a very washed-out scan of an ink and gouache sketch drawn for the Cartoon Art Museum fundraiser

I think that image about sums it up! Meanwhile I’ve been working to get some new comics in the can and finally redesign this site. Expect big changes come Monday/Tuesday, and I guess some comics that play into my own narcissistic shame and your voyeuristic tendencies and pre-disposed expectations of autobio comics storytelling. I think I’ll call this “the vulnerability index.” Maybe I will draw about my new haircut you guys!!

So until then, thank you for your patience, eight daily readers — I really appreciate it. In the meantime you can always buy a copy of the first chapter of my new book Nine Gallons; only seven of its 32 juicy pages are available online.

I’ve finished the first chapter of a new book of short vignettes recounting my experience with Food Not Bombs — the good, the bad, the characters, the salt… I’m working on the next two chapters for a Xeric Grant application in September, but for the next few months this space will primarily be devoted to weekly installments of This is What Concerns Me. (Don’t worry, though, I’ll spare you from the ongoing And Now They Are Dead series until MJ is well-buried and the bad cartoon curse has been lifted.)

So stay tuned! And check out more Nine Gallons on my Flickr page. And please, give me some tips for how to sound less stiff when promoting myself.