Blog Archive

I Can See The Birds - 2015
May 6, 2016

This one is my Yo La Tengo comic on the shoulders of the poetry giant, Mary Oliver. The words are excerpted from her poem, Wild Geese.

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PCS September: Side B
Sep 3, 2015

I worked this all out last August, but it never made it online! Here are some thoughts I had after reflecting on a series of library workshops that I did at several branches of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

I’d like to talk to you a little about doing comics workshops with teens. If you’re like me, you can sometimes get a little bottled up in your art practice. You find yourself in artistic ruts that you just can’t seem to get out of for weeks. You want to be writing, drawing, sequencing, but nothing comes…

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PCS: September - Side A
Sep 3, 2015

Daunted and Freed by the Script

Every month I’ve been putting together a recap of the Comics Salon happenings for supporters of the Comics Salon Patreon. I’d like to start sharing those thoughts here with you. Let me know what you think, comes to mind while you read in the comments. If you’d like to support the ongoing efforts of the Pittsburgh Comics Salon, take a look at the Patreon page I’ve set up. Be a patron of the arts in Pittsburgh, whydontcha?

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GIF-Comics - Explorations
Apr 8, 2015

I’ve been exploring animating comics. I’m above all in making comics that encourage the viewer to “read” animations. GIFs in comics tend to be a novelty, a background texture. These thoughts are rough. I’d love to hear what any one reading this has to say about the intersection of animation and comics.

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Building Visual Language - a lexicon of mark making!
Feb 17, 2015

I’m having a blast working on this everyday. lo estoy pasando estupendamente dibujando en este librito todos los dias.*

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PIX 2015 is coming up...
Feb 11, 2015

Let me tell you, Jenn and I are keeping busy. We’ve got some new books in the works that we’re really excited to be bringing into the world at the end of March at PIX, the Pittsburgh Indy Comics Expo.

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A 2014 Recap in 2015
Feb 7, 2015

dear diary, I want to fill you in on what’s happened since the last time we talked.

I moved back to Pittsburgh to be by Jenn’s side. We’ve been making lots of little books and spending lots of time together.

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Comics Cloud Burst
Oct 14, 2014

I’ve put together some little booklets that collect my comics. The first four issues of Crinkled Comics.

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Cuttin' the rug
Apr 25, 2014

My hands are zippin’ here and there as I finish my year of cartooning here in Vermont at the Center for Cartoon Studies. Can you picture the kinds of comics that these little bits and bobs will create?

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Quick and Dirty Printing: PARAFIGHT
Dec 18, 2013

Last night I whipped up and printed these posters for my friend, Willow Payne.

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