G. E. Gallas
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My dear friend Tina is just launching her own creative adventure, and I wanted to share her work!
Assassin Bound: assassinbound.tumblr.com
Summary: “A ridiculous crossover fan adventure between Ubisoft’s popular Assassin’s Creed video game series and Andrew Hussie’s extremely popular Homestuck webcomic adventure.”
Truthfully, I know very little about
Assassin’s Creed or
Homestuck, but so far
Assassin Bound is quite entertaining.
My friend has wonderfully snarky humor and it’s fun to participate by offering suggestions as to what should happen next. Whether a diehard
Assassin’s Creed and/or
Homestuck fan or not,
Assassin Bound is worth a look!
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Yesterday, I posted the 20th page of The Poet and the Flea… What!? Wow!!
The Flea premiered online November 28th, 2012 and has already received more than 10,000 views.
I have been honored to received a number of wonderful reviews thus far, such as those by Sarah Goode and Hannah Meiklejohn, as well as an incredible invitation to speak to The Blake Society in London this coming May.
Self-publishing The Flea online has been an incredible experience so far and I thank everyone for their enthusiasm and support!
Best wishes,
G. E.
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FYI, to receive information about The Flea on your Facebook news feed, please “like” me at facebook.com/gegallas!
For those of you who have yet to check out The Flea (and for those who wish to read the first 20 pages over again), I’ve included links below. Enjoy!
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Start from the beginning!
Cover
Title Page
Note
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6
Page 7
Page 8
Page 9
Page 10
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Related Post: Celebrating 1,000 Followers!
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Ladies & Gentlemen:
On behalf of my humble keeper Miss G. E. Gallas — I, Mr. Edgar Lawrence Fluffernutter™, would like to graciously thank you for your generous patronage.
Miss Gallas is flabbergasted that our supporters have doubled in a matter of two or three months, and is unwavering in her determination to sustain the quality of this enterprise.
Although I have little knowledge of these newfangled contraptions, it is to my understanding that there are additional entities (thepoetandtheflea.wordpress.com) where one might extend one’s support, and I would be much obliged if you were to kindly do so.
Your modest nocturnal mammal,
E. L. Fluffernutter™
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Related Posts: First Zine and Future Shop and First Zine Progress and Contest!!
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A few weeks ago, I finished the pen work for my first zine. I’ve been very busy recently, but hope that sometime soon I’ll be able to get this zine scanned, printed, and watercolored. Then, once The Flea plush toy is ready, I’m planning on opening my online store!
Here are a few closeups of some pen work for the zine:
As I mentioned before, my first zine is an illustrated Pre-Raphaelite poem. The poem will remain a secret until closer to the zine’s release. But I’ll give one free copy to the first person who can correctly guess which poem it is.
I’ve realized that I made this contest a little bit too hard. Thusly, I added a few more hints (#4 and #5). Also, be sure to check the comments of my post First Zine Progress and Contest!! for even more hints. I will be shocked if no one produces the correct answer this time!
Hint #1: The Seven Deadly Sins.
Hint #2: The poem is not “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti.
Hint #3: More specifically than Hint #1 — The Seven Princes of Hell.
Hint #4: More specifically than Hint #3 — Mammon.
Hint #5: The poem was written by ONE of the three original Pre-Raphaelites — either William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, or Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
For a chance to win, either leave a comment below or (if you’d like to keep your guess secret from other contestants) shoot me an e-mail at gegallas@hotmail.com — subject “First Zine Contest.”
Best of luck!!
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It’s hard to believe, but last week my Twitter account @gegallas reached 1,000 followers and over!
I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all my followers, both on Twitter and WordPress. I truly appreciate your support!
Also, I’d like to mention a few cool people on Twitter (some of whom are also on WordPress)…
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Professional Moron (@CreativeMoron) – professionalmoron.com
Mr. Wapojif is a special creature. His nonsensical absurdity is sure to entertain!!
Recommended Posts: Do You Have “LOL” Tourette’s Syndrome? and Would You Go On A Date With a Planet?
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Vince Dorse (@vincedorse) – vincedorse.com and Untold Tales of Bigfoot
Not only is Vince a lovely person, but his Sasquatch is a lovable beast.
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Shannon Wheeler (@MuchCoffee) – Too Much Coffee Man Shannon Wheeler
Shannon left me this great tweet about The Poet and the Flea: “Just read it. I liked it. Blake is Dante and Ginsberg. You’re right.”
Check out his wonderful online comic strips — he’s been making ‘em since 1995!
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Levi Hastings (@leviathanleague) – leviathanleague.com
Take a look at Levi’s beautiful watercolor illustrations.
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Jessica Hayworth (@angrycomics) – angry-comics.tumblr.com/tagged/Comic
Been a huge fan of Angry Beige for a couple of years. Wonderfully surreal little comics.
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Yesterday, I was incredibly excited to discover that the awesome Ms. Blake Woodruff of imoutoart.wordpress.com (I’ll call her Ms. Woodruff as to not get confused with Mr. Blake!) posted a fan art of my graphic novel The Poet and the Flea. As far as I know, this is the first ever fan art of The Flea and feels like a huge milestone in The Flea‘s progress!!
I asked Ms. Woodruff for permission to repost her illustration here on my blog (see below) and hope that all my readers/followers will take a look at the impressive work on her blog and website!
I especially admire the deep colors/tones she used for this piece and get a total kick out of The Flea lurking in the background!
Next, I plan on creating a fan art page on thepoetandtheflea.wordpress.com and will post Ms. Woodruff’s piece there as well.
I wholeheartedly welcome all The Poet and the Flea fan art and would be more than delighted to showcase your work on my blog!
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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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First Zine Progress and Contest: Round Two!!
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A few weeks ago, I finished the pen work for my first zine. I’ve been very busy recently, but hope that sometime soon I’ll be able to get this zine scanned, printed, and watercolored. Then, once The Flea plush toy is ready, I’m planning on opening my online store!
Here are a few closeups of some pen work for the zine:
As I mentioned before, my first zine is an illustrated Pre-Raphaelite poem. The poem will remain a secret until closer to the zine’s release. But I’ll give one free copy to the first person who can correctly guess which poem it is.
I’ve realized that I made this contest a little bit too hard. Thusly, I added a few more hints (#4 and #5). Also, be sure to check the comments of my post First Zine Progress and Contest!! for even more hints. I will be shocked if no one produces the correct answer this time!
Hint #1: The Seven Deadly Sins.
Hint #2: The poem is not “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti.
Hint #3: More specifically than Hint #1 — The Seven Princes of Hell.
Hint #4: More specifically than Hint #3 — Mammon.
Hint #5: The poem was written by ONE of the three original Pre-Raphaelites — either William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, or Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
For a chance to win, either leave a comment below or (if you’d like to keep your guess secret from other contestants) shoot me an e-mail at gegallas@hotmail.com — subject “First Zine Contest.”
Best of luck!!
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