But then, the printer's proof of Rob Feldman's book Cartoons, Comics and Cows in Cows arrived at the Comicoz Office Thursday afternoon. Certainly, it has been a book that has been and is much anticipated. No time to courier it down to Rob in Sydney. There appeared to be no option, except to catch a plane at short notice and get down to Sydney to present the book to Rob... I won't go into all the details, but Rob was totally stunned to see me at his doorstep...at about 8 p.m. at night!

Look, everyone who has released a book, a comic, I'm sure a CD or anything with some creative element involved in its development, will understand Rob's feelings and emotions. Rather than saying anything about it, let's just allow the pictures here to do the talking...

For those Patient Pozible Pledgers awaiting copies of Rob's book, I should tell you that Rob found: A spelling mistake, A picture that looks a little blurry, and three other (minor) adjustments that he wants to correct. So, sadly, the book needs to have these minor revisions before it will be released to the public...and the Pozible Pledgers.
In the meantime, a representative from Dennis Jones and Associates (Comicoz' Ned Kelly Distributor) has asked to see a copy of the book. And so a second proof copy was sent to them last week. (There were only two proofs available.) Any response will be covered on a future Blog posting...
After delivering Rob's book to his home on Friday night (and after watching Australia getting a little rattled against Chile in the World Cup), Rob and I set off for Sydney's Supanova. (There is a funny story to tell about a set of keys, beforehand: but perhaps that is one for another day!) We joined the table of our colleagues from ye olde Australian Cartoonists' Association to share the laughs coming from Rob's book. Although, I did not stay long. I set off to meet 'old' friends, make new friends and seek out potential contributors to future Oi Oi Oi! editions.... |