urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2012-08-18T05:20:21Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:461939 2012-08-17T20:02:48Z 2012-08-18T05:20:21Z Thea Gilmore, "How the Love Gets In." Many of you are familiar with the <a href="http://seananmcguire.com/fieldguide.php">Price Family Field Guide to the Cryptids of North America</a>. (Those of you who are not familiar are like, super-lucky, because now you can experience the whole guide for the first time. Hop over and enjoy the madness of the monsters.) What you may or may not realize (but probably do, I just like to cover my bases) is that all illustrations are provided by the lovely and debonair Kory Bing, who has a real flair for drawing monsters. I first discovered her work through the comic, <i>Skin Deep</i>, which is sort of what you'd get if you crossed <i>Finder</i>, the Toby books, InCryptid, and <i>Blue Monday</i>, then set the blender on "frappe" and blew up the kitchen.<br /><br />You can, and should, <a href="http://www.skindeepcomic.com">read Skin Deep online by clicking here</a>. It is awesome. I love it so.<br /><br />Right now, Kory is running a Kickstarter to print the latest <i>Skin Deep</i> storyline in beautiful physical form, with lots of spiffy extras. I cannot recommend this project strongly enough. For details, check her link, here:<br /><br /><a href='http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/963152868/skin-deep-exchanges-the-secret-lives-of-monster-pe'>http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/963152868/skin-deep-exchanges-the-secret-lives-of-monster-pe</a><br /><br />It's a great project by a great person who has become such an integral part of InCryptid for me that I can't even imagine trying to continue the Field Guide without her. Take a look, and if you like her work, consider tossing in a few pennies!<br /><br />Yay, monsters!