Leisure

8.5"x11" Gouache and Drawing Ink 1994

Again, Harlan came a-knockin', and this piece became the cover of issue #3 of his Dark Horse comic, "Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor"... he called (when I was fast asleep) to tell me that, not only would he be using it as the cover, but he'd written a new short story inspired by it called "Pulling Hard Time"... when I called back half an hour later to confirm that he'd said these things and I hadn't dreamed it, he shouted, "Raffa, you're wasting my TIME!!!"
He was right; and it's the only time he ever shouted at me...
(see for finished cover)