Artists are rarely happy with their work in hindsight, and I am no exception. There were a few pages in Nil: A Land Beyond Belief I was decidedly unhappy with. Much more so than the rest. Given that the whole book was experimental, this is hardly surprising.
With the french edition, however, I had the chance to fix some things and cull some dialogue to tighten things up.
I don't think the english edition will ever see an update, so... behold! The (relatively) new improved french version:
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
