Thursday, September 29, 2011

APE blob

I'll be at the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco this weekend, at table 418, along with Bettina McCentyre of the Knotpile. She's been working on some new silkscreen prints that should be tasty! Plus we'll have copies of Snakebomb Comix, issues Uno and Dos, those are extra tasty. I ain't got nothing new. Just my open-heart.

above image from 1988 version of The Blob, directed by Chuck Russell, showing later this month at Portland's own Laurelhurst Theater. YAY!

Monday, September 26, 2011

Buzzard Lovers.

Made by Me, Jim, and Nenny for the weddin'.

Primary Beach

Here's one half of my diptych done for the show, This World and the Next. To see the other piece, head down to the Pony Club before Oct. 2nd. Thanks to Emily for inviting me to be a part of this.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

RIVER TROUBLE ditch water


Jack Snake

cover for Snakebomb Comix #2 by Amanda Konishi

Just a reminder for the good people out there, Jack Hayden recently published some drawings of mine in his most righteous comic anthology, Snakebomb Comix. Pick it up here, and get some of those cool buttons and issue No. 1 too! Below on the left is a preview of one of my pages, it stars the Devil! Big surprise.

Dylan Sparkplug

photo taken by Gambrielle Gamboa

Dylan Williams, the publisher behind Sparkplug Comics, passed away on September 10th, 2011. I was lucky enough to get to know him a little bit, he co-taught a comic's class with Lisa Mangum that I was a part of at the Independent Publishing Resource Center out here in pretty Portland, Oregon. The basic premise of the class was we would focus on comics from different parts of the world each week, and work on and talk about our own personal projects as well. It was a really great experience, Dylan and Lisa would bring in stacks upon stacks of books every week that we would ogle at and be overwhelmed by. It was really an eye-opener for me. Both Dylan and Lisa were so encouraging, smart, and loving. I generally sat back and listened to what everyone had to say and just had a really good time.

There have been lots of loving tributes to the Dylan, most are collected at the Comics Reporter website. They also did a great retrospective of his work there as well.

Reporter was Dylan's most recent comics work, y'all should check it.

Please take a moment and consider buying some books from Sparkplug, they could definitely use the support right now.

been gone babes



Whoa, I got married and have been away from my bloggy for over a month. I'll try to be better now, buddies.