Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Here's Johnny's!

Sorry, I've been a bit elsewhere this month, things have moved faster than I allowed for. I've posted late, Milo - so sorry! next month will do better.
Here's Johnny's Molie,




the titles are, Simple, A Lull in Hostilities, A Geezer In Crayon (crayons work surprisingly well on Molie paper), Girl, A Man In My Tea, Wilf, Typical British Weather (hey, John!)

Old friends may remember Simple as my second ever IF submit and the first serious attempt at IF. I stumbled across it while tidying my trash can archive and thought it fitted the molie page nicely so I redid it. Also the fly, with modifications.

12 comments:

Johnnynorms said...

Wow Ian, I love them all, and such a generous amount of work in my book!

Ian russell said...

I couldn't remember whether it was seven works or eight pages or something else, but I wanted to finish on a single left-hand page because it's nice to see the transition between two contributors. I know that's not a rule but... 'really free! I enjoyed it.

milo said...

no worries Ian! hey, i don't recall how many pages to do either... 7 half pages... or 6 all the way across both pages? i have no idea.. anyway, your drawings are great, can't wait to see them in person :)

Mike Kline said...

Excellent work! Love the fly! Having lived in the UK for twelve years I too fully understand the rain. Now living in New Mexico, I wish for rain.

Ian russell said...

yes, I saw your blog, Mike - did you see the Fairford Air Show got cancelled due to bad weather? First time in 38 years!

Thanks, Milo - should be there in five days! Look out! Big mailpak, they done run out of small ones. Typical British post office. ;o)

Mike Kline said...

I did see they canceled the international air tattoo. I worked the show 85-94. I was there when the migs collided. I love the area. Glous is beautiful. Although, my favorite place to go was Bibury, especially when I needed to think.

steve said...

All beauties Ian, and yes, I remember the "Simple" illo. Good to see it reworked and included here in Johnny's book!

Ammon said...

WoW, these are really great. Nice variety of ideas, and excellent execution.

Moleskine.Exchange said...

I am partial to A Lull In Hostilities. Great work!

Moleskine.Exchange said...

The original idea was 7 pages, but since then we had one drop out, so do eight is you want.

Hell, do 9 if you are feeling wild & crazy. ;)

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

What fun it is to see these! I'm really enjoying it. I love them all but my mostest favorite it the FLY!!!! He he hee! LOL! NICE WORK!

so 8 single pages is 4 double pages or?

Moleskine.Exchange said...

I am counting a page as a single, so if you do a double page spread then you have completed 2.