Mood:  a-ok

Great article about young cartoonist Alexa Kitchen in today's Boston Globe. Having known Alexa since she was born, and having seen her drawing and story-telling abilities grow year over year, I can pretty much attest to everything the article says about her. I'd venture to compare her to Mozart, if we're talking child prodigies. If not Mozart, then damned close. To the best of everyone's knowledge, there's never been a cartoonist prodigy like Alexa. R. Crumb's daughter, Sophie, is quite good, but not necessarily in the same vein, from what I understand. Crumb, himself, has even been quoted as saying that Alexa is much better than he was at that age.

I've even got a small pile of Alexa orignals - plus lots of tiny gift certificates from her in tiny, tiny handwriting good for hugs, drawings, and smiles.