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drawingismagick ASKED:
I just read lost at sea and I was wondering, where did you came up with the name Raleigh?
I used to use “baby name” books/websites for character names. Pretty sure that’s where I got Raleigh and Ramona.
10 years ago this month I started drawing Lost At Sea, my first graphic novel.
This is like the most tumblr picture ever though
captian-sleeze ASKED:
So with the ten year anniversary of Lost at Sea coming up, I was curious, have you ever thought of turning it into a movie? Or ever been approached by someone wanting to turn it into a movie?
Fans ask me this all the time!
Having one movie adaptation made is by no means a guarantee that I’ll ever have another. Getting movies made is a strange and mysterious process. The fact that SPVTW exists and is pretty good (and pretty faithful to the books) is kind of a miracle.
Anyway, Lost At Sea… we were approached at one point by a young director who I really respect, but they had a pretty different take on it. Mainly: they wanted it to take place during the final weeks of high school, instead of after. Like a strange high school comedy with magical elements. I felt weird about changing some fundamental aspects of the story and eventually passed on the whole thing.
I don’t necessarily think Lost at Sea would make a good movie at all. I think it’s pretty suited to the medium of comics, since it kinda reads like a diary with pictures. I think a lot of that text would feel “wrong” if translated to voiceover narration.
raleigh & stephanie from Lost at Sea listening to music together
watercolor, 2005
those look like the back steps at my Halifax apartment on oxford st.
I don’t have anything else in the queue right now. Seems like this blog is on a mini-hiatus.
sketchbook from april 2011
supposed to be an older Raleigh for a minicomic update on her life… i hope to do it before the 10th anniversary of Lost At Sea next year.
early “Lost At Sea” sketches, 2001
I just put a bunch of early “Lost At Sea” stuff here: http://www.radiomaru.com/info/info-lost2.html
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the lost page of Lost At Sea
my cat spilled ink on it.
At this point in the book, i was working nonstop, sleeping for 3-4 hours, working nonstop again, trying to get everything finished on time. I was pretty much delirious. I think this page would have been a little better than the one that ended up in the book since i had to redraw it double speed, but oh well.
