I met a fellow American here in Perth through the American Ex-Pats club who works in the comic book industry. Her husband is Aussie, and he is an artist who does the drawings for some of DC's comics. She does a lot of the technical and boring paper work that gets his art to the editors and publishers back in the US.
They are a very nice couple. She is originally from southern California. Graduated from UC San Diego. She worked for DC Comics, where she met her now husband. She is a self-described computer geek.
Robin and I went over to their house last night for drinks. They live in an really neat converted warehouse in Northbridge that was subdivided into units. Very interesting architecture, with high airy ceilings, hardwood floors, and lots of space. They have their office in what would be the dining room. They use the enormous Apple flat LCD monitors, which produce stunning images. They also have two beautiful Burmese cats that are so fun to play with.
When we came over, her husband was busy finishing up some illustrations that were due. The art work was fantastic. It was a very dark and gothic comic, with what looked liked vampirish monsters and violence. He was mixing punch out of real photos, such as snarling teeth, and embedding them into the faces of upside vampires. The effect was both very realistic and detailed fine comic art. I was very impressed.
Like me, she is a big fan of The Daily Show. She misses that about home. She manages to get episodes here, so she burned me some to CD so I can watch them. She also misses Mexican food.
I'm stoked. She sent me home with two CD's chock full of past episodes of The Daily Show. I'm going to have a good weekend!
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