Reeva, Ghetto Lit, and Children of Paradise

Sorry, not that much to post. And I'm sometimes a little reluctant to change the top picture on the blog, when it's one I like. (sometimes they're pictures I don't like, and I'm happy to push them down the queue.)

Anyhow, she's a quick sketch of Reeva, the mystery-solving suburban reporter from a friend's mystery book, called Dead Men Can't Surf the Net. Not sure if it's really been published or not (maybe if I can find a link, that will explain), and the book isn't widely available. The plotting was shakey, but I liked the sense of character, and wish the author good luck in her so far, promising writing career.

Doing more, and different stuff in this post. Here's a link to an interesting article about "ghetto lit." If people who don't normally read books are reading, is it right to decry the subject matter?

Below is another quick sketch I drew while watching one of my new favourite movies, Les enfants du paradis.