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For those who attended and everyone else who’s interested, here follows a summary of the Librarians Get Graphic preconference at the 2010 Public Library Association conference, with more links than I believe I have ever included in a post before! (In fact, there are a few that are included more than once because they were [...]

Hey it’s time for another post of things comics writers do in their scripts that annoy artists! I’m slightly cheating this time by including a couple of writers, but they’ve both also been artists, so it’s okay. And in case you missed them, here are the other recent comics-writing-related posts: Getting a robot to make [...]

Here’s the second installment of tips for novice comics writers, from Dylan Meconis, artist of Family Man and my once and future collaborator. (On Click, and also on a story for an Anthology To Be Named Later that I am quite excited about.) 1) Don’t say “Have fun with this!” Unless the writer actually knows [...]

Writing comics has stayed on my mind since I wrote my last post, in part because I’m closing in on finishing the script for my upcoming graphic novel. And I’ve realized what has helped me the most as a comics writer: hanging out with cartoonists, listening to them complain about scripts. So I thought I’d [...]

Still catching up from Boston, black nail polish now very chipped. Have been brooding about tragedies of various scales, also tempests and their associated teapots. Feeling more inclined to shut up than put up, this fragmentary post notwithstanding. But here are three good things, as a counterweight: Tales of the Madman Underground, which I read [...]

There’s a new post up over at Chasing Ray with Part 1 of the What A Girl Wants Gang’s holiday gift book recommendations, and as usual this inspires/reminds me to repost one of my responses to an earlier WAGW question over here. Colleen asked: “Are girls missing out on something by not having a kick [...]

I am beyond thrilled to announce officially that the forthcoming graphic novel I’ve been alluding to and dropping hints about for months is in fact forthcoming from DC Vertigo. It’s called BAD HOUSES. The fabulous Joan Hilty is editing, and my artist is the stupefyingly talented Carla Speed McNeil. (Check it out: all-lady creative team!) [...]

If you follow me on Twitter and/or Facebook, you already know that my Significant Objects story is now live, as is the auction for the object plus my story about it. Here is the object: I’ve written about it in the voice of Anne Cole, a character from my forthcoming graphic novel. WAIT, WHAT? Yes, [...]

Hey all: If you would like to read and/or purchase my latest minicomic, Flytrap Episode Four: Performance Anxiety, illustrated by Sarah Burrini, you can totally do that thing! All you gotta do is scroll — or, as I once overheard someone explaining, “stroll” — down to the bottom of the page linked in the previous [...]

Ah, Stumptown. As always, I am delighted that you are in my town. Here’s me and Steve on Sunday, thanks to Joshin Yamada, con photographer extraordinaire: Also visible, from left: Kip Manley, Taran Jack Manley’s leg (in stroller), Dylan Meconis, Alden McConnell’s head (slightly above table height), and Carla Speed McNeil. Most amusing moment of [...]

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