Comic Book Tattoo Is dauntingly oversized “I’ll hold that for you.” Friends appear with scores: Old romance comics! Squid cards! Wastebasket? TV? Lunch? Didn’t, really – just powered through the day with coffee and Top Pot. Eternal questions: How’s the … Keep reading
Category Archives: Comics
Movin’ right along
I’ll be on the train, not in a Studebaker. But I am off, later today, to the Emerald City Comic Con, where Flytrap #4, “Performance Anxiety,” will debut. Hurray! Question to ponder: I was talking with a colleague who knows … Keep reading
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
It was at least a year ago that Paul and Colleen told me I ought to read The True Meaning of Smekday. It took me a while, but guys, you were right. So I’m late to the party, but because … Keep reading
Going places, doing things
April — whether it will be the cruelest month is yet to be determined, but it’s definitely the most packed with travel & events so far in ’09! April 3-5th: I will ride the train up to Seattle for the … Keep reading
Dystopian future, early eighties edition
I’m just now finally reading Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg! — and I am enthusiastic, but I should also note that the exclamation mark is part of the title. A bit from one of his narrative captions struck me as a … Keep reading
New interview up
…over at the also new, nifty Circle into Square: a Portland-based label, online magazine, and local artist community. It’s called Everybody Knows You’re Not From Here. Me and Steve talk about a whole bunch of stuff, including but not limited … Keep reading
Tonight! Live! I am on the Erika Moen show.
So tune in at 7:30 Pacific Time to The Erika Moen Show with your host, Erika Moen, and ask me questions!
“Take to the Sky” behind-the-comic
I wrote this a while back and realized I’d never posted it. It’s about the story I wrote for the Comic Book Tattoo anthology, illustrated by Jonathan Case. Years ago, a friend introduced me to Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. It was … Keep reading
Flytrap #4 is coming
Flytrap #4, “Performance Anxiety,” will most likely debut at the Emerald City Con next April, unless I decide to make it available by mail sooner, or find a con to attend earlier in ’09. But I am very excited about … Keep reading
Three quick things
…on my lunch break: 1. You can still get tickets at the door for Rick Riordan’s talk tonight at the First Congregational Church. 2. Go read David Chelsea’s super (and rhyming!) Yard Sale comic. (Favorite bit of dialog: “Three for … Keep reading
For Caitlin in Australia: Comics or books?
Hey Caitlin, thanks so much for writing! I couldn’t find an address to get back to you, so I decided to answer your question here. Caitlin writes:Â Hi Sara my name is Caitlin 13 years old and live in australia. … Keep reading
Misreading of the day
I was glancing at some post about the cultural impact of viral videos — only I read it as feral videos. Am I inadvertently predicting the next Internet trend? In other news: leaving for the Small Press Expo tomorrow! With … Keep reading
Congratulations Douglas!
I was remiss in not reminding San Diego attendees to cheer for him, too. Yay for Reading Comics, winner of the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Book! Entirely unrelated aside: The cat just sneezed six times in a row. … Keep reading
San Diego — I’m not there but my books and comics are!
Hey all — if you’re in San Diego for Comic-Con, and you visit Steve Lieber’s table in Artist’s Alley, GG-14, you can find my books and comics. And stickers and buttons, even! I am sorry that I’m not there, but … Keep reading
Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
Skim. I just discovered this graphic novel at Floating World. Read this Sequential Art interview to find out more about creators Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (they’re cousins). You can download a PDF preview from Jillian’s site. I couldn’t decide … Keep reading
Emerald City Comic Con 08: Five Seven Five
I was burned out on the notion of writing a con report until I thought of doing haikus. Then the whole gang got into it. Here are some of mine: Loud fight with girlfriend turns into performance art when you’re … Keep reading
Stumptown 2008
Hey didn’t we just do this? Yes we did. (Relatively speaking.) Here we go… Cannot believe how many people managed to cram into Cosmic Monkey for the trophy awards & Comic Art Battle. I was happy to meet Matt Silady … Keep reading
Stumptown! Comic Book Tattoo! All comics all the time!
This weekend, as many of my readers doubtless know, is the Stumptown Comics Fest. I will totally be there. With comics. Because, comics. But also novels. Because, novels. You should come. And thanks, Steve Duin, for the kind words in … Keep reading
‘Tis the season
Convention season, that is. I just went through my calendar for the rest of the year (!) and put in the dates of the shows I’m planning to attend. Stumptown (April 26-27, Portland, OR) Emerald City (May 10-11, Seattle, WA) … Keep reading
I hope this will actually be a few Wondercon thoughts
…unsullied by spam, but I haven’t done the full upgrade to my WordPress software yet. Please email or comment if you see more evidence of spam in the posts, because rest assured that I have NOT decided that my blog … Keep reading
Various
My apologies to anyone who clicked the “More” link on my last post and ran into a whole bunch of super creepy links. I haven’t figured out how the hack worked, but it was indeed a hack. Ew. I probably … Keep reading
Heads up SF! I am going to WonderCon.
I’ll be sharing a table with Mr. Lieber in Artists’ Alley, # AA10 according to the website. I will have comics and stickers and books. I’ll be there Saturday and Sunday. I hope to see some of y’all there!
Periscope Studio’s new site
Check out the new site for Periscope Studio, the product of a whole lot of WordPress customizing and tweaking, not to mention some sleepless nights on the part of at least one studio member. I think it looks pretty darn … Keep reading
Total eclipses and fragments
Handy Tip, courtesy of Shannon Hale and Libba Bray: If you’re in a restaurant and you are in a hurry because you have a signing to get to, use the ketchup bottle as a microphone and begin singing an improvised … Keep reading
Probably my last post of 2007
Hey, everybody. It’s been a while. Man. You go away from easy Internet access for a week and somebody hacks your dang MySpace. For any of y’all who got bulletins from “me” alerting you to the latest horizontal hijinks of … Keep reading