I’ve just returned from two weeks in France, and there is so much blogging to catch up on. I did a short interview with the Seattle Times’ Seattle Sketcher columnist Gabi Campanario — Gabi’s work is really lovely, and I hope to see more jobs like this at other traditional media properties in the US. (I saw quite a bit of it in France, ahem.)

I’ve got five new comics lined up for the upcoming weeks, including a report on my trip with Cartooning for Peace, but for now perhaps you can sate yourselves with this follow-up to my Education in For-Profit Education — the Incredible Shrinking Pell Grant.

In case you missed them over there in the sidebar, I also did a two-parter on the Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco for 7×7 Magazine, and a comic for American Prospect on our impending debt ceiling doom — still impending!

I did an interview yesterday with Brian Heater of the celebrated indie comics blog the Daily Crosshatch, and to my surprise and amazement, that overachiever posted the thing but a few short hours later. I gotta say, that’s faster than I’ve ever transcribed interview tape.

I’m not sure if I answered anyones’ pressing questions, though Brian did talk some about my father, plus there are lots of [laughs].

It’s been so long since I did one of these that I forgot to compensate for the Flickr wash-out with my watercolors, so it’s a little light ‘n bright. Two more on the drawing board, then I can finally get to some TIWCM updates.

Me: It’s like Chicken Fucking Little over here. I’m planting my seeds and sifting my flour and no one’s around til I’m done baking my bread.
My mom: Um, it’s the Little Red Hen, dear.
Me: Oh. Well. Whatever.
My mom: (laughter) Chicken Little was the one who said the sky is falling.
Me: Oh the Little Red Hen had a pessimistic kid and everyone was surprised??

This will be a comic when I’m done with the diaries I’m sure. Four more, so keep your pants on! I know I am!