Shaenon Writes Words
Shaenon: As has been intimated in previous Sunday installments, I am currently very close to having a baby. I’ll be taking a maternity leave from Skin Horse, with Jeff and colorist Pancha Diaz soldiering on without me.
Meanwhile, if you start jonesing for stuff by me, allow me to suggest you try the links at shaenon.com. Among other stuff, I’ve been writing a bunch of science fiction stories, most recently a story for the Amazon literary journal Day One (ebook edition here). That’s the cover illustration above, by Maryanna Hoggatt. It’s a kohlrabi. I hope this keeps yinz busy until I get back. Behave yourselves and listen to Jeff!
Channing: This sort of exhortation never seems to work on my dogs. Perhaps I’ll have better luck with the readership.
Anyhoo, those of you who like drawings to go with their words and colors can take heart! “Skin Horse” continues uninterrupted with the next storyline, “Grillo Parlante,” which features a number of special guest cartoonists to guide us all through some of the less-explored nooks and crannies of the Skin Horse universe. Hope you enjoy!
Discussion (20) ¬
Congrats Shaenon – Hope all goes well and mom and baby are fine!
SOON.
(Please let us know the baby’s stats, particularly length! I need it for my calculations.)
Hmm, this could prove to be an interesting experience. In seeing the next storyline progress without Shaenon’s involvement we should get insight into which parts of the characters and overall tones of Skin Horse come from which author. Unless of course the next storyline has been scripted out already. How far in advance are strips and storylines fully planned out before they are drawn~?~
The scripting of the following weeks (save the next week, starting tomorrow) is for the most part entirely in my hands, without Shaenon’s involvement.
Awesome, I can’t wait to see more of your solo writing style~!~
Are you going to call your daughter Chani?
Seriously? No explanation for the women with a vegatable head? What kind of vegatable is that anyway?
That is one very nonplussed cabbage bulb. Shaenon said it was a kohlrabi, in particular.
A sequel to “The Son of Man.”
(TUNE: “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby”, Donaldson & Kahn)
Yes, sir, that’s kohlrabi!
Head’s smooth, not too knobby!
Yes, sir, that’s kohlrabi there!
Shaenon’s writing sci-fi!
Download via wi-fi!
Online, guess I’ll buy my share!
Strip carries on,
By others drawn …
’Til the day when Shaenon will spawn!
Good luck, we’re all saying!
Soon have kids for playing!
They will give you graying hair!
I was thinking “turnip.” Best of luck with your impending hiatus / baby.
Congrats, good luck, and all the best things for mom, baby and dad 🙂
Best wishes from the great white north.
Congrats on the baby.
Best wishes for you and your family, Shaenon.
Congratulations and best wishes.
“Grillo Parlante”? (Opens Google Translate) “Talking Cricket”. Interesting…
I’m excited to see the guest artists! I love Shaenon’s art, but of course she has the right to a break… especially after having a baby! Hopefully things go well with your newborn, Shaenon!
Several years ago, I suggest Shaenon and Andrew name their daughter, Longaway Ann. I doubt they’ll do it though. *grin*
Congratulations!
Congrats! Warning: expect the attendant new-baby exhaustion to force extension of the maternity leave by up to eighteen years. 😛