Flu and other viral illness tips.

A lot of people I know are coming down with the flu (and ugh it's nasty), so I've spent some time searching out things that can be done about it. A lot of the following information is in a "gray area" as far as being backed up with specific research goes. As far as I can tell, most of these supplements are being added based on in vitro studies. But, if what you have is viral, there isn't much that can be done with conventional medicine besides waiting it out and treating symptoms, so this stuff at least wont hurt you.

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7. If you do become ill, start increasing your vitamin C dosage dramatically - your bowel tolerance dose will rise as it is used to detoxify your body from the virus toxins; it may rise to as much as 100,000-200,000 mg (100 to 200 grams) per day (adult dose). Take up to 4000 mg per dose, with increased number of dosages. Start taking 12,000 mg of each of l-lysine, l-proline and l-glycine per day, in divided doses. Take 1000 mg oregano, 4000 mg turmeric, 4000 mg ginger, 4000 mg garlic, 45 mg zinc/3 mg copper, and 2000 mg green tea per day, in divided doses. Increase fluid intake to 3-4 quarts (liters) per day. (These are the adult doses, modify by weight for children.) Eat easily-digestable meals complemented with 1/2-scoop soy protein shakes. Continue this regimen until all signs of illness have subsided. If the illness is not controlled by the regimen, obtain a series (2-3 per week) of 30-gram Vitamin C intravenous infusions at a chelation or alternative health clinic, with higher dosages if necessary for pneumonia or previously compromised immunity (e.g., AIDS or CFIDS). (Important: See note above regarding use of this regimen during pregnancy; do not use oregano oil during pregnancy.)

From: http://www.worldhealth.net/p/avian-influenza-are-you-prepared-2005-10-11.html (for the avian flu, this info should be applicable to the viral bugs going around now.)
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More info on megadosing vitamin c:

http://www.doctoryourself.com/cathcart_thirdface.html

I dont know if I buy the "acute induced scurvy" hypothesis, but a lot of people swear by this method. Shortens durations of flu and mono. Having Dawn do it now, as she's coming down with it, apparently. I'll update on her progress to see if if seems to be helping.

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best,

steven

Hello interwebs!

I haven't posted in a long time apparently. I've been Twittering, though, since it's less trouble. So if you want to read short snippets of my daily life, (and who doesn't?) go here.

Other than that, THUNDER ROAD launched, we got an AP article and I'm now semi-famous. I think. Now I just need to find a way to turn that into money.

I'm currently in money hoarding mode, taking as much work as GoComics is graciously giving me, and getting my finances back in order, because I kind of drained the savings working on TR and spending more than I should of of misc crap. Will probably end up doing work for TCM again, for their TCM Underground project. Also random work for Propaganda Inc in STL.

If all goes well, my next two comic projects should be with Dan Curtis Johnson and Kieron Gillen. The one with Dan is going to be a traditional inked comic, and the one with Kieron is going to be more of a penciled/painted affair. I think. I havent quite decided yet, but it's going to be something I'm going to take my time with, and really hammer out the art. Gonna get going on those in January.

I think that's about it.

Second digital watercolor method piece as promised. This one has hand painted spot color in addition to the inking.

I started fiddling around with a new (for me at least) illustration method a few months ago, and two pieces that use this method are going to be shown as part of a larger show at the Green Door gallery in May.

The method is just me taking a sketch, coloring it in Photoshop, dropping the sketch to where it just barely shows up, printing it large format (~ 11x17) on uncoated watercolor paper, and then inking by hand over it. I'm essentially using the printer as an ultra-accurate watercolor/gouache brush.

I like it because the wicking effect of the uncoated watercolor paper on the ink gives a subtle effect that I cant duplicate in Photoshop by, say, a slight blur filter and a overlay of watercolor texture. Also, I get "originals" now. It's nice to have art to hold again. But as a side effect of the process, these are "originals" that I can make more of easily. I thought that initially they would be considered prints, but Dawn says they would be considered Mixed Media pieces. I'm not sure what I'm going to price them at, I guess about 1/2 way between a print and an original. Probably $75. (Gallery price will be higher to reflect their commission.) I'll get a pic up of the other one when I finish it up. If anyone's interested in one of these, drop me a line. stevensanders at gmail dot com.

Ahoy Hoi!

Dear Internets, I am sorry for not posting anything lately. Here is something I have been working on lately for Turner Classic Movies.

Or go here to go straight to the comic.

Or go straight to the high rez PDF of it.

What else is going on? Uh... I'm did some work for MK12, a Mad Scientist Card Game for Atlas Games, and am starting on the first comic made specifically for cell phones, a "dieselpunk" comic called THUNDER ROAD, written by Sean Demory. Should be out in July, debuting at the San Diego Con.

Tony Moore got me on a MC Chris kick. Esp. for the "I got a one-hitter named Margo Kidder and I only need to hit that shit once" line in the song "Wiid". For some reason reffing Margo Kidder in a nerd-core song about weed just tickles me.


I'm currently dressing like Perry White. Got a new drafting table. Frost pulped most of the new growth on all the plants in the yard. No wisteria flowers this year. Got a 24" monitor that can be flipped around into portrait mode, which is totally sweet for working on comics with. Our back door neighbors have giant barking dogs that do 3 things: Bark insanely at everything all the time, make their backyard (and ours when the wind blows in a southerly direction) smell like dog shit, and have defoliated their backyard, making their owners put down hay everywhere. We have the best view of the classiest backyard in the entire block. On the other hand, it makes me feel better about when I let all the berry bushes in our backyard get a little unruly.

Dawn went to see the Decemberists with Laurenn, and had a great time, which makes me happy. I'm bad about going to concerts.

We are nearly finished fixing up our kitchen. Got the old, nasty linoleum pulled up, and the original hardwood floor refinished. There were lots of gaps in the wood from old water damage, but even with that, it still looks better than that linoleum. Finally got crown molding and the baseboards installed. Just have to paint them now and do some touch up work to make the floating cabinets look like they are permanently installed and we'll be in business. Photos here.

I think that's it. I'll try and post more often. I'll probably try and fail, but hey.

Geiger counter goodtimes.

I had picked up one of these jobbers off of ebay a while back,(mine is slightly different) but never got it working because I thought it was one of the ones that needed those weird military batteries. On a lark I researched it again, and turns out mine uses 6 D cells. So now its working, and happily detecting background radiation.

If I ever need to detect radiation, I'm set.

Hello internets! It has been a while.

I've been keeping busy with GoComics cell phone conversion work, and have been working on a video game with GoComics as well. Also, Propaganda Inc. was kind enough to give me some concept/storyboarding work. They're great people to work with.

I found a old piece of concept art in a book, and decided to finish it up for a warm up piece.

Here it is.






































Um.. There's obviously an assumption of some pretty serious gravity control at work here. I probably should of put bumpers on the cargo boxes that the little train like thing is carrying, or link them together with a more rigid manner than a cable tether. It would kind of suck if it had to slow down in mid air.




And here's a page from the CELESTIAL book I and the ever-talented Sean Demory are working on.




















































The halftones are not accurately reflecting the final, and if you are seeing moire (weird patterns) it's definitely not in the real version. Anyway. We're still playing the publisher waiting game with this one. I need to start getting more proactive.

I think that's about it for now. I'm staying busy. Go team me.


(edit) there may be problems with comments, due to the blogger/google conversion. So. Yeah.