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JESS & RORY + matching flippy hair

Officially get to announce I've illustrated The Collins Family Album, celebrating 60 years of the Collins family from June 27, 1966 to today 🦇🌊🪰⚰️

My friend Rich Handley has overturned every (tomb)stone writing this meticulously-researched, comprehensive reference book which documents the many lives and sometimes twice as many deaths of Collinses across page, stage, and screen. The book also features a set of essays from Penny Dreadful, Ansel H. Faraj, Stuart Manning, and Craig Hurd-McKinney. The Collins Family Album will be published by Chinbeard Books as a deluxe, A4 hardback, with over 300 pages featuring the graphic design talents of Robert Hammond and illustrations from yours truly.

So here's a sample of what I'm currently working on scan/edit-wise: both Wedding Peach LD box sets + 4 DX LDs and the Akihabara Dennou Gumi LD box set (plus all booklets/bonus content). There's other things too but these are my main focus.

This project is proving to be very difficult and I've probably bitten off more than I can chew given my health (I started ADG in March after pottering away on WP for 6 months). My scanner is also starting to fade a bit (literally, on one side) which is extremely frustrating now that I'm trying to redo some scans to improve edges etc.

I'm strongly considering throwing caution to the wind and trying to track down a better quality though more expensive scanner, but the $750-ish for The Scanner everyone recommends is out of my price range (thanks to considerable recent medical costs). Not sure I'm at a point where I'd request support from others to achieve this financial goal (I am never comfortable with asking for support, as anyone who knows me will confirm), but I'll be honest I haven't ruled it out.

But rest assured I have full Akihabara Dennou Gumi and Wedding Peach laserdisc scans underway. I’ve also got quite a few VHS packaging scans for both series being worked on as well.