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G. Neri is our guest blogger during the week of May 25th. If you have any questions for G. Neri, add a comment to any of his posts.

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When Logan goes searching for the Perfect Monster Wave, he doesn't expect his former best friend to be killed by it. Add to this a deadbeat dad who bankrupted his family and the possibility of college going down the drain, and Logan is suddenly in a tailspin.

So when small-time dealer Broza offers Logan and his dropout pal, Z-boy, a summer job that could make them rich, it seems his problems might be solved. But between Z-boy's constant screwups, a band of Nazi surfers out for blood, and a mysterious stranger on their tail, Logan is starting to have some serious doubts about hauling contraband across country, and hopes just to make it home alive.

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What are your favorite tools for making art?

My favorite book-making tools are the 2B pencil, the eraser and Adobe Photoshop and InDesign.  The pencil and eraser are the basis for any illustration I'd think, including mine.  I find that InDesign combined with Photoshop is the greatest thing since sliced bread for bookmaking.   It's so much fun once I start adding in bits of drawing and text to turn it into a book. It can be really quite addictive. But I guess it could all be done with just a pencil, paper, scissors and tape.  Only InDesign makes it so much quicker and flexible.  It's sort of like comparing a pen and notebook to a word processor.

As for drawing... I mostly erase.