I bought this comic book "Sleepwalk and other stories" finally, and Adrian Tomine is one of the american comic artists i am curious about, why i said that? in fact, i am not too into "American comic", but i love to read different kind of comic books, so i am interested to read Adrian’s work. About 10 years ago or more than 10 years i guess, i hardly found any comic book from amazon, i tried to look for the comic series "Optic Nerve" by Adrian online, and i found them on ebay, so it’s my first time to register ebay becoz of it, and then i emailed the ebayer to see if he is willing to send them worldwide. The ebay seller replied "You know what, i dont send the comic to unsafe countries, only US is the safest place", and i was shocked to read it, i just want to ask What’s wrong with you? he sound so rude and "weird" and of course "proud" too, and there were no other seller or place to sell that comic, so i gave up. When US was attacked by terrorist or US attacked other countries, it remind me the "AMERCIAN GUY" from ebay, i doubt if he still say the same thing NOW! Back to the book, Sleepwalk and other stories including 16 short stories, i like short stories, and adrian is so sophisticated to express the unsentimental scene, i like this book overall.
Drawing a comic is never easy, and here is the video to let you know the effort of a comic artist, please enjoy and appreciate.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxOZRqvZxG4] This is the animation of a liquid chocolate called Lava Bar (The Lava Bar is the world’s first liquid chocolate candy bar. It is the glue that mends broken hearts.) Thank you Ralph for offering me to work on the artwork for this project and thank you so much for the great work by the animators, i am really touched to see the animation.
Here is the info about the animation: client: lava bar animation: ralph watson and his crew of animators artwork: bubi au yeung
Though i havent try that lava bar, my good friend gave me a box of cocoa powder, whenever i am upset, i would make a cup of hot chocolate drink, that do help to soothe my mind. Chocolate is a good pill to me
Esp thanks to my good friend siu o who make me smile and share good music with me during my stress time, love u always