Category: England

Rough times aren’t necessarily useless

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Last week was rather rough & sent me into a bit of a downward introspective spiral.

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A Brief History of Anxiety…Yours and Mine by Patricia Pearson

 

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Thankfully though, as one good comic friend pointed out, these feelings can be channeled into art–if one doesn’t allow them to overwhelm you, so I gave that a go.

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Lesabéndio: An Asteroid Novel by Paul Scheerbart

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As my no-nonsense bakery friend once said I “should [prolly] stop reading such ‘serious’ books” –ha.

PS I would like to thank all the people who’ve been encouraging me–y’all are the best.

Drawing in (almost) December

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So…I got my first ‘official’ illustration job: which is both exciting and terrifying…Anyhoo, good news, is I sent the 1st round to the client last night and their response was positive, so yay! Now, I’ve just got to get the whole thing done by the end of the weekend–yikes!

Not to be missed!

1.) The Strumpet Vol 2: NYC Launch Party–Friday, 7 December

2.) Hope Larson Book Signing–Friday 30 November

3.) Ellen Forney‘s interview on NPR

4.) Have you supported The Crystal Mirror yet?

5.) Thom Ferrier’s published a bit o’ holiday cheer

 

Life begins again in the fall-F Scott Fitzgerald

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So the summer is practically over and what a summer it was–some of the highlights include: going to Coney Island TWICE in 3 weeks (even went swimming), moving to my new apartment & most excitedly, spending a week popping around England hanging with my lovely comics peeps (paula, katie, hannah, thom, pete, sickerthanthou & many more)

Currently have a whirlwind of a weekend coming up as well: Journeying by bus (for the 1st time) down to the DC area for SPX! If anyone is headed there, be sure to check out the Saturday morning panel: British Comics: Does it Translate? with some awesome panelists including: ellen lindner, nick abadzis & luke pearson.

Speaking of ellen lindner, she’ll also be at the expo to promote the 2nd edition of The Strumpet–a Transoceanic Blaze of Comics Glory! If you haven’t yet picked up a copy of the 1st volume, swing by her booth to grab yours and also to sign up for the next edition. “But what if I’m not in the DC area, this weekend”? or “What if I promised to watch my good friend’s tiny tortoise this weekend & can’t make it?” Never fear. Just head over to the Strumpet’s Kickstarter page to pledge your support (and depending upon how much you pledge, you might even get a nifty tote bag or other treat).

You may wonder, “Why am I so excited about this 2nd edition of The Strumpet?” Well, aside from the fact that it brings together all in one volume an amazing array of comics done by awesome women such as: Robin Ha, Karrie Fransman & Jeremy Day (amongst others), the numbers might be done by yours truly…hey, everyone’s got to start somewhere!

new adventures & projects…

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It’s been a hectic few weeks! Last week, I partially moved apartments and today, I am scheduled to complete the move…On top of all this, I had to go to Boston for about a week for work, sadly not so much for sightseeing. While moving and traveling often creates anxiety, there is also, always a feeling of excitement*–which is what I’ve been trying to be better at focusing upon.

As such, I haven’t been drawing as much as I would like to, but below I’ve just posted some of my doodles from the past couple of weeks. Enjoy your weekend!

 

*A big part of the excitement is that I will be going back to england at the end of august–yay! Going to get to catch up with, in person: many of my lovely friends from my “arvon adventure” and even get to meet some new ones–whom at this point, I’ve only interacted with via twitter and facebook–I am uber excited about this!

 

Weekend Roundup 20 April

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Short n’ sweet due to technical difficulties that keep abounding this week…yowzahs…

 To read

The New Yorker does a profile on Alison Bechdel of  “Fun Home” fame in their 23 April volume–I had no idea this was going to be in here, so very excited to see the NY-er profile a graphic artist…(however, you must either pick up a copy at the newsstand or purchase it online)

Speaking of reading, a little bird told me that Thom Ferrier’s new collection of graphic medicine & other tales, entitled Disrepute, has arrived from the printer…no word yet as to when it will be available to those of us Stateside, but I know I can’t wait to get my hot little hands on a copy!

To go

If you’re in NYC it’s nearly that time again! MoCCA Fest 2012 is next Saturday & Sunday 28/29 April at the Lexington Ave. Armory–buy your tickets & check details on their site

If you’re in merry ole England, then be sure to make it to 23rd April ‘s Laydeez Do Comics meeting featuring Tom Gauld, Simone Lia and…drumroll please Thom Ferrier (perhaps he’ll be peddling his book there?) Also, I think I heard that Paula J. Knight might be in attendance too, though not in speaking capacity–boo.

To listen

Despite some earlier confusion, do be sure to hop on over to listen (& better yet) download Senator & the New Republic’s latest single–there’s a new one each month, so check back regularly!

Well that’s all folks, hoping to have some new drawings up sometime soon….til then, enjoy your weekend!