Update: Thanks to everyone who ordered. I shipped 'em out today. Now to go clean out that basement! Yay!
As I mentioned earlier, I'm cleaning house. This means I'll be dumping my Fabricari comic inventory that I've lugged with me for the last 10 years. But before they hit the curb, I wanted to give you a chance to buy 'em fer cheap.
Here's what I'll include:
Fabricari: Ad Hoc - Written by Adam White, Drawn by Me (130 page graphic novel)
Fabricari Issues 1-3 - Written/Drawn by Me back in '99. This is all different material than is included in Ad Hoc.
Gumbo Issues 1-2 - Anthology including Fabricari Shorts. (Limited Supply)
Surplus: A Book of Drawings by Steve "Fabricari" Harrison 2006-2007 (Limited Supply) Out of Stock
Sketches -I'll throw a couple pieces of original art in for the hell of it. If I run out of Gumbo or Surplus, I'll top it off with more sketches.
Includes shipping.
Cost: $10.00 USD
Cover Art: I may get around to printing up a super-fabricari-omnibus some day, but I'm looking forward to puting "Fabricari" behind me for a long while and working on something fresh. Oh, and these books will probably always be available on lulu: http://www.lulu.com/fabricari/
I'm hesitant to call this my "new" project, but here are some pages never-the-less: I'll adjust this template to fit the art more efficiently once I figure out what it is I'm really doing. For now, best to click on the images to see the details.
Intent on renewing my interest in playing the guitar I traded up my old junker guitar for a new one. I thought I'd break it in with a song I was listening to today. Colin Meloy's new live album has renewed my interest in some of the older Decemberists songs. I'm sure I butchered it, but even in the recording I can here that the guitar is several times nicer than the one I had before.
I ended up getting the cheaper Martin DX-1 Dreadnought with my trade-in for $350. It's definitely not anything like their higher models, but it should suit me well enough until I can play decent enough to hear the difference.
This is probably the only song I've ever written that I like. It might have something to do with the fact that it's honest despite the simple lyrics. I wrote this for my son Jeremy last summer on 4th of July. We stayed home instead of going out to see the fireworks. Instead we went for a walk and went hunting for fireflies. I finally got around to adding another verse.
Also, I'd like to give this song back to the folk community that has given me so much great music, so it's Creative-Commons or what-ever they're calling it these days. Hope you like. :)
Nothin' Better To Do
Intro: (c)(f)(g)(c) x2
It's a (c)'nother July afternoon, and (f)I got nothin' better to do than (low-g)pick on my banjo and sing a song (c)for you.
There's a whole lotta chores we gotta do, but there's really nothin' I'd rather do than grab a seat 'n' sit out-side with you.
bridge: (c)(f)(g)(f)(c) x2
'Nother year's gone by; you learned to ride your bike. There's a lotta new things you've learned to like There's a lotta new things that I can learn from you.
Just take your time growing up You're gettin so big, you're gettin' tough. Won't be so long I'll be looking up to you.
bridge: (c)(f)(g)(f)(c) x2
There's fire-flies out tonight. Gonna fly all around with their pretty lights Ahm'onna take a walk and enjoy the sight with you.
I don't got time for another verse. Too lazy to figure out and reherse. I'd rather go outside and spend my time with you.
It's Springtime, my spirits are lifted, and I thought I'd mesh a few uplifing songs together: Wildwood Flower, Red River Valley, and Cripple Creek. I guess I'm chuckling because I know those high notes are way out of my range, but you know that don't stop me. :D
I'm not quite in that place where I can take on a serious comic project, however, I'd like to experiment some with these Babel comics. I'm going to try to make a series of it. I think some very interesting story-telling can be accomplished.
I was practicing "The Coo Coo" in Sawmill tuning, then started tuning down to work on "Wildwood Flower." But the nut on my new banjo's pretty raw and I busted another string. Too lazy to tie up another string, I started messing around...
Started off with Omie Wise and kept on going with some of Wayfaring Stranger. I was lamenting over how my voice would be perfect if I was a little old man living in the mountains - a friend pointed out that folk music's gotta sound like it's sung by folk. Go figure.
I changed the key of Omie Wise to E-minor. I guess it's easier