Some things I didn't think [spoilers of various things ahead]:

1.) I didn't think Deadwood had the capacity to shock me any further midway into its third season, but it did. Specifically, Dan's fight in the thoroughfare. That shit was crazy. Really enjoying the third season after a bit of a slump in the second. Having a clearly defined villain is ( Read more... )

Oh man, what a great week for comics right now. First off:

Raina's SMILE is out now. Everyone needs to go pick up a copy. It is super special. Seriously.

Jen's comic actually exists in physical form. OMG so excited. I have a great story about the first time I ever read a draft of it, but I am saving that for when the book get its proper release ( Read more... )

- Hope Larson's Salamander Dream now available on the Kindle!

- The Torontoist interviews me- And where my head is at today: I want to write a realistic, gritty "re-imagining" of Star Trek, where all the technology is supplied by Apple, all the uniforms are black turtlenecks, and the reason why there's no money in this universe is because the ( Read more... )

I'm not sure why, but I feel like I've been talking a lot about Flight this past week. Maybe it's simply because production on Volume 7 is starting to kick into gear (omg deadlines!), but for whatever reason, it got me thinking back to the very first Flight and how successful everyone has become. I know I've commented casually about this to people ( Read more... )

Back from Portland. It was a pretty great trip! (Lengthy) point form recap:

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Blah blah blah TCAF blah blah blah, and a "deleted scene" from Monster in the City!

Free Comic Book Day came and went, and like practically everyone else, I came away from it with a drawing by Kate Beaton:


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Agh, I was supposed to get some other crap done today, but I realized that I have not broadcasted this properly:

Free Comic Book Day is tomorrow. Go out and get some free comics. I have new Jellaby stories in the Comics Festival book. Will be at the Palmerston Library and The Beguiling signing and drawing and stuff for pretty much the entire ( Read more... )

Hey, you guys. Did you know that there are Yotsuba image albums (soundtracks) out there? I totally did not!


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But! It is that time of year where a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love, and a young cartoonist must fancy to shamelessly promote himself. So. Here is some information for you about Jellaby: Monster in the City that should be read IMMEDIATELY. It will be in finer comic and bookstores everywhere on April 21. And as noted in that post, I ( Read more... )