All this playing with babies and little kids has inspired me!!! I am now working hard on my next children’s book. I am still basing the character and some of the story on a little purple wizard I invented when I was still a teenager… but I am removing most of the anger and sarcasm. To be honest, the whole comic book… which is only about 6 pages long, and I think I even posted the whole thing on this blog a long time ago… (try typing ‘Gad’ in the search bar and tell me if you can find it)… was a slam against organized religion.

Yes, the name of the little wizard was Gadzookes, but I said that everyone called him Gad… and the whole thing was a thinly-veiled creation myth story that was obviously poking fun at people who take religion too seriously. (Just for the record, I still think those people need to be made fun of, but I have come to realize that trying to sell children’s books that are really just about me venting my anger at other adults might not be a wise career move… see, I am growing up!!!)…

Now my adorable little purple-clad wizard is going back to his full name, and he just wants to make a friend… I think it will be wonderful… as long as I only think about kids while I do some more drawing and watercolor painting… and don’t let adults creep into my thoughts and mess everything up… you know… like adults do…