Following my translation of a Dominique Goblet interview a few months ago, I decided to take on a bigger task: a massive, three part interview with Fabrice Neaud by Sébastien Solielle, originally published on his comprehensive site about Neaud’s work. This is just the first part, and I hope to get to other two parts […]
The Reality of Fiction: An Interview with Dominique Goblet
I wanted to translate this interview because it occurred at an interesting time in Goblet’s career, around the time that her book Souvenir d’une journée parfaite [Memory of a Perfect Day] was first published. Faire semblant c’est mentir [Pretending Is Lying], her most prominent book certainly in English and arguably in French also, is years […]
Some Notes on IngramSpark
I published two books earlier this year through IngramSpark, a print-on-demand service associated with the book distributor Ingram, and I’m now getting ready to publish a third one. There are plenty of resources out there about POD generally and IngramSpark specifically, but I haven’t found anything that goes into detail on topics that are important […]
Recent News
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here so I thought I’d take some time to talk about what I’ve been up to lately. A new issue of Yearly 2021 is out, the second of three for this year. It continues the Virginia Woolf and Georgia O’Keeffe stories from last issue. I’ve heard some […]
Some New Comics
After a few years of maintaining a regular schedule, I have more recently been negligent about posting here. I’ve been a bit more active on Instagram, because I can mindlessly share a page of whatever I’m working on – and I have been working a lot! So I’m posting now because I have some new […]
2020
I was taken, from the first time I saw it, with the small list of “Good Cartoonists Gone” that appears in Sammy Harkham’s Crickets #3. A discussion on Comics Comics soon after that issue’s publication provides an even longer list of cartoonists who have moved on to other pursuits, or in rare cases vanished entirely. […]
August
What is it, to be in a rut? For me, it’s a lack of excitement for drawing, paired more sinisterly with a disinterest in synthesizing that excitement. A lack of focus or purpose. I’ve been so tired lately, napping in the early evening or sleeping later than I have in years. I’m drawing in my […]
July
Thanks to everyone who has ordered Yearly 2020 in the past several weeks. I’m looking forward to hearing what people think about it. I spent several days in early August having conversations on Instagram Live with three of my favorite cartoonists: Madeleine Jubilee Saito, Kimball Anderson, and Warren Craghead. You can’t watch them any more, […]
Yearly 2020
I’m excited to share the newest issue of Yearly, my annual series of comics. It’s available to order now. If you’re new here, I’ve printed this series since 2018 and hope to continue making it until I die. The 2020 issue contains: Drowned River – A couple passes time in a flooded home. A story […]
June
If you follow my work, you might know that I tend to produce several drafts of a project, letting a few months pass between each draft so that I can see the piece with fresh eyes. An unremarkable act in prose writing, I think, but a little unusual for comics. I think this approach works […]