A staple of the battlefields between Optima and Nil, the Mark IV Combat Cafe is a mobile coffee distribution hub, serving all ranks 4 days a week. Officers only on Fridays. Combat Cafe's are not open Sunday or during cease fires. Up to 10,000 cups of steaming hot java can be pumped out in a single day before requiring resupply.
A blog about nothing. And the graphic novel, Nil: A Land Beyond Belief by James Turner. It was written long, long ago, in The Before Time.
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Monday, January 23, 2023
Cover of the French edition
From Presque Lune. The printing job was absolutely fantastic. The printer hated me for all the fine silver lines, but my God did he do a fantastic job.
Friday, January 20, 2023
Abandoned cover of the self-published version
Before I heard back from SLG, I thought I'd have to self-publish Nil, and I did up a few different versions of what it might be. I hadn't settled on the title yet, and you can see here I was considering 'Nihil Obstat'. That was later abandoned.
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Interview with Mr. Proun Nul, star of Nil: A Land Beyond Belief
A rare yet deeply insightful interview with Mister Proun Nul, the not very dashing protagonist, if such he may be called, for so poorly does he embody the role, of Nil: A Land Beyond Belief.
This page was thrown together as an end page in an issue of Rex Libris. I think I'd do it a lot differently now. Live and learn.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Poster for the short film No Blood for Coffee
The film ran a sprawling 3 minutes, and was animated by the superb Andrew Foerster and scored by Devin Polaski. It did rather well on the short film festival circuit.