About

Colin Tedford makes nonfiction and humor comics which appear online, in his zine Square Dance and free minicomic Zero, and in newspapers and anthologies. He co-founded and co-organizes the community-minded Trees & Hills Comic Group of VT, NH, & west MA and the positive adult-oriented Offshore Comix, and co-edits the anthologies of both. His work has also appeared in Always Comix, Candy or Medicine, Hot Tea, Cold Water,  Secrets & Lies, and others. He lives in his hometown of Winchester, NH.

Trivia: he was born in Keene, NH in 1977, attended the life-changing Mountain School program in 1994, graduated from Bard College in 2000, and lived in Portland, ME for a couple of years. He has worked in a medical supplies factory, a hotel, a financial aid office, a greyhound track, a non-profit citizen action organization, a greenhouse, two green construction companies, and remotely for a real estate title abstractor. He has worked (very briefly) for an absent-minded Marxist professor with a filing system only that professor knew how to use, and has, along with composer Jacob Feinberg, worked for a cross-dressing stonemason. He is an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church, available for weddings and other functions.

As obscure as some of his interests may seem, when you get down to it he thrives on the same things as everyone else, namely food & affection.

Bibliography

2012

• Zero #9: Winchester School Garden 5.5″ x 4.25″ (from Sprouts)
• Sprouts 5.5″ x 8.5″, 56 pgs (co-editor & publisher, contributor)
• Little Zero #4: Concrete Advice 2.75″ x 4.25″, 8 pgs

2011

• A Public Service Announcement 5.5″ x 2.83″, 12 pgs (reformatted reprint of my piece from Big Sexy, done for an art show)
• Little Zero #3: The Boy in the Cemetery 2.75″ x 4.25″, 8 pgs
• Hot Tea, Cold Water #3 5.5″ x  8.5″ (contributor)
• Woods 5.5″ x 8.5″, 68 pgs (co-editor & publisher, contributor)
• Zero #8: Headache & Nausea 5.5″ x 4.25″, 8 pgs
  
• Zero #7: There Was This Bug 5.5″ x 4.25″, 8 pgs (originally appeared in Field Guide, now available in First Harvest)
• Water 5.5″ x 8.5″, 56 pgs (co-editor & publisher, contributor)
• Square Dance #5 5.5″ x 8.5″, 24 pgs
• Zero #6: Pro Tips For Tabling at Comics Conventions 5.5″ x 4.25″, 8 pgs (reprinted in Square Dance #5)

2010

• Zero #5: Spring in Headville 4.25″ x 5.5″, 8 pgs (reprinted in Square Dance #5)
• Invasion of the Monster Hats 4.25″ x 5.5″, 4 pgs
• Little Zero #2: Beware The Vampire 2.75″ x 4.25:, 8 pgs
• Zero #4: Cupid’s Mission 5.5″ x 4.25″, 8 pgs (reprinted in Square Dance #5)
• Time 5.5″ x 8.5″, 64 pgs (co-editor & publisher, contributor)
• Zero #3: Seven Aspects of the Landlord 4.25″ x 5.5″, 8 pgs
• Square Dance #4 5.5″ x 8.5″, 24 pgs
• Zero #2: Winter In Headville 4.25″ x 5.5″, 8 pgs (reprinted in Square Dance #4)
• Twig #6 5.5″ x 8.5″, 4 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)
• Play 5.5″ x 8.5″, 64 pgs (co-editor & publisher, contributor)
• Spinning World (monthly strip in The Commons, April 2007-March 2010)

2009

• Spinning World (monthly strip in The Commons)
• Zero #1: Super Friendly Garlic 4.25″ x 5.5″, 8 pgs (reprinted in Square Dance #4)
• Shelter 5.5″ x 8.5″, 56 pgs (co-editor & publisher, contributor)
• Big Sexy 5.5″ x 8.5″, 92 pgs (co-editor & publisher, contributor)
• Square Dance #3 5.5″ x 8.5″, 20 pgs
• First Harvest 5.5″ x 8.5″, 166 pgs T&H reprint anthology (co-editor & publisher, contributor)
• Trees & Hills Free Comic Book Day 2009 5.5″ x 8.5″, 4 pgs
• Always Comix #5: Evil 5.5″ x 8.5″ book (contributor)

2008

• Spinning World (monthly strip in The Commons)
• North County Perp #2 8.5″ x 11″ (contributor)
• Ask Jack 2.75″ x 4.25″, 8 pgs Halloween freebie (reprinted in Square Dance #3)
• Always Comix #4: Activity 5.5″ x 8.5″ (contributor)
• Izzy Challenge #5: 50 States Jam: Izzy Tours America (contributor)
• Seeds 5.5″ x 8.5″, 56 pgs (co-editor & publisher, contributor)
• Twig #5 8.5″ x 11″, 2 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)
• Twig #4 8.5″ x 11″, 2 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)
• Twig #3 8.5″ x 11″, 2 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)
• Swingin’ Hits 5.5″ x 8.5″, 52 pgs (co-editor & publisher, contributor)
• Secrets & Lies 8″ x 10″ book (contributor)
• Candy Or Medicine #3 4.25″ x 5.5″ (contributor)
• High Maintenance Machine #20 by Matthew Reidsma 4.25″ x 5.5″ (contributed a page for the 600-strip celebration)
• Twig #2 8.5″ x 11″, 2 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)
• Candy Or Medicine Free Comic Book Day Special 2008 4.25″ x 5.5″ (contributor)
• Twig #1 8.5″ x 11″, 2 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)

2007

• Spinning World (monthly strip in The Commons, started April 2007)
• Before Sleep #5 5.5″ x 4.25″, 32 pgs
• New Stars 5.5″ x 8.5″, 52 pgs (co-editor & publisher, contributor)
• Elasti-Cat preview 4.25″ x 5.5″, 8 pgs (comics camp exercise / giveaway)
• Field Guide To Cartoonists Of Vermont, New Hampshire, And Western Massachusetts 5.5″ x 8.5″, 52 pgs (co-editor & publisher, contributor)
• Before Sleep #4 5.5″ x 4.25″, 32 pgs

2006

• Before Sleep #3 5.5″ x 4.25″, 32 pgs
• Trees & Hills And Friends 5.5″ x 8.5″, 60 pgs (co-editor & publisher, contributor)
• Square Dance #2 5.5″ x 8.5″, 20 pgs
• Conversion (tiny giveaway)
• Surreal Love And Other “Stories” 8.5″ x 11″, 24 pgs (standalone edition of my comic from 24HCD 2005).
• Before Sleep #2 5.5″ x 4.25″, 32 pgs
• Keene Free Comics #8 8.5″ x 11″, 8 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)

2005

• Paperback Bazaar FOOP Sketchbook 5.5″ x 8.5″(contributor)
• Square Dance #1 8.5″ x 5.5″, 16 pgs
• Before Sleep #1 5.5″ x 4.25″, 32 pgs
• Keene Free Comics #7 8.5″ x 11″, 8 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)
• Keene Free Comics #6 8.5″ x 11″, 8 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)
• Keene Free Comics #5 8.5″ x 11″, 4 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)
• Keene Free Comics #4 8.5″ x 11″, 4 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)
• Keene Free Comics #3 8.5″ x 11″, 2 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)
• Hungry Belly 4.25″ x 5.5″, 8 pgs giveaway edition
• Keene Free Comics #2 8.5″ x 11″, 2 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)
• 24 Hour Comics Day 2005 8/5″ x 11″, 72 pgs (local collection – editor, publisher, contributor)
• Keene Free Comics #1 8.5″ x 11″, 2 pgs (editor, publisher, contributor)