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Here's the official bit.
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Thursday, June 1 - Dork Tower was nominated for two prestigious Harvey Awards: Best Cartoonist (John Kovalic) and Special Award For Humor in Comics (John Kovalic).
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That out of the way?

Good.

Now...here's my honest reaction:

HOLY freaking CRUD! This is...odd. Stunning. Weird. I didn't even know the Harveys were announced today, until some readers e-mailed me congratulations...

I've...
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Home now.

And as much as I miss London, and miss bumping into Belle and Sebastian on Parisian elevators, it's wonderful being back, waking up early on a lovely Wisconsin spring morning.

There's an enormous amount of work to get caught up on this week, and a bit of time needed to peruse the Russian edition of Munchkin, along with German and English versions...
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Two days of all-day Out of the Box meetings have kind of drained me.

There's lots of cool, fun stuff on the way. But for the moment, I'm exhausted.

Unfortunately, I've also got a ton of work to do. Plus, I've got something Very Big coming up next week. Much needs to get done before it.

What this means is, I may well have to...
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I ran today's cartoon early (last Saturday, to be precise) to hit April 1.

Like last year's April 1 "Dork Mirror" series, this one will run every day this week. Many thanks to the irrepressible Jape, for yet another great mirror universe series. It rocks.

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Full reports on all five movies I saw at the Wisconsin Film Festival coming soon. Plus the Cineplexity World...
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OK...the annual April Fool's "Dork Mirror" series has started again.

http://www.dorktower.com

Yay!

PLUS, more April Fool Dorky goodness at http://www.greatcleave.blogspot.com

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2:30 pm today.

Cineplexity. - http://www.otb-games.com/cineplexity/index.html

World Premier - http://muskrat-john.livejournal.com/#entry_112180

At the State Street Steep & Brew.

Not sure how many people will show up. Nor who will show up. Apparently there's a chance a Big Name might make it.

I'm too tired right...
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Terrble work day, today.

Was supposed to get three cartoons done. Didn't even manage half of one.

Making some French Onion Soup now, to make the suck go away...

London calling.

It's been a GREAT day, so I'm not sure why REM's "Bad Day" keeps running through my mind...

My Dad's operation is over, and he made it through spectacularly. The triple bypass went so well, in fact, that they didn't even put him in intensive care, afterwards. He looks great (everyone was prepping me for how bad he would look). This is a...
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I'm home, after being the Guest of Honor at a tremendous convention in Espoo, near Helsinki, Finland.

Then full report is on my LiveJournal page -- it's long -- but here's a recap of the after-con sauna party!

John
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Back in Espoo, the full scope of the convention-ending party is starting to become clear. It's taken a while, but I finally believe I've figured...
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Considering that I used to be a reviewer, it's REALLY weird having to read other people's reviews on my work.

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Fortunately, this online review really made my day:

Review by: Blake M. Petit Blake@comixtreme.com
Quick Rating: Good
Title: Clanbook: Mopey

Gilly is planning to go to graduate school in London, and Walden has to face the fact that his little sister is moving away....
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Unbelievable.

I'm here in London, staying with my sister after Warpcon (some HUGE news from there, by the way...tune in tomorrow...), and for the most part, I've been finishing up a ton of work.

Part of this is sending a lot of images back across the Atlantic. To do so, I've been lugging my trusty Mac Powerbook all over town, looking for decent high-speed connections....
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