http://davidheatley.com/blog Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:29:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm tweetin it up on twitter. And I'm mixin it up on the ones and twos on blip.fm (where anyone can be a DJ). http://davidheatley.com/blog/?p=71 Work History This week I’ve been contacting people in the ad world, showing my stuff around, re-establishing old connections. One goal of mine for 2009 is to do some kind of big ad campaign: TV spots or webisodes, outdoor, print ads. You name it. Do something that I can sink my ... http://davidheatley.com/blog/?p=69 My wife went out to help a friend in need last night. Kids were in bed. No more emails to return. I'd just finished "True Blood" a few nights ago. I'm lukewarm on "Big Love." And I find "Flight of the Concords" irritating for the most part. So I wound ... http://davidheatley.com/blog/?p=67 I've got a slew of original art for sale at Espresso 77 in Jackson Heights (my neighborhood). There are several pieces that ran in The New York Times, including the two comic strips done with my wife ("The Creche" and "Godless & Penniless...". You can download a price list of ... http://davidheatley.com/blog/?p=62 Sent by my friend Derek this week, taken at a B&N in Poughkeepsie. Being shelved in biography has made for some strange bedfellows. http://davidheatley.com/blog/?p=58 I greatly enjoyed doing 3 events with Art Spiegelman this fall for my book tour. He is truly one of my heroes. I don't have too many of them. It's safe to say I might not be doing comics at all if it weren't for RAW and Maus. In his ... http://davidheatley.com/blog/?p=51 This is a terrific video narrated by Ivan Brunetti and animated by John Kuramoto about the latest Yale comics anthology. I have an embarrassing number of pages in the book compared to other people my age. It was nice to have both "Portrait of My Mom" and "Portrait of My ... http://davidheatley.com/blog/?p=47 Just uploaded all my photos to Flickr from my recent west coast tour and Philadelphia Free Library event. Author? Tourist? Both? http://davidheatley.com/blog/?p=43 Here's my dad singing "People Who Need People" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in our living room in 1989. I recently got him to sing back-up vocals on "My Brain is Hanging Upside Down." Here's hoping we get to do another song together soon. http://davidheatley.com/blog/?p=38 Oct. 7 launch party at the Slipper Room was a total blast! I narrated a lot of my comic strips and sang and danced my heart out. I'm not emo, but I do emote quite a bit according to the photographic record. The vibes in the room were quite fresh. ... http://davidheatley.com/blog/?p=31