96. Tits & violence.

Remember those pages I told you about the other day, the ones some of you might want to read with your eyes closed?... We're there.

Okay, it's safe to look again.

95. The new Pia Zawa.

Here it is then - the brand new, restarted adventures of Pia Zawa. Mostly new, that is. The prologue was published here in Norway in 2006, and is nothing for faint hearts. Some of you may want to read parts of it with your eyes closed. This first installment is quite peaceful, though...

The "painting" on the left wall of the hotel room is a negative version of the very first drawing I had in print, at age four. It's supposed to be a couple of marching police officers, and was published in the then existing local newspaper Tiden (The Time).

To be continued...

For copyright-reasons, there'll be none of the songs which old readers may remember from the former Pia Zawa stories. But I have a dream of a CD-soundtrack released with this book when it's done. If funds fail for this, there will at least be a list of recommended music in the book, and where it should be used. For the first new episode, Roadkill, there's even some original Pia Zawa music. And for the pre-publishing here on the web, we've got links...

Suggested soundtrack: Sign O'The Times with Prince.

If you'd like to see what success and artistic brilliance can do to a person's head, here's Kevin Smith's story about his week with Prince. It's funny shit.
Part 1.
Part 2.
Part 3.
Part 4.

94. Bark.

Soon we're going to leave the woods for a few months, and instead focus on the urban adventures of my heroine Pia Zawa. But first I'd like to show you a restaurant I decorated in my hometown last year. The job was done under the direction of restaurant owner Åkki Lidi, based on a logo done by Rude Design. This is Bark Bar & Brasserie.