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Here is the Church, part 3

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:07:18 +0000

Here is the Church, part 2

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:06:07 +0000

church additions

Here is the Church, part 1

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:09:43 +0000

Here is the church…

My Mother Hates the Sea, page 7

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:05:49 +0000

The last page of component: fuchsia.

It isn’t going to make sense until I’m maybe 100 pages into the story.

Also, I hate how this page came out.

Preceded by 6 pages and the cover.

comic-con 2010

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:48:16 +0000

The convention has ended, and I have rehydrated. For a few months I’ve been dressing like a paint-covered transient to the point that elderly women have offered me money for sandwiches, so it was a disorienting experience to dress up and suddenly have random strangers want to take my picture. I’m pretty sure I was making a really confused face in every one.

I really enjoyed the Humor in Graphic Novels panel. I went to see Peter Bagge and Nicholas Gurewitz talk. There was an argument about what is offensive, and where/if lines should be drawn when making jokes. It seemed like the argument forced the conversation into deeper territory than it might have gone, and there were lots of funny off the cuff responses.

I also went to Awesome-con and the nice man who raises the roof gave me a free combover.

raise your roof

And while wandering around the floor in a daze I ran across some other cartoonists I admire. I couldn’t think of anything to say and I don’t really like autographs, so I awkwardly shoved my camera at someone and apologized repeatedly.

They were very polite in response. They are probably used to dealing with awkward nerds at conventions.

There were many other delightful panels that I’ll feel like I am unnecessarily name-dropping if I just list them. My vision of the future in the Welcome to the Future Panel was unexpectedly overpopulated, and a lot of the discussion revolved around how it is optimistic to assume a future containing humans. HMM.

I am always overwhelmed by the scale of the advertising that goes into the show. Although I know it is relatively cheap for large companies to give away boxes of free samples or put movie posters on the sides of buildings compared to airing nationwide television campaigns, seeing the piles of postcards, flyers, temporary tattoos, and other freshly-printed debris that covers the street during the convention is a more concrete and literal symbol of waste.

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It was good to see some friends and be giddy at a few artists I admire. Now I’m excited to read new mini-comics and oversleep a little before getting back to work.

My Mother Hates the Sea, page 6

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:03:35 +0000

Preceded by 5 pages and cover.

Today is the last day of comic-con!

My Mother Hates the Sea, page 5

admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:47:45 +0000

Preceded by 4 pages and the cover.

My Mother Hates the Sea, page 4

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:51:10 +0000

Preceded by three pages and the cover.

First official day of Comic-con! I am (probably one of the people) dressed as tank girl. If you spot me, ask for a comic!

My Mother Hates the Sea, page 3

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:33:32 +0000

Page 4 including the cover. The nonsense continues! And Comic-con (preview night) starts today!

My Mother Hates the Sea, page 2

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:06:58 +0000

The cover and page one are made available by clicking “previous.” Another page tomorrow, dudes.