This Saturday is the opening for the Paper Party Print Show. I have a print in it alongside some other awesome artists. Here’s the flyer:
There’ll also be art openings at the other stores in Domy Books Austin.
Here’s an image of my digital print:
December 7th, 2012
Paper Party Print Show Opening this Saturday
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December 5th, 2012
Hyperbroadcasts (NSFW)
I’ve got several things to tell y’all about:
Flyer artwork by Monica Ramos. Facebook event page here.
- I’m going to have a digital print of a full-color drawing of the Miizzzard performing an experiment in the upcoming Paper Party Print Show, opening this Saturday, December 8th, from 7 to 9pm.
- Domy Books Austin is having a release party for Vortex #3 on 12/12/12 from 7 to 9pm. I’ll do drawings in whatever Cardini books you bring or buy!
A snippet of “The Cockroach.”
- Shawn Starr reviews Thickness #3 and offers an in-depth reading of the coldness of “The Cockroach” (written by Sean T Collins and drawn by me).
Sample of the minicomic Origin of Stoner Alien.
- Speaking of Sean, he’s posted a comprehensive list of every comic that he’s written in 2012.
- You can now buy Vortex #2 (in addition to #1) in the Sparkplug Books online store.
- You can get a bunch of my comics and anthologies that I’ve contributed to at the William Cardini page on Wow Cool. (There’s even a video of me talking in my studio, good find Marc!)
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November 14th, 2012
BCGF 2012 Recap
Thanks to everyone who came by the GCPM table and traded for or bought an issue of Vortex.
Me and Josh Burggraf. I look like a madman.
BCGF was amazing (and hot and crowded and intense).
I keep showing people this picture from the BCGF tumblr to give them an idea of how crowded BCGF was. You can see me staring directly into your soul through the camera.
It was my first time tabling at an east coast comics festival so I got to meet a lot of people IRL that I’ve only known online, which was fantastic. I’m really feeling the comics love right now. It’ll be a while before I can travel to another con so it’s good that BCGF was so great.
One really awesome moment was when this dude Barney came up to me and Josh and asked us to draw some sketches of superheroes for him. Barney’s a big fan of Rub the Blood, if you look at his Twitter he asked other people to do fan art.
You can see Josh’s perspective of our weekend on our GCPM tumblr. I’ll put Vortex #3 in my store soon.
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November 9th, 2012
GCPM will Debut Vortex #3, Future Shock #2, and Future Shock #3 this Weekend at BCGF
This Saturday, November 10th, Josh Burggraf and I will be tabling at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, representing the Gold County Paper Mill. We’ll be at Table U32:
BCGF is from 12-7pm at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 275 North 8th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
I’m debuting Vortex #3:
Vortex #3 continues the adventures of the Miizzzard on the planet of the shape-shifting aliens who call themselves the Vortex.
In Vortex #2, the Miizzz entered the communal dreamscape of the ultra-violent Vortex to try and free their minds from outside control. Now the Miizzz must battle through layer after layer of berserk nightmares.
Josh is doing a simultaneous release of #2 and #3 of the SF anthology that he edits, Future Shock:
Future Shock #2 contributor list: Max Bode, Danica Dora, Josh Bayer, Pat Aulisio, Ryan Dirks, Steve Fuentes, Victor Kerlow, and Josh. Future Shock #3 contributor list: Alex Degen, Sungyoon Choi, Det Roc Boi, Vincent Giard, Anuj Shrestha, Victor, Josh, and me.
Here’s a shot of two pages from my six-page contribution to FS#3:
My story is called “The Miizzzard of the Year One Million ATTACKS the Floating Crystal Witch.”
We’ll also have Vortex #1, Vortex #2, Kid Space Heater #1, Kid Space Heater #2, Future Shock #1, and Digestate (we both have stories in Digestate and we’re distributed by its publisher, Birdcage Bottom Books). Follow our tumblr for more preview images and updates.
November 2nd, 2012
Catch Up #3 Pre-Sale and Release Party
Hey y’all, sorry about the silence this week. I’ve been deep in it working to finish up Vortex #3 so that it’ll be ready to debut at Josh and I’s GCPM table at BCGF.
Today though I’m excited to announce that Catch Up #3 is available! Catch Up is a literature and comics journal that the Gold County Paper Mill puts out. I’m a comics editor alongside Josh Burggraf and PB Kain. We’ve got a ton of great folks in #3, you can see a full list and order a copy on our site.
If you’re in Louisville, there’s a release party tonight at 7pm. Here’s a link to the Facebook event. There’ll be poetry readings, an older poetry/comics collaboration I did with Jak Cardini called Impossible Objects, and a few copies of Vortex #1 and #2 if USPS delivers it on time.
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October 17th, 2012
APE 2012 Recap
Thanks to everyone who came by our table during APE 2012!
Table #807 at APE 2012. Left to right it’s me, Melinda Tracy Boyce, and Aaron Whitaker.
Although I’ve gone to MoCCA a couple of times as an attendee, this was my first time tabling at a big city con. Although I covered my table cost, I was surprised I didn’t make as much as I do in Austin at Staple! That might be because I’m a known quantity in my hometown. Regardless, traveling to one of the most expensive cities in America isn’t a good way to make some cash in the first place. Overall I had a blast and got to see friends and meet a lot of cartoonists I’ve only known online (as well as kewl new people). San Francisco is always a mystical, fog-shrouded adventure and I hope to be back for another APE!
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October 10th, 2012
I’ll be at APE 2012
I’m super stoked to let y’all know that I’m going to be at the Alternative Press Expo this weekend (October 13th and 14th) in San Francisco!
I’ll be representing the Gold County Paper Mill at Table #807, which I’m sharing with the fantastic cartoonists Aaron Whitaker and Melinda Tracy Boyce. Here’s a picture of all four of us with my wife, Glade:
Left to right: me, Aaron, Melinda, and Glade
I’ll have Vortex #1, Vortex #2, Future Shock #1, and Kid Space Heater #2. If I bring up any extra older stuff I’ll bring that also.
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September 14th, 2012
Digestate Anthology and Kid Space Heater 2 at SPX 2012
This weekend is the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD. I’m not going to be there but JT Yost will be debuting the Digestate anthology there. Here’s the cover:
Cover by Cha.
I’ve got a four-page comic in Digestate called “The Miizzzard ATTACKS the Munchies.” Here’s the first page to whet your appetite:
JT Yost is exhibiting at Table H13 as his small press, Birdcage Bottom Books. He’s put together a handy map here that shows his table and the tables of all Digestate contributors who’ll be at the festival.
Also, from 1:30 to 2:30pm on Sunday Victor Kerlow and Josh Burggraf will be signing at the Birdcage Bottom Books table. Josh will have copies of his newest comic Kid Space Heater #2.
From Josh’s tumblr.
I’ve read a draft of KSH#2 and I can vouch that it takes the greatness of #1 and levels it up.
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August 31st, 2012
One Day Left to Contribute to THE PROJECTS Kickstarter
The Projects is an interesting Kickstarter campaign that was brought to my attention by a comment from the cartoonist Dunja Janković on Dan Nadel’s anti-crowdfunding post on The Comics Journal. In the comment she defends crowd-funding by bringing up the European model for comic festivals that are funded by government grants and sponsors. The European model for comics festivals seems very different from the American one (NB: I’ve only been to an American festival), less focused on individual artists selling their wares from behind a table and more focused on exhibiting and celebrating comics art. The Projects is an attempt by Janković, Jason Leivian (proprietor of Floating World Comics and one third of the publishing collective Press Gang), and others to bring that type of festival to Portland October 19th through 21st.
Today is the final day that you can contribute to the Kickstarter campaign for The Projects and as of me writing this (at about 10pm CST on Thursday) they still need a little under a thousand. Please spread the word and throw some cash in if you can! I think this is a really interesting idea. My favorite part of going to a con is the panels and talking to other comics enthusiasts – sitting behind a table trying to sell my comics can be exhausting. The Projects changes that dynamic by centering all of the comics sales in a pop-up shop and having a lot more panels and live art.
I’d love to see something like this happen in Austin, is anyone else into that idea?
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August 28th, 2012
Paper Party
My wife is opening up a shop called Paper Party in Domy Books in Austin. She’s going to sell stationary, art, party supplies, and gifts.
A photo by Glade from when Glade and Laura were screenprinting Paper Party/Olive tote bags for the preview party.
Paper Party is going in the former Domy gallery space alongside a vintage and handmade clothing and accessory shop called Olive, run by our friend Laura Uhlir. There’s still going to be a gallery but it’s moving to a different area. Paper Party and Olive Vintage set up a sneak peek of their shops this past weekend. They’ll be open every Tuesday through Sunday starting on September 1st.
Two photos of the Paper Party sneak peek by Glade.
Watching all of the store items trickle in the staging area in our house has been fun. I think Paper Party is going to be fantastic and I’m so proud of Glade! Running her own boutique has been her dream for years and it’s finally becoming a reality. She’s supporting other craftspeople by selling their stuff on consignment and working to source sustainable and reusable party supplies.
Two photos of Glade in her studio by Laura.
I’m so lucky to be married to be such an awesome lady. You should check out this profile of Glade that Laura posted on her Rad Lady blog. Laura took a bunch of beautiful photos of our house.
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