Resistance is Futile

One year.  One year is exactly how long you have to live on the west coast before you inevitably become a hippie...this discussion happened after yoga.  I know.  I still love you, Chicago.

Release the hounds!

I hope I don't get rejected from any jobs because my portfolio arrives reeking of dog-breath..

Gratuitously literal emo comics

So, those of you who've seen me lately already know that I recently lost my job, and my boyfriend and, in another month I'll be losing my apartment unless an employment miracle happens. It's the brakes. For those of you who haven't seen me lately: surprise! I'm coming completely untethered and the result is art like this. *ahem* have a heart, every cartoonist is allowed one sometimes.

Vegetarians beware

Every time I post I apologize but, why buck the trend: sorry for such a long failure to post. Believe it or not, I am actually working on new comics! I'll have a collaboration with the lovely and talented and also recently west-coast relocated, Colleen Frakes ready for Stumptown Comics Fest next month! If you're anywhere near Portland, OR the weekend of April 28-29, come by, say hello, check out some comics!

If I can become a time wizard and figure out how to create more of it in the next two weeks I might also have a new project all my own, tentatively titled The Thaw. I'll leave it at that.

Back in the world of day-jobs, my office is working on a project that's partially a butcher shop and asked me to scan "inspiration images". Here's a doodle I doodled while scanning pages and pages of photos of livestock and cuts of meat...

I'm not dead, really.

I even drew a comic about dinner at my parents' house to prove it.

I even drew a comic about dinner at my parents' house to prove it.

HOLY @#$%! A NEW COMIC!

I know, I know. This might be the longest I've ever gone between posts but, I was busy becoming an office manager for Envelope A+D (a boutique architecture firm in Oakland) and writing a new cartooning curriculum for Galileo Learning and moving into my own place and who knows what else - A LOT HAS GONE ON! BUT, despite all distractions, I'm still making comics! Here's a new one, and you have my word: MORE WILL FOLLOW!

I can't believe it's convention season again but...

It is! I'm dizzy just thinking about the number of things that are happening over the next few weeks - first and foremost, this weekend is the SF Zinefest in Golden Gate Park! If you're in the Bay Area stop by and say hello - it's free and it's fun and I'd love to see you, in fact, y'know what? I'd love to see you so much that if you come by and find me I'll give you a tiny comic for free! I'll be tabling with new cartooning compadre, Max Nelson who draws water foul in silly clothes, you guys'll love him.

NEXT weekend I'll be in Bethesda, MD for the Small Press Expo with those hilarious, talented, gorgeous librarians I usually truck with, Jen Vaughn and Caitlin M. We'll be at table C6 promoting our hot off the presses anthology Lies Grown-ups Told Me. ALSO, if everything goes exactly according to plan I'll be debuting my new mini Freeloader: Issue One - comics about being 27 and living with my parents. When you're done reading it you'll either be convinced I'm the world's biggest loser or your self-esteem will drop about 40% because you'll realize that we're in the same boat - it's okay, we can cry into our beers together.

Here's the cover and an itty bitty preview:

If I don't see you at Zinefest OR SPX, never fear, you can find me at the Alternative Press Expo in SF on October 1st and 2nd! I'm even teaching a self-pubslishing workshop on Saturday the 3rd at 5pm - come by and learn to make a One-Sheet comic! Somewhere in there I'm also in a wedding in Chicago so, if I don't post for a while, know that it's because I'm on the road. Until next time!