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Well, I just realised it’s been a month since my last post - bad Emma!

What can I tell you other than that I’ve been working hard on Much Ado About Nothing?
Real life has had to take quite a priority at the moment, with my wedding just around the corner, but work continues of course. I’ve been enjoying the pencilling stage hugely, as it’s given me a chance to chill away from the computer with a sketch pad, but it’s about time I got on with some inks - so alas, I’ll need to chain myself to the PC very soon.

Here are a few sneak peaks of the messy, pencils stage. ^_^

CLICK HERE FOR THE SELFMADEHERO WORKBLOG

Way back in the day, when Sonia and I were working on Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet respectively, we created a livejournal workblog to chart our progress on the books….well, a couple of years later it’s time to dust that blog off and fire up the engines as I can now announce I’ve started work on Much Ado About Nothing for SelfMadeHero!

I think some of you may have guessed this and some have mentioned the title and left me desperate to tell you, but yes - that’s the one!

I’ll introduce the first of our key players here, but any further updates will be at the workblog only for a while as it feeds through to the official Manga Shakespeare ning.
Click the thumbs for larger images, and check the workblog for details on who these four are. ^__^

I’m working on the rest of the coloured section and will be meeting up with the fabulous Richard Appignanesi in a week or so to start bashing script ideas around. As with Hamlet, it’s a play I know and love well and we’ll work hard to make it the best we can!

Hello all!

Time for a bit of an update and some info if you fancy coming and saying hi in person. ^_^

First off - Violet! The Guardian mini series hurtles towards a conclusion with just two more weeks’ worth to go. If you’ve not caught any of the mini series yet, head along to The Guardian Online to catch up. You can catch episode #5 in this Saturday’s edition of the paper. And to those of you weeping into your cereal at the mere idea of there being no more Violet to read (I can always dream), fear not! Violet and her friends will soon be doing a little house move and settling into the pages of the DFC itself. I’ll update closer to the time. You’ll be able to reread the mini series and then dive into Violet’s story a year later….oooooh!

Appearances:

Stratford-upon-Avon - Home of the Bard! I was very honoured to be invited along to talk at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust on the 2nd July. The talk will be looking back at the creation process of SelfMadeHero’s Hamlet, and looking forward to the early stages of my new Shakespeare adaptation. Please check here for details.

Kingston - I’ll be running an hour long workshop for Tokyopop at Hook and Chessington library on Saturday the 2nd August. Details can be found here.

Today sees the second episode of my Violet mini series appear in the Guardian’s Comic section.
I am much happier with the comic from this part on…remember that the mini series is a prelude to the main arc that will be appearing in The DFC later this year.

If you haven’t got the paper itself, you can check the comic at the Guardian’s online section; though the resolution on their online pages looks a little strange. Click the banner below to be whisked there:

I feel more positive today than I have done in a while. A well behaved cat and a pretty quiet internet meant I got lots of stuff done. Huzzah! Feels good!

It’s weird to think that the pages I’m drawing now won’t be seen for so long. Even when I’m working on something serialised it’s like GNs all over again, hahah. The DFC crew are thinking they’ll be repeating the Guardian mini series in the DFC itself now as a lead-up to the actual arc, which takes place a year later. It’s a shame in a way because the arc is the story I want to tell, while the mini series is really just a bit of fun, exploring the times when Vi first got her power…Still, the mini-series is fun, and does work as an intro for people who didn’t see the Guardian. ^_^

So, 6 weeks in the Guardian’s COMIC section start this Saturday and some time after that, Violet and the gang hit the DFC - and a bit more after that - the actual arc will start….poor Tyler gets ignored for so long. He’s a main character in the arc, but doesn’t appear in the mini series, poor boy.

Yes Tyler, I know hon….you’ll have to be patient. You’ll be a star soon. ^_^