February 3, 2004

d.price, the hobo publisher, author, illustrator, grave digger, and visionary behind Moonlight Chronicles, has long been my friend and teacher. He recently sent me a complete set of the Chronicles which, with his permission, I'd like to hand out to you.
I'll be picking random magazines and sending them off to anyone who has sent me a SASE envelope. Each one weighs 3 oz.(83 cents) and is 4.5 x 6 inches. The response today has been somewhat overwhelming so let me deal with however many envelopes arrive in the next ten days and if there are some MCs left, I'll tell you all and we'll do another wave. In the meantime, if you'd like to support Moonlight Chronicles, please do visit his website and buy one directly from d.price. About the price of a Starbucks grand latté but far more satisfying.
If you visit his site, you can also watch a great video about how he lives and draws
As you can see from the two drawings above, Dan has come along way in the decade or so he has been drawing. His line is slower and so much more confident and he takes great risks with dramatic angles. The image on the left is from the first issue, the other from the newest issue, #38. (Issue 38 is a collection of things he never published before including a lot of things from a trip he and I did to Chicago a few years back.)
Another important note: Dan's How To Make A Journal of Your Life is being reprinted by his publisher. Contact him for details. It's a great instructional and inspirational wee book.
Oh, and for those who have been frustrated in sending Dan email, bear in mind that he lives in a small hole under ground and once a week rides his bike to the library to get on the Internet. Much better to write to him on bits of wood at: POBox 109, Joseph, OR 97846.
I, however, am permanently grafted to the Internet and am never off-line, not to eat, sleep, draw or read back issues of Moonlight Chronicles. Pathetic.