To be clear there was *already* a color-coded changelog spreadsheet, but I have now made a new tab in said spreadsheet to address all my post-submission gripes. War is hell.
Quick, someone give me $400 so I can do a behind-the-scenes Meet the Capybara tour at the local zoo for the cover reveal of our swashbuckling capybara graphic novel.
Me: HOLY SHIT I DID IT I SUBMITTED THE GRAPHIC NOVEL TO THE EDITORIAL TEAM I'M DONE AAA
Also Me: I have combed through the PDF of the graphic novel directly after submitting it and discovered 54 more copyediting, lettering, and art issues to be addressed. In this color-coded spreadsheet I will...
Two fun things that happened while working on this project: running into my own art unexpectedly at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum while looking for one of Hitchcock‘s models, and finally getting coffee with Sergio Aragones, master cartoonist and (SURPRISE) fellow ship fanatic and model builder.
If you're in Savannah, you can visit the museum in person to see my Very Normal Research Process. Opening reception's Friday May 1st from 5-7:30pm, but the show will remain up through January 2027. www.shipsofthesea.org/drawn-to-sea
Gay! Sketchbook! Portraits! (I swear I *will* master this multicolored pencil before the year is out.)