The India Booktour continues… Vijaya sent me the following pics.

Jeff giving a lecture at Shrishti College of Design, Bangalore

Here is a pic of a store event at Time Out bookstore in Bangalore.
 

Hi everybody, I received some new pics from Jeff and Vijaya. Wish we were there with them, we woke up to our first snow fall this morning. I think they might want to stay longer when they find that out…

On siesta. Getting ready for a booktour full of unknowns. That’s Jeff on the beach of Ihuru, North Male Atoll, on Maldive Island.

Watched a beautiful sunrise here in The Maldive Islands. Vijaya & I spent a  few days rest here to burn off our jet lag before the booktour.

I haven’t completely escaped work though; this is a picture (taken with my iPhone) of my reading material for the trip. A couple hard-boiled noir novels (1 Hammett, 1 Chandler) and a couple x-file type science books. Doing my homework.

And yes! On the right of the table is a copy of the new oversized RASL collection. It’s a sample copy sent straight to our room here (in the middle of The Indian Ocean!) It’s beautifully printed. I will be premiering RASL volume 1: The Drift at Flying Colors Comics in person on Dec. 6.
 

We received a couple of emails from fans that I wanted to share with rest of the world.

Joel Newman & Arica Houy created these awesome Phoney and Fone BONE costumes.

Joel added "My girlfriend and I worked on these outfits over the course of the past month or so. We’re both huge fans of Jeff’s work and felt there was no better way to show our affection for his classic characters than crafting them out of heavy-duty foam and cloth! It was really a blast seeing people’s reactions when Fone Bone and Phoney Bone entered the room; we were definitely the hit of every party we attended. We hope that you enjoy looking at these costumes as much as we did making them, and we thank you for the many years of wonderful entertainment.

Scott Ewen wrote in and said "Hi Jeff, just wanted to say I love RASL and I made some fanart for an Indie Comics Draw-off I’m hosting on Penciljack. Here’s a link to it in case you’d like to see it. Thanks!

Thanks a lot guys, GREAT WORK. Jeff will definitely be impressed, when he gets to see them on his return from India.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 – BANGALORE: Lecture/workshop at the Srishti School of Design, Bangalore: 9:30am-11:30am
Book shop event at Reliance TimeOut Store, Bangalore 3:00pm

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 – MUMBAI: Signing Crossword Bookstore, at Kemps Corner, Mumbai 7:00pm

Thursday, November 20, 2008 – MUMBAI: Lecture/workshop at Whistling Woods School of Film Studies, Mumbai 2:00pm

Sunday, November 23, 2008 – NEW DELHI: Signing Children’s Literature Festival at Sanskriti Kendra 10:30am-11:30am

Monday, November 24, 2008 – NEW DELHI: Visit to the American School 9:00am, Live Radio Show 104.8 FM MEAW 5:00pm

Here are the latest pics from Jeff and V.

Fishing boats on the Indian Ocean near the town of Mamallapurum. This is one of spots where the 2004 tsunami came ashore.

A giant 40 ft. wave carved away much of the beach, revealing ancient carvings and lost temple foundations.