Designing for the BIG boys

Big enough, any way. Jane and I just finalized a deal for Sizer Design+Illustration to do website work for Random House Publishing, specifically their Del Rey Manga division! They are looking for us to design “mini-sites” for each of their new manga releases, starting with 3 initial releases, then hopefully leading to more work in the coming months (possibly as many as 11 more this year, and 15 more in the first half of 2006). They have just approved 3 initial site concepts (which I am VERY happy with in terms of design), and Jane is working to develop the Java and HTML needed to run these sites, which will have daily updates of pages from these new releases. The new releases are GHOST HUNT, GACHA GACHA and SUGAR SUGAR RUNE, and Del Rey is happy with what they see so far.
MUSIC OF THE DAY:
Lee Coombs: “Breakfast of Champions” (great breakbeat antics, great for driving to)
Towa Tei: “Flash” (includes a very weird but cool version of “My Sharona”)
Echo and the Bunnymen: “Songs To Learn and Sing” (fixed on “The Killing Moon” right now)
Easy Star All Stars: “Dub Side of the Moon” (yes, a reggae version of “Dark Side of the Moon”)