New Beginings
I never so much thought about doing a newsletter. My brain will commit and then will take the side road to see the elephant and never come back.
I wish I would though because as you already know , time flies and the older you get, the faster it goes and memories start lacking substance. Sometimes you need words to remember the feelings of joy or despair which come with a long career in arts and an even longer life..
To think that the very first issue of DIE was published in december 2018…
Was I still young then ? I am not sure, but I was still so new to this, even after litterally hundreds of covers. This is such a unique moment to give the book, that you have worked so long on, to the world and pray that it was worth it. that reader will recognise it as the labor of love that it is.
A book is such a scary stupid amount of work for a very hypothetic success. I had renounced a life on the road to work on this project, because I had faith in the collaboration with Kieron, but even then I was so panicked when came the release date that I escaped to singapore and closed my social media accounts.
Can someone be brave and a coward in the same time? Apparently yes…
And then I remember the intense feeling of pure bliss each time a new issue was published and it was received with love. So much love. I honestly think I have never felt more loved than when I was seeing the reactions of our community of readers.
And now, Almost exactly 7 years later, we are publishing the sequel of this beautiful book that changed my life so much and made me feel like I belonged, that gave me a city to live in and made me a homeowner.
And I am, again so, so anxious. and so full of hope.
At this point I have drawn 140 pages before the first issue was even published and it’s a very long time to go without gratification for a dopamine addict brain like mine.
I hope the readers love it, I hope I have worked well enough to complement Kieron’s words: He does such a great job . and I hope I will be as good as people sometimes think I am.
TLDR: DIE loaded #1 hits the shelves in 10 days. Please read it.