Come one, Come all, to Western Mass!

So I've been super MIA recently. Sorry about that! Work has been nuts, and sometimes, you just don't really feel like drawing. That's been the story of the last two month of my life. However, I've gotten signed up for three events, so it's not like comics have been totally erased from my mind! Here's the upcoming schedule:

April 28: Pioneer Valley Zinefest, Amherst, MA
June 9:Scranton Zine Fest, Scranton, PA
July 28: DC Zinefest, Washington, DC
September 15-16: SPX ,Bethesda, MD

And PS, the Feminist Zinefest in NYC was freaking awesome. So you should come see me in Amherst. I went to college nearby, and it's a great part of the world.  I also penciled the first four pages in my new project, Culver, and Matt Smith and I will have an issue of that out by SPX. I'm really excited to see where that project goes.

Comic here there, everywhere!

Hey y'all. So, turns out I don't think I'll have time to get to the New Masada story line in the next few months. Instead, I really want to focus on getting Culver out, which I am super pumped for. Matt sent me the first 20 pages of script this past week, and I can't wait to get it going! The story's really dynamic, and will be put into a number of trade paperback sized comics and then collected in a graphic novel. I just hope the quality of the drawings match that of the script :)


Also, Magic Bullet 4 will be out next week, so keep posted if you're in the DMV! If not, shoot me an email and I'll see if I can send you a copy of the paper. I have a page in it I'm feeling good about, and here's a preview:

I also now have two shows lined up for the spring: the Feminist Zinefest in Brooklyn NY on Feb. 24. Come check it out; it is bound to be a gay old time! I'll also be at the Scranton Zinefest in PA on June 9.

So convention season is over. Now what?

Hello hello hello there. So, lot's of things going on here.


1. Baltimore Book Festival was all right. It was pouring rain the day of the Zine Pavilion and not really anyone stopped by. The talk, however, went really well. The Pavilion was empty when I started, and then filled up to about 25 or so people. Red Emma's said they'd invite me to their shop to give an in-store talk as well, which would be a lot of fun. It was really exciting to share my process (is there no way to sound more pompous than by saying "my process?") and the history of Gay Kid with so many people.

The rain mirrored my emotions.

2. I stopped writing Office Bitch for TheNewGay. I was feeling a bit burnt out with the story and was having some issues with the overall vibe/feeling of the site. I'm going to start a weekly comic here in the next few weeks. It took a while to realize it, but no one I know really reads TNG. It's not really my scene; think HRC vs the radical queer collective that throws potluck fundraisers and you'll know what I'm talking about.

The new strip has yet to be determined, but I'm excited to figure that out and get started!

3. There are two new comics that will be started in the next month or so: Gay Kid 4 and Culver. Culver is a book I'm going to be illustrating, and is written by Matt Smith.Gay Kid 4 will be the next installment in the series, following issues on Seventeen Magazine, Fashion, and Anxiety. I'm thinking it may be about friends and/or family.

In the meanwhile, here are some doodles I've done at work while talking on the phone.

I'm working on a short comic about getting my wisdom teeth out. This is me feeling anxious. DUH.

Molly, our old beagle, in a Santa costume looking doleful.

Ok, that looks better.

New Project

So, in case I didn't have ENOUGH already on my plate (between Suggestion Box, Gay Kid, Office Bitch, and oh, you know, work and friends), I've decided to go on another venture with Matthew Smith. He's got a script in the works for a new project named "Culver." I'll let him break the news on what it's about, but I'll post some of the rough character sketches I've done for the illustrations. I'm really excited to work on this project and test out my style. I want this to be darker than what I'm used to. And I don't mean like "blood and depression" darker, but instead graphically darker. I have such trouble darkening up the page--cross-hatching is usually the darkest-dark--and I really want to try and get some solid blacks in these panels and not be so afraid of it.