Happy (late) St. Patrick's Day!

My last strip for BASH! Magazine is up on the web now. Check it out!

This is the second strip I've drawn about the life of a saint this year. Pretty good for someone who has only been to Mass twice.

Sadly, BASH! Magazine is folding, just like hundreds of other newspapers around the country. For a the word was they were going to keep up the comics calendar on the website, but last week decided that wasn't a viable business model.

Not sure how long the site will be up, so check out the archives while you still can! There's work by a lot of amazing cartoonists here: Dan Archer, Theo Ellsworth, Eamon Espy, Sean Ford, Jeff Lok, Morgan Pielli, Bryan Stone...and a whole bunch of other people I'm forgetting. Go read their comics! You just might learn somethin'.

"Hey 4-Eyes!" Gallery Show and Release Party!

The Hey Four-Eyes! zines are a favorite of mine, and I have a six page glasses-themed fairy tale in the latest issue! Come check out the gallery show at CCS:

Hey, 4-Eyes!
A Glasses-Themed Gallery Show
The Center for Cartoon Studies
94 South Main Street
White River Junction, Vermont

Gallery Hours:
Saturday March 21, 11am-5pm
Saturday March 28, 11am-5pm
First Friday Event April 3, 6pm

The Center for Cartoon Studies is proud to present an exhibition of artwork from Hey, 4-Eyes!, the world’s most popular zine about eyeglasses. CCS will showcase original work by acclaimed artists Jason Lutes (Berlin), Sarah Oleksyk (Ivy), Jim Medway (Shorty Loves Wing Wong), Joseph Lambert (Turtle, Keep it Steady), and many more.

Hey, 4-Eyes! is a self-published journal (otherwise known as a “zine”) dedicated to eyeglasses. Filled with original comics, interviews, history, and keen observations, Hey, 4-Eyes! celebrates the continuing evolution of the accessory you can’t live without.

Please join editor/publisher Robyn Chapman as she debuts the third issue of Hey, Four-Eyes! in conjunction with White River Junction’s First Friday on April 3. This event will include book signings, live readings, and educational slide shows.

The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) is America's premiere cartooning school and studio located in the historic village of White River Junction, Vermont. Faculty and visiting artists include many of today's most celebrated cartoonists. CCS has received national acclaim for its work and prominent mention in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and scores of other publications. For more information, visit http://www.cartoonstudies.org/

Sketchbook Follies

From an all-staff meeting in November 2007:


And something more recent. My roomate's cat keeps life interesting:

I just like orange, that's all.

There's a lot of comics out there that I read. It's part of my job. This past week I've been doodling some fan art for many of them.

Fan art for my friend Josh Frees, whose comic, The Adventures of Hardcore Dan, is pretty great.

My friends (and roomies) at American Stronghold have a mysterious project in the works. Alas, I am not the first to make fan art for this comic that no one has ever seen.

I painted this on Saturday because I was tired of inking. It's not quite so pink in person.

News

Convention Appearances 2009:
confirmed:

Stumptown, April 19th and 19th
Oh Portland, how I love you.
Maine Comic Arts Festival, May 17th
I've never been to Maine before.

planned:

MoCCA, June 6th and 7th
Hope to be debuting my 2nd book here, if I can get it finished and get a table. Either way, I'll be there hanging out with the IKJK crowd.

SPX, September 26th and 27th
I turned my registration in a bit late- though not as late as I did last year! Either way I'll be here with a box of books.

...and that's all for 2009. I don't plan on attending APE again this year. As much fun as the convention and being in San Francisco was, it didn't make up for all the headache of getting a temporary seller's permit and filing taxes (which I'm still working on). Sorry, California!

New Reviews:

The Try Harder blog did a nice little write up of Indelible that I somehow missed. Thank you!

Inkstuds was also nice enough to review the 2nd Four-Square Anthology, No. While you're there, you should take a break and listen to their podcast. It's perfect to draw to.

And Henry Chamberlain at Newsarama did a lovely review of the Xeric edition of Tragic Relief. Thanks, Henry!

New Art:

Still working on the bear story, but there is an end in sight. And a monster in the woods, look out!

CCS-ers in Seven Days

For the last few months, the Vermont weekly free paper Seven Days has been running a section called Drawn and Paneled, featuring work by CCS students and alumni. This month they have a page from '08 alum, two time Ignatz winner, and former roomie Chuck McBuck that made me laugh so hard I fell out of my chair.

Check it out. And check out the archives! There's some beautiful work there.

Shameless promotion of myself and others

I have a four-page comic in Side B: A Music Lover's Anthology...

...which has been picked up by Diamond! It will be available in their April edition of Previews, with retailer pre-orders available from April 1st. The book also contains work from friends Jon Chad, Joshua Rosen, Morgan Pielli, and was edited by Rachel Dukes.

I have a one-pager in I Saw You, Missed Connections Comics...




Which is available now and seems to be getting a lot of good reviews. This one has work by friends Alec Longstreth, Dan Archer, Dan Barlow, Megan Baehr, Ken Dahl and a whole lot of other people I can't remember right now.