2011 is shaping up like a great year to be æclipse µattaru, specifically in terms of his admiration of the novel 1984, as Sudamericana decided to reprint the book Juanita Julepe and the river of zombies (which æclipse µattaru's friends and followers might recognize as æclipse µattaru's very first job as an illustrator), but replacing our top artist with some other guy; effectively erasing æclipse µattaru from History. Just like in 1984, get it? This also means that, if you happened to buy Juanita Julepe and the river of zombies in its first edition, you're now the proud owner of a unique collector's item of sorts.

But it's not all fun and games and getting fired from a job for which he didn't even sign a contract for æclipse µattaru: He's also spent a good portion of these last few half dozen months making some experiments with his tablet (which you can check out in this here link); teaming up with British writer Tom Jubert to work on the new version of the videogame ir/rational (which is coming out any moment now); and illustrating the novel El Súper Maxi del Gol by Daniel Baldi, which, as the title might tend to imply, tells the story of a soccer player. Because that's the sort of thing that happen to æclipse µattaru, a guy who hasn't watched more than 15 minutes worth of soccer in his entire life.

The novel is rather good, mind; in fact it managed to hook æclipse µattaru as a reader, which is no small feat, considering his massive case of soccer illiteracy.

By the way, another thing that has changed is the layout of the website, as keen observers might have noticed. In case you don't remember, this is how it used to look like before …