Oh, and look at this! Kim in OK has sent a photo of her Emmeline tattoo, which was done by Brooke Cooke in Conway, AR:

She plans to add the Neighbor Boy soon. I can't wait to see it!

At this rate, I wonder if I'll ever catch up on my inbox, but I suppose I have time to answer one question:

Hey! I love ur videos, yet the creepy part about them is the lingering question, What if that really did happen? Or already did? -C

If the little girl in "Stage Fright" really burnt down the theater with her mind, no one would believe it wasn't faulty wiring. But she'd suffer from guilt all her life just the same and grow up to become Firefighter of the Year thirteen years in a row, causing a jealous rivalry within her department. She'd eventually feel the pressure and quit, whereupon she'd write a book about her experiences that would be published as Science Fiction/Fantasy because who's going to believe a nationally recognized firefighter woman was once a pyrokinetic pre-k actress?

If Emmeline really had a Mister Creazil, and if together they really destroyed an entire town, we probably wouldn't know about it until a hobby photographer happened to pass through the area and found the remnants. He'd take lots of grainy black and white photos and start asking questions on UFO watcher forums, starting an international WHAT HAPPENED TO SKARYVILLE? movement. You'll know about it when your weirdo college roommate pastes a poster of the rusted water tower on the dorm wall and disappears on Friday nights to hold secret meetings with his local Skaryville Truth chapter.

If Genevieve had ever really ruled the world and been overthrown, you wouldn't have had any real toys when you were a child. They'd have been banned the world over for several years, and you'd have had to play with baking soda boxes and dolls made out of cheese rind. But you wouldn't know any better, so you'd think it was pretty great. Maybe you would've grown up to design a cheese-rind doll that was actually made of plastic and could be mass-produced! It'd have movable arms and legs and say baby things when tipped over. It would be an enormous sensation, actually, and you'd be called the Father or Mother of the Modern Toy. You'd die a very wealthy person indeed, decades or perhaps even centuries before some genius kid gets a crazy idea to build his or her own army with... I don't know. Something.

I don't suppose we'll ever know if Ida's story is true, but if the peculiar old woman sitting next to you on the bus one day leans over and says, "I think you'd better get off at the next stop, dearie," and begins to hum a familiar children's tune, you probably shouldn't question it.

Back by request: the very first Childrin R Skary cartoon I ever made. No, it isn't very good. It requires more interpretative skills than it probably should. But it was the first, and by Jove, it wasn't the last.

As you know, I recently relaunched skary.net! There's new art on the way, a very short animation in the works, and I'm in the middle of a couple of writing projects as well. That doesn't mean I've neglected my inbox, of course. Without further delay, here are a few of the questions I've gotten over the past week:

I love love love your drawings and movies. The illustration titled "Midnight Snack" I adore. Nosferatu, am I right? - LF

You are correct! "Midnight Snack" is a parody of a famous scene from F.W. Murnau's 1922 film Nosferatu, which I admit I don't watch very often because it gives me nightmares.

hey hey hey! its FAT ALBERT have u bought your candy for halloween i hope so cuz i'll be there to eat it all! - Fat Albert

All right. You do that. But I'd put on my running shoes if I were you.

I have all of these dreams that turn into cartoons than into great ideas...my question is how to get started into the way of creating movies as you? It has always been my dream to do so, I have the artistic talent but no idea how to start. -W

Well, I use Flash for animating my cartoons, and a lot of practice. There are so many people better at it than I, but they'd probably say the same thing: learn the software and practice your heart out. After that, post your creation everywhere and wait for feedback! Even negative feedback is immensely helpful. Your start might be a slow one, but don't lose heart! And good luck.

I have a quick question though, what happened to the movie 'Stage Fright' ? Where the girl flips out because everyone's staring at her (i'm sure you know that, being it's creator an all, lol) .. I can't seem to find it anywhere. -C

I sort of... well... took it down. It was my very first animation effort, and I've never been especially proud of it. But if you'd like to see it anyway, it's here.

i love your website, its really great. and im just thinking that if i could promote your web (i dont need to be pay) with some labels to put on my blog or anything i could do to promote yor web i really like to do it. - L

That's not a bad idea, L. I'm pleased as punch whenever anyone wants to promote my site, and you're all free to do so however you wish! But if you would like something more official, here are a few for you: