The Early Years: Ho. Ho. Ho. Jim Can’t Draw, Yo.

Oh look! My name, it’s wearing little Christmas hats!

Apparently the only hat that I planned ahead of time was the one on the “m”.
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The Early Years: Syruptitious

So this week, having no new “Not A Review” to do, and having only just recently done a “Teaser Tuesday” and a “Random Rejection”, I decided to return once more to the giant stack of elementary school papers that my folks sent me some years back. This one is another example of “Jim Can’t Draw”*, and also an example of “But At Least Jim Knows What To Put On Pancakes”.

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The Early Years: (Almost) Easter & A Price Drop Announcement

Looking for an inexpensive novel to read while we’re all under orders to stay home as much as possible? I’ve reduced the price to 99 cents on the ebook editions of all the novels that are currently under my control (all of them except Night Watchman*, whose publisher abruptly closed up shop last year — a fact I only learned about when I noticed it had disappeared from the Kindle store).

My books in the Kindle store

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The Early Years: Jim Is Small But Very Precise With Measurements

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Sadly, my drawing skills never really improved all since then. Also, is it just me, or did I draw myself looking a tiny bit like the Joker in that picture?

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Hmm, okay, maybe not.

The Early Years: My Aren’t We All Grown Up Now, “James”

1974 – “Jimmie”:

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The Early Years: Zippy Rocket Shoes

From the “Was This Really Homework?” Department:

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The Early Years: Haunted House

This week, we have a lovely piece of artwork from the archives:

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The Early Years: What Is That Thing?

Today we have another example of “Why Jim didn’t draw his own comic book panels”, in the form of what appears to be a home-made folder cover from the early or mid 1970s:

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The Early Years: Space Battle; Or, Why I Didn’t Do My Own Comic Book Artwork

My drawing ability never did get much better than this:

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