for my series at The Rumpus.

for my series at The Rumpus.

The SF Public Press newspaper came out on Thursday and it looks great — I’m very happy with how the graphic turned out, especially since it is so freaking huge. Really, it’s such a delight to see my art blown up to broadsheet size, and with very nice four-color registration to boot.

You can buy the paper, ad-free and full of solid local investigative reporting, for just $2, at any of these Bay Area book stores and newsstands.

The only problem is that I am going to be paid about $6/hour for the work I put into it (I’m splitting the take 50-50 with my collaborator).

I used Spot.Us to fund my McSweeney’s-killed Mid-Market story back in March with some excellent results. But this round of fundraising has been much tougher going, and I’m left wondering why. I have a few theories, but what I’m most afraid of is that journalism people don’t like funny pictures in their newspapers. But you’re reading this blog, so surely you don’t agree with that nonsense.

So no, I’m not asking for donations, because that feels weird — but I don’t have qualms about asking you to give your email address to a reputable non-profit and spend less than one minute filling out a survey that will result in four free dollars for me.

We have just a couple days and $250 left. Seriously, please just do it already, because this is getting embarrassing.

I did this illustration for the Awl’s series running this month of less mainstream recipes for the holiday. More to come in the next couple days. First I have to perfect the spiced sweet potatoes.

(start at the beginning)

(start at the beginning)

I’ve taken the last week off from posting Nine Gallons updates because I’ve been so damn busy. So busy, in fact, that I haven’t had a chance to post about anything here until now.

I’m nearly finished with this massive Pier 70 flowchart graphic that will be the back cover of the next San Francisco Public Press newspaper. (We are still fundraising at Spot.Us, so if you can find it in your heart to spend a few minutes filling out a survey, I get free money!). There are also new Census comics up over at the Rumpus, and over the last 30 hours I’ve been busting my ass almost live-drawing the election for the SF Appeal. You can catch up on the whole series here.

Nine Gallons resumes on Monday! Stay tuned and all that.