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I’m still pretty much crippled by this back injury from hockey last week.
I went to the Chiropractor on Saturday. But they want me in every day for the next 3 weeks. At $150/visit.
Then I went to the “doctor doctor” who gave me a perscription for some pain meds and muscle relaxants. That didn’t help either (though I’ve been very sleepy all day).
I’ve been icing and what not. But just want to get back to work. I barely managed a page today. And with Wondercon coming up…I need to make sure I have a good buffer.
Anyways. All that to say…despite health issues…I’m still working hard to keep Dreamland updating 5 days a week as always.
It’s amazing how now that I’m 40…I seem to be suddenly falling apart and such…ha ha.
But it’s all good. We’re doing fine otherwise. And we had a fun birthday party in Logan’s class yesterday. Brendan’s was on Friday.
In movie news…
Yes. Things are moving along very well in getting Dreamland (and 5 other of my books) as movies.
Other than the fact that we have a production company, funding, actors and actresses, and a screenwriter all signed on…there’s not much more to tell.
We’re talking about a live action feature film (ala Narnia or Harry Potter). But I also have been poking my nose around looking for the possibility of using my animation connections to do it as a series online. Animated.
Either way. There’s so much news I can’t tell. But wanted to let you know what’s going on as it seems to come up quite a bit in emails and forums.
So…that’s that. Hope you have a good day.
Scott
I would totally go see a Dreamland movie!
Scott, don’t kill yourself too much to make a buffer… your health comes first. I’m sure most of my fellow readers feel similarly… though I can’t speak for them.
It’s good to hear about the movie stuff. Exciting! And if the live action goes through and reaches the quality of the HP movies or either of the Narnia movies so far we’re in for a good treat. ‘scuse me while I cheer on little Felicity… despite how I’m sure the scene’s going to play out.
Awful old to have such young kids don’t ya think?
You’ll like NEVER have a retirement age.
Btw, that big tiger didn’t get KO’d by such a simple thing did he? That would be pretty feebler. Not only for a knight, but especially for a tiger.
I too have a back injury (motorbike accident) and have tried the same things.
The pills work to get the worst off but thats it.
Chiropractors are expensive, and though they help short term they dont seem to do anything long term.
Osteopathic treatment is painful and can hurt like hell for a bit but seems to be the best thing for longer term fixing. I’d recommend that, but get a GOOD one. Maybe use the pills to get it so you can walk a bit, then see the osteo…
ouch! what is it with injuries and illnesses spreading round, eh?
Good healing to you Scott! and don’t sweat it, if you don’t manage pages. Your health comes first. 🙂
Be careful with your chiropractor. Some are excellent and ethical healers while some will draw out the number of sessions they think you need before you are ‘healed’ and charge exorbitant prices along the way. There are unethical people in any profession. The cost your quoted in the post seemed a bit high, but I don’t live in America so perhaps that is the standard cost.
Good luck and I hope you feel better soon
i’m not sure if this helps, but i think you’re only supposed to use ice on an injury during the first 2 days, then use warm/heat packs after. ask your doctor 🙂
hope you feel better and tnx for the continued updates!
I highly, HIGHLY recommend something called Osteopathic Manipulation Treatment. It’s like chiropracty, but it’s nicer on your body, not nearly as dangerous, and is preformed by actual doctors with medical degrees (which chiropractors are NOT). That also means they can prescribe medications based on what’s actually wrong with you (because they just checked to see which muscles are messed up) instead of what they think is wrong with you. You’ll have to check your state’s DO directory to find one, MDs don’t get taught this stuff.
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You might want to consider to change that a little bit…
As a family doc, I agree with the osteopathic manipulation. Also – don’t rest too much – the muscles will weaken, and you’ll be more prone to re-injury later. You might also ask about short-term physical therapy.
I see no benefit in $150 times 15, and I’ve been treating back pain for 30 years.
God Bless,
Dr Ken
Oooh, that’s expensive! Chiropractor’s are ok, but aren’t there any “Doctor(s) of Naprapathy” nearby? They do the same thing as the Chiro guy, EXCEPT that they ALSO treat the tense muscles that are holding on to your twisted backbones (etc). Like massage, or TNS. And that’s BEFORE they start jerking. 🙂 I have a lower back injury that I go see my Naprapath for every 2 or 3 years when I hurt myself, he fixes it every time, for $USD 60 per session, usually 2-4 sessions are required (he used to be $30… 🙁 ). But already after the first session, 75% of the pain is gone! Check your Yellow pages, buddy…!
Thanks all.
I’ve not heard of that kind of doctor. I’ll look into it.
when this pain thing is all over, you and your wife should get into doing yoga together. even if you never thought of this as your cup of tea, this can help prevent you from ever having this kind of disabling pain again. an ounce of prevention! feel better…
I started reading The Dreamland Chronicles last week and finally I’m all caught up… which kinda sucks cuz now I have to wait for the normal updates T.T
Amazing comic and keep up the great work!!
wait, icing a back injury? what did you do? i thought the idea was to heat it, to relax the muscles.
also, mama and i go to a Bowen Therapist.
You may want to go to a Sports Medicine center and get re-diagnosed. Meaning no offense to any GPs or Family Practitioners that may be reading, but sports-related traumas, especially in the back, are way out of their purview. At the very least, let your GP know that the muscle-relaxants he prescribed aren’t working so he can re-diagnose or set another course of treatment.
I any case, I wouldn’t visit the chiropracter again until I had a definite diagnosis from a medical doctor that suggested that chiropractic treatment would be helpful.
ahahaha!! you go felicity!
Get some physical therapy, Scott. That’s what my mom is doing for her back (she got surgery after an injury).
OH WAIT DUDE
MOVIES?!!?
Dude dude dude you would HAVE to get this guy to do the music score for them: http://fox.amoore.sheezyart.com
He has one song called “Dance With the Moon” I think, that every time I listen to it, I imagine an opening to a Dreamland movie (that I hope to someday create in Flash … >__> )dude he is so awesome. If there were any movies created, I can’t imagine ANY other person but this guy to do the music score.
Sorry to hear about the back problem. The key thing is time – you need to take as much time as it needs to get over the original injury. Then, you need to work on exercises to strengthen, maybe retrain, your back to do what you want it to do.
Welcome to the High Maintenance Years Scott. 🙁 You can’t take your body for granted any more.
On movie news, that sounds really encouraging though I’m not going to start waiting in line for tickets just yet. I know the kind of lead time these things have, and the crazy economic death spiral we’re in can’t help either.
One of these days I may drop a CD with some dream-related music your way. Hang in there and get better!
Dreamland as a movie… Uh, that would be so awesome I can’t describe it; however, such kind of movie is going to require a LOT of money to do it properly. Have contacted you one of the “big ones” like WB or Universal?
This could be easily the next major hit on screens/books after it is worldwide known! Good luck Scott.
I would love to see Dreamland as an animated movie. I don’t know if I would like it as much if it were live-action. I’d still go see it though. 🙂
As for your back injury, I’m sorry to hear you’re in so much pain. My local university has a Sports Medicine clinic where they specifically treat sports injuries as a way of training their Kinesiology students. You might want to see if there is something like that near you, as you could probably get a reduced rate.
health insurance? I go for free 😀 Nothing like having employer paid health insurance
Great page, as usual.
Sorry to hear about your back–I had a back injury last summer, and it was absolutely miserable.
Live action? That’s sounds awesome! Even though it will be somewhat of a shock, since we are all used to the CG versions of the characters…though I am interested to see how they translate that to real life. One question though–would it be more like a trilogy or something? The story seems a little complex for a two-hour film. In any case, I am excited–excellent news! ;D
Hey, man, you have to take care of yourself first. If you jack yourself up too bad, you won’t be able to do this. Take a week off to recover if you need to. All your adoring fans will still be here when you get back… I’ve had back problems before and they’re no fun and they don’t go away by ignoring them! Whatever your wife says, do that…! 😉 We wives are usually right.
Yeah, I would SO go to a Dreamland movie, although I think I might prefer cg, kinda like it is now. Just ‘cuz that’s how I think of the Chronicles. Real life might ruin it or it might not. It really depends on how well it’s done. On the Chiropractor issue, you might want to check if they have a family plan. My wife’s and mine has a plan where we pay $200 a month for both of us…and that includes as many visits as we need.
This fight scene makes no sense. If you’re fighting someone and he gets through your legs before you can trap him, what do you do? You turn around, right? How did Felicity crawl between the guys legs, turn around, stand up, and kick him in the butt before he even took a half step to turn around?
Your loyal reader,
Han
Heheheheheh! She’s a fast little booger, aint she?
Hope your back is better soon, Scott. Back aches are miserable…
I would watch a Dreamland movie many many times. I would super duper love if it was Live action too. How AWESOME!
@ Han;
This might seem over-zealous but I’ll give my 2 cents anyhow – Have YOU tried to catch an over-energetic 6-year-old tom-boy?
Ever tried that wearing a halfplate?
“That’s against the Queensbury rules! You don’t kick a man below the belt!” – Mr T
Take care of yourself, Scott. Your health is more important then anything.
If I may, I’d prefer to see Dreamland animated, but I’d support it either way.
Seconded!
Swimming. I was in the hospital with a herniated disk in my lower back and the surgeon said he was going to Mexico and couldn’t do the surgery for two weeks. “But try swimming. Just start by holding on to the edge of the pool and doing the flutter kick,” he said, “It’s the best thing for your back.” He was right. After just a couple of days, I was remarkably improved and never needed the surgery. Swam almost every day for about two years. It was 90% of the solution.
If you have had an MRI, you may be able to get a steroid epidural shot, it will help more than anything for short-term. If not, get in the pool. Chiropractor is good for muscle-pulls, but not any underlying disk problems.
Started reading last night, caught up in a matter of hours. I guess I’m just lucky it updates five days a week, otherwise I’d go nuts.
Live action sounds awesome, but I’d much rather see the animation, to tell the truth.
And good luck with your back. I really don’t want to see you crippled.
Thanks all…
Had another visit to the doc today.
Hopefully I’ll start feeling better soon.
But it’s always good to know you guys will support me if I needed a day off.
🙂
Thanks.
I’m sorry your back’s hurting you. Obviously take care of yourself before you worry about your loyal legion of readers.
I had a pretty nasty horse accident when I was 18 (yeah I know we regenerate a little faster at that age) but my back would NOT loosen up for anything. Now back then I also went country line dancing every week for 3-4 hours. It didn’t hurt after a month or two, and after a year and a half I was near perfect. DDR maybe? With a shot to pregame? Feel better.
I hope you feel better Scott! I march with a tuba in the school marching band, and my lower back hurts all the time because of it.
Feel better! And please please please please take a break if you need one!
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I’ve been thinking and, I think you should keep it CG. Finding good actors that look like your characters is so hard and well, you already have the CG! Just provide them with hella good actors for the voices.
Man, 40 is the new 30, suck it up with your Zach Parise impersonation! Or were you channeling Sourey? XD
Glad to hear the news on all that’s going on outside of the comic, it all sounds very, very exciting.
I just started reading this comic and I COMPLETELY love it. I would definitely go see a movie of it, and I’m going to track down the books.
On thing about the Movie: If you go CG or any sort of animation, people immediately associate it with kids. It might look good and drag in some teens too, but most people would assume its for kids (depending on the way that it is marketed too I guess). If you go real life action, it opens the possibility of it being for adults too.
So, like it sounds like he’s gonna do, just do both! I for one, and other people, would much prefer it as CG, otherwise, it just wouldn’t be Dreamland anymore.
Thanks guys.
And welcome new readers. So glad you found us and are enjoying the story. Thanks for the comments.
And albone…
Actually it was my Hasek imperonation (I’m a goalie) trying to twist my body one too many ways.
🙂
I’ll keep you all updated on the movie front as I get more news.
Every good chiropractor I’ve ever seen has always put a few days in between each visit to give your body time to recuperate after being “adjusted.” And $150 is three times the amount I’m usually charged. Maybe shop around for a different practitioner. And I second physical therapy. Feel better soon!
I read a few posts, and i agree that you need to think health before anything else…
The Dreamland Chronicles are awesome! I actually read up to this point in around two days, I couldn’t concentrate on most else…
I really can’t wait to what happens next. But why didn’t Alex tell Felicity that he knows Nicole?
I get back spasms, not from a back injury, but from a dislocated shoulder and piched nerve. I rested too much and have problems with the strength in my lower back which cuases pain so be careful. Try using icyhot on it then doing a little exercise that a physical theripist gives. Good luck!
Deepsleep…
He hadn’t put any of that together. Remember…that’s mostly Dan and Nicole doing this. The flashback is going on while Alexander is in class.
Graceofbass…
Thanks for the info and well wishes.
🙂
Goodness! What kind of chiropractor did you go to? I’ve been going for years and have lived in several different areas in that time and I’ve NEVER paid more than 40 for a visit!
Hope you feel better though.
I agree with the others- a buffer isn’t worth your health. If you need to miss a few days because you couldn’t manage, it’s not a big deal. We’ll be sad, but we’ll get over it.
Considering what it takes to get this comic made, I’ve been surprised at the regularity of the updates anyway. You must really be pushing it at times.
Wow…a Dreamland Chronicles Movie…can’t wait!
I kind of like the idea of doing both live action AND cg for The Dreamland Chronicles movie: live action for the “awake” parts, and CG for the Dreamland parts!
🙂
You’re either a rat or a mouse. Shes a cat. You’re going down.
Felicity is just like
THIS
IS
SPARTAAAAA!!!!