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Man, I slid right into Slump-town as last year came to a close. No good! But I’m starting to dig myself out. I now have scheduled drawing time with Brattleboro Comix Lab founder Daniel Kornguth twice a week, which should help a lot. I drew a whole page last week! (see above) Aiming for two this week. I still need to post my 24-hour comic in the Shop, and in March I intend to release the Spring-themed Square Dance #5. Comics ahoy!

February 21, 2011 | No Comments

“Free Little Bird” live drawing video

Check out this video capture of my live drawing performance for fellow cartoonist Marek Bennett’s band Big Paws! This was only my second time doing this, and the first time with the setup I used, so I expect it to go more smoothly in the future, but I still wanted to share it.

December 15, 2010 | No Comments

I’m back, & I have a “tumblr”

It seems like something in me rebels against getting my act together, since any progress I make in that direction seems to be followed by a slump. Witness! the month of November: in which I drew 2.25 pages of comics and failed to even keep up scanning already-drawn comics to post (all on a foundation of going to be way too late). Shameful! But it seems like the larger trend is still toward improvement, so I guess it’s just a cycle I’ll live with until I can figure a way out of it.

While I was busy not getting much done, I got myself yet another internet presence over at Tumblr. It’s fancier than Twitter but less so than a full-featured blog – the interface is easy & fun enough to use that it makes me want to find a use for it! For now I’m sending my site feed there and posting interesting bits I find on the internet (plus of course reading stuff).

Comic updates start again Monday!

December 3, 2010 | No Comments

“Happy” Election Day!

Recommended Election Day activities:

1. Pledge allegiance to Frank Zappa.

2. Vote.

3. Purchase & read Mark Sahagian’s musical minicomic about presidents and other political creatures.

November 2, 2010 | No Comments

Fear & Loathing in the “Holiday Section”

Last night a department store’s holiday section disturbed me so much that I had to photograph it:

I know it looks pretty tame, but look closer (click to enlarge, if needed). To the far right we have Halloween supplies. Far to the left we have more Halloween supplies (it’s hard to tell here, but those letters hanging from the ceiling say, “COSTUMES”). In between, we have Christmas supplies. Three days before Halloween.

I am not only an expert on time from having drawn comics about it, I am also an ordained minister, so I know what I’m talking about when I say THIS IS WRONG.

October 29, 2010 | No Comments

Shorter than “The Great Pumpkin”

I think my new Halloween tradition (besides posting free comics) is posting and watching this video:

The fact that some of the scenes are comic book pages is just icing on the cake. I recommend watching it full-screen.

October 28, 2010 | No Comments

Another Free Halloween Comic!

In addition to “Ask Jack,” I’ve now posted a PDF of “Beware the Vampire” for you to download, print, and give to the spooks that visit you on Halloween.

I did not realize when I decided on a bat-themed maze to go with “Beware the Vampire” that I would end up drawing two hundred and twenty-six bats.

October 17, 2010 | No Comments

Free Halloween Comic!

I’ve just posted a PDF copy of “Ask Jack” so you can print out your own copies to give to trick-or-treaters, Halloween party-goers, goblins, or what have you. I’ll be posting a downloadable version of another Halloween comic soon.

Enjoy!

October 14, 2010 | No Comments

Postcard from Headville

Apparently JB Winter visited Headville recently, because he sent me a postcard from there!

This made my day! You can (and should) check out JB’s comics here.

October 5, 2010 | 1 Comment

Well, I did it again

At 9:56 this morning I successfully completed my third 24-hour comic, and the first to consist of one continuous story. The astounding results will appear soon on this very website. I can only type slowly right now.

October 3, 2010 | No Comments

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