2010 has already brought an unending flood of new work, with an identity package and ad campaign for the law firm of Rothamel Bratton, a poster/post card image with my ULYSSES “SEEN” partner Robert Berry for Simpatico Theatre Co.’s production of PYRETOWN, a web site for Havins and Associates an in-house stint with Beach Communications that will yield posters, recruitment brochures, and informational booklets for the Phila. Housing Authority, a 100 pg. book layout job for LimmudPhilly 2010.

More exciting jobs are on the horizon, as is A LOT of work on the next chapter of ULYSSES “SEEN”. I’ve already spent quite a number of hours in libraries and in contact with institutions like the University of Texas and the Irish National Museum, researching various details of 1904 Dublin homes and streets.

Here’s a pic of the PYRETOWN poster. More to come when time allows.

The 2009 Ulyssses “Seen” holiday card has been posted on the Ulysses “Seen” blog. I warn you, it is, as Haines says at the end, rather blasphemous. To anyone who may find it at all offensive: I assure you that Joyce was poking fun at Oliver St. John Gogarty, not at the Almighty. Buck Mulligan’s act is very Vaudevillian, and so I thought it fitting to use lettering and backgrounds from old Vaudeville posters. A fun little promo piece for the project, I think.

On the topic of Ulysses “Seen”, we should be finishing Chapter I: Telemachus in a few short weeks. The storyboards for the next chapter are coming along quite well, and we’re really looking forward to presenting it.

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I have just completed work with the wonderful people at Beach Communications on a 200-page commemorative book for the anniversary of the Philadelphia Tribune. The process was grueling, but the people were wonderful. The product has proven to be well worth the trouble. Click the pic on the left for a larger version.

I am very excited to be working for the next couple of weeks with Beach Communications on the design and layout of a book for the 125th anniversary of the Philadelphia Tribune about the African-American Experience since 1884. Great people, and a great project. Should be a fantastic portfolio piece, as well.

Ulysses “Seen” is in full-on production mode. We are releasing new comic pages every Monday, with Mike Barsanti’s entertaining Reader’s Guide entries every Tuesday through Friday, and Michael Perridge’s commentary to things round out. This will continue until mid-December, which will bring us to the end of Telemachus. I’m VERY excited about what we’ve put up so far and what we’ve got coming. I’ve been hand-lettering everything this time around, so it’s a bit more challenging, and therefore more fun. If you haven’t done so already, check it out.