Journal pages

Yesterday, on Twitter, procrastinating as usual (it takes me about an hour to really start work), I followed this link and was enchanted by Guillermo del Toro’s sketch books. It reminded me how much fun it is glimpsing inside other people’s journals, so I thought I’d show you a few snaps from mine. Note: this is NOT my graphic novel. These are just my notes – Katherine Mansfield’s timeline, illustrated, with a few interludes from me. There’s nothing like a bit of watercolour to spruce up pencil scribbles!

Now I’ve got to stop procrastinating and go hard-out on my Metro comic, ‘best of Auckland’, which is due, um, today. Erk! Thunderbirds are go! Just when I wanted to immerse myself in my Katherine Mansfield project, sigh. Luckily Metro pays – if you look in my first journal spread, you’ll see a picture of George Banks and Henri Gaudier storming Middleton Murry’s office, demanding payment for their Rhythm drawings and slapping him on the cheek when he insists that there was never going to be any money.

Actually I really want to find out more about Georges Banks – a woman who dressed as a man, who was an early 20th century cartoonist.

Also I’ve got to get my powerpoint together for the Ladies’ Litera-Tea, which is on Sunday. I am looking forward to that!