D.J. Coffman - Sequential Artist, Thinker

I’ve been going to bed now on a regular schedule right around midnight or so, but last night I figured i’d stay up until I achieved what I wanted to, which was 3 pages of pencils– ended up hitting the sack around 2:45am or so, but realized I could have stayed up all night probably. It seems like you can get so much more accomplished working the night shift like that, so I might make an attempt to change my sleeping patterns temporarily. In Joe Simon’s book “The Comic Book Makers”, there’s a story in there of how the kids would be going off to school and Dad would just be getting done with work, and would likely sleep all day. Now I know why.

This was a bad night to stay up, because my wife had to be up at 4am to get my oldest boy up for his school field trip to Gettysburg this morning. So it was like sleeping an hour and waking… then sleeping two more hours and waking to get the other kids up and out the door, and then I just gave in and slept until 10:45. But some days, mornings are filled with so many distractions work doesn’t get started until noonish anyway, so what the heck.

This lethargic lifestyle of sitting still while drawing for long hours always makes me wonder about health and weight too. So I’m back on another kick of eating healthy again. I fell off the wagon a bit with the impending Halloween chocolate in a big bowl on top of our fridge, and we’ve been sneaking out there and grabbing mini twix and snickers. I lie to myself telling myself that this is to give me more energy. It’s not. Twix just taste good. — but in the thought of not wanting to turn into some big bloated Jabba the Hutt looking webcomic artist, or slopping over at my desk with a stroke or a heart attack one morning, it’s back to healthy foods and some exercise.  Besides, I want to keep doing this for like, generations.

Speaking of drawing comics… I found a website called COMICSNOW.COM which is still preordering our HARDCOVER collected edition of the Hero By Night miniseries. It’s only 9 bucks there, and shipping isn’t ridiculous either. They also have our new ongoing series available or preorder or automatic subscription. So if you don’t have a comic shop near you and you’re one of the people who have asked me to find a way for you to get the preorders in– there’s your solution. Comicsnow.com. Here’s a link the Hardcover Trade, here’s a link to the new ongoing series.  YOu can also pay there with paypal or over the phone worldwide:  US TOLL FREE: 1-888-366-2844   International: 1-828-299-8811  — Thanks for your support out there!