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In all the holiday hoopla I forgot to blog about the fact that issue #7 of GUILTY PLEASURES the comic book is out. It’s been out for a few days, since last Friday. My bad not to mention it here. So, if you’ve been waiting to see the next issue run to your local comic store now, before they’re gone. We heard complaints that the first six issues of the individual comics disappeared pretty quickly. So, only a few days behind, I let you know, if you didn’t know already, that #7 is here.
It’s the last issue with Brett Booth’s art. I felt pretty sad about that, but now having seen Ron Lim’s art all the way through #8 in pencils and now we’re getting colors, and I can’t be sad. I’ll miss Brett, because he was cool and a huge fan of the books, so we had that short hand going, but Ron has made Jon and I very happy with his take on Anita and her world. I’ll tell you how happy he’s made me. Today we got pencils for #9, and I was so blown away with them, that I totally missed that he had missed one of Anita’s scars. The images were so cool, that I just didn’t see anything else. I had that problem with Brett sometimes, too. I’ve learned that when the art gets good, I gotta look at it, then put it away, then look again. The first time through I’m just going, this is sooo cool. The second time around, I’ll catch more stuff. But it has to be a quick second look; comics waits for no man, or woman.
Ann and Missy, our thematic consultants, caught the scar and some other stuff first. I don’t know if they look at it sooner than I do, or are just more grown-up about it. They seem to get back with nice, concrete catches, while I’m still going isn’t this nifty? I guess one of the reasons I’ve enjoyed the comic so much is that it does make me feel less grown-up and more just happy. It’s work, make no mistake about that, but seeing the art work come across the computer, watching specific scenes come to “life” with visuals is still amazing to me. Seeing Ron turn Jess’s script, from my book, into pictures still has a very high fun factor for me. Sometimes, it’s got to be about the fun factor.