So titled because I want to get this done quickly. In that line of thinking, I apologize for spelling and/or grammatical errors that have already begun to crop up in my work. If you notice any, please leave a comment, and I will be happy to correct it.
I didn't have work today, but I thought I should expound upon my day on Tuesday. I realized I didn't say much about it, and it merited some words, be they sparse or not. It was a busy day, mainly because there was a glut of interns on 'Intern Row'. Basically there weren't enough computers, and there's only one scanner, so I had to wait around some points, but that's not too big a deal.
I had a lot of mailing to do, but we finally had addresses, so that wasn't too big a deal. A lot of boxes had been sent out piecemeal because we didn't know where to send them, so we finally got a lot more of them out. Eric, another one of the interns, and an all around nice guy, helped me mail some stuff out. He's working for some of the editors, Tom Brevoort, etc. Awesome! Hopefully if I intern there again I can see more of what that's all about.
I was able to do more proofing today. There are two times they have me do proofs. Can you guess when they are? You're right! Before they send it to the printer, and after. That way, they have two chances to catch mistakes before they start shipping them out. I feel like I can talk about what I'm proofing, since they've already published these comics, and the release dates for these collections have been out for months. Actually, I won't tell you what the first one is, since I can't find it on CBR. The second was the initial proof of the first four issues of "The Dead of the Night" featuring Man-Thing, Marvel's Swamp Thing. It was the first MAX series I've read, which basically means blood and boobs. Always a good combo. But it was fun. There are these interludes at the beginning and the end with this guy called Digger, which are very reminiscent of Crypt Keeper stuff. Interesting.
I also got to do more scanning. This was more color reference type stuff than what I was doing before. No breakdowns or things like that. And, interestingly, some were from sources other the comics. The Trades department is also responsible for doing the Handbooks you occasionally see released by marvel, and I'm sure that one way the get the myriad pictures they need is from sources like these.
That was most of my day though. Also running stuff around to get signed off on and proofread, which is always fun. You get to meet the editors and other people around the office, which is definitely a perk. Hurray for proximity!
In conclusion, American Splendor is a wonderful movie about Harvey Pekar. He writes a comic book about himself called, you guessed it, American Splendor. Definitely worth seeing. It's just an interesting and compelling story, that loops in and out of itself in clever and well done ways.
Also, a few links of interest. There are a number of my friends who are also blogging, so check them out on the side of my page here. Also, if you want to see my old Livejournal, here's the link:
http://kryptonitekid.livejournal.com I haven't changed much.
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