The first part of January has seen an odd mix of things transpire. My girlfriend and I started the New Year by taking a location scouting trip to tour a WWII submarine in San Francisco bay. A portion of Jane’s World Vol. 9 takes place on submarine in case you were wondering.

For those of you asking yourself “why is she talking about vol. 9?? Where is vol. 8??” Vol. 8 is closing out even as I write. It’s finished… finally… I hit a snag 50-60 pages into the book and had to scrap a lot of material and start over. That rewrite/redraw set me back several weeks and for that I’m sorry, but the finished book is much better for it.

This next photo is of my first body art. No, I didn’t actually do the tattoo itself, but I did draw the car for my friend Simone and now she’s wearing it. Pretty damn cool.

Then, to round out the first week of January, just as I was finishing book 8, northern California had a “historic” storm. Seven to ten inches of rain and 60 mph winds. Needless to say, we lost power and I lost part of my roof. And yes, as if the furry cap wasn’t a dead give away, it was also COLD. This is a photo that my pal Susan took as we were sharing some apple pie and instant coffee by candle light.