Kuwait 2.0

So it's been ages since I put up a new post here. There are all sorts of reasons (travel, busy work schedule, etc.) but that's not really important. What's important is the sort of sea change that's occurred since the last post.

I was in New York the last two weeks of Juneand everyone was saying "Oh, you don't have long to go now." That's a bit of an exaggeration. I've still got another five months here (well actually 143 days but who's counting). However, it is true that the end is closer than the beginning. i was also excited to come back and see that my staff had produced books and got a lot done without me. Every week we're still tackling something new (right now I'm getting clued up on animation and mobile phone technology and online gaming) but a lot of the big hurdles have been crossed. We've produced our first original comics. We've signed a lot of licensing deals (Marvel, Archie and DC with more to come) and everyone (including me) is starting to feel some degree of comfort in the process.

There's also not a lot in Kuwait that surprises me these days. Part of that is because the summer is relatively quiet here (due to a combination of people travelling and the weather). And part of that is because I've been here long enough to be used to things. it's never going to feel like home but it certainly feels familiar. As a result, I don't have the same reaction when I see sheep in the back of a hatchback or I get an e-mail at home saying the internet is out at the office (six months ago I would have been all "if the internet's out how are people going to read the e-mail about it being out?). Par for the course now.

Hopefully, I'll get my camera fixed this week and be able to share some images with you again. I'm still going to do my best to show you guys some of the things that make this part of the world unique. It just won't be so "Gosh!Wow!" anymore. But it should still be fun.