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Somebody got a beautiful tattoo of my drawing.

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:04:30 -0700

Somebody got a beautiful tattoo of my drawing.

Women don’t know how to take a compliment! My contribution...

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:45:16 -0700

Women don’t know how to take a compliment! My contribution to “The Tortured Page,” which was an art show at Current Gallery in Baltimore, MD, in March 2013, and now also an anthology which debuts this weekend at TCAF, both curated by Noel Freibert.

wweeiirrdd: (reblog contest, 1 free copy of The Tortured Page...

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:12:27 -0700

wweeiirrdd:

(reblog contest, 1 free copy of The Tortured Page will be sent to 1 randomly chosen re-blogger of this post, i will only ship within the continental usa for free, reblog by May 16th 2013 to be eligible for a free copy)

The Tortured Page exhibition catalog, 60 pages black and white, Edition of 100. Comes in black plastic bag with one nail from the exhibition.

Features exclusive one page comics by:

Chris Adams, Lala Albert, Heather Benjamin, Clara Bessijelle, Brian Blomerth, Zoe Burke, Andy Burkholder, Jon Chandler, Brian Chippendale, Michael Comeau, Anya Davidson, Chris Day, Michael Deforge, A. Degen, Anna Ehrlemark, Austin English, Eamon Espey, Kodi Fabricant, CF, Chuck Forsman, Mr. Freibert, Ash H.G., Billy Grant, Julia Gfrörer, Katbus, Joe Kessler, Patrick Kyle, Dunja Jankovic, Lando, Benjamin Marra, Jesse McManus, Anthony Meloro, Jason T. Miles, Max Morris, Max Mose, Molly O’Connell, Leon Sadler, Stefan Sadler, Sister Arrow, Conor Stechschulte, Ben Stiegler, Panayiotis Terzis, Matthew Thurber, Tom Toye, Zach Hazard Vaupen, Leslie Weibeler, Lauren Weinstein, Lale Westvind, Leah Wishnia

Last week so many of you followed me and reblogged page one of...

Mon, 06 May 2013 09:45:18 -0700

Last week so many of you followed me and reblogged page one of “Lilith in Exile,” the demonic autobio porn comic I drew for Kuš! #13, I decided to share page two with you as well. Read the rest in the newly-released Kuš! #13, Life Is Live, now available from the Kus webstore.

Happy Free Comic Book Day! This is a preview of “The 39...

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:48:00 -0700

Happy Free Comic Book Day! This is a preview of “The 39 Ryan Goslings,” my contribution to the new Runner Runner, a free comics anthology published by Tugboat Press.

It’s available today at select stores across America, including: Atomic Books (Baltimore, MD), Big Planet Comics (Vienna, VA - Washington DC - College Park, MD), Bridge City Comics (Portland, OR), Chicago Comics (Chicago, IL), Copacetic Comics (Pittsburgh, PA), Cosmic Monkey (Portland, OR), Danger Room (Olympia, WA), Escapist Books (Berkeley, CA), Floating World (Portland, OR), Green Brain (Dearborn, MI), Hub Comics (Somerville, MA), and Quimby’s Books (Chicago, IL).

When you see me on a panel you’re like, “god damn...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:35:30 -0700

With Daniel Duford, Sean Christensen and Jon McNaught on the panel "Two-Faced Artist Lives Double Life in Single Body!" moderated by Chloe Eudaly.

With Daniel Duford, Sean Christensen and Jon McNaught on the panel "Two-Faced Artist Lives Double Life in Single Body!" moderated by Chloe Eudaly.

With T. Edward Bak, Tim Goodyear, Tom Neely, and David Lasky on Milo George's Dylan Williams Tribute Panel.

With T. Edward Bak, Tim Goodyear, Tom Neely, and Elijah Brubaker on Milo George's Dylan Williams Tribute Panel.

When you see me on a panel you’re like, “god damn that woman looks insightful as hell right now.” And then you’re like, “Does she have her green notebook? OK, yeah, she has it.”

fantagraphics: Original pages for Julia Gfrörer’s Black is the...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:11:27 -0700

fantagraphics:

Original pages for Julia Gfrörer’s Black is the Color were delivered. www.fantagraphics.com/blackisthecolor

WHEW

Julia Gfrörer, Asher Craw, and Suzette Smith, Pantocrators (by...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:10:53 -0700

Julia Gfrörer, Asher Craw, and Suzette Smith, Pantocrators

(by ocean yamaha)

Nostalgia for Stumptown Comics Fests past. Come visit me at...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:00:05 -0700

2009, the first time I tabled at Stumptown. Sarah Oleksyk shared her table with me.

2010, at Tom Neely's table with Sean Christensen and Graham Kahler.

2011, at the Family Style table with François Vigneault and Jonas Madden-Connor.

2012, I shared a table with Kinoko.

Nostalgia for Stumptown Comics Fests past. Come visit me at table H04 all weekend long.

Photo

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:22:58 -0700

hicandhoc: Emi Gennis’s Unknown Origins & Untimely Ends is...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:56:10 -0700

hicandhoc:

Emi Gennis’s Unknown Origins & Untimely Ends is now available at the Hic & Hoc store.

You can also get it at Stumptown and TCAF!

I’ll have a couple copies of this anthology, which features my comic about the Voynich manuscript, for sale at my table at Stumptown this weekend.

smithzette: Julia Gfrorer Asher Craw and I are tabling at...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:16:54 -0700

smithzette:

Julia Gfrorer Asher Craw and I are tabling at Stumptown tomorrow (?!), and Sunday at fancy black square H04. There may or may not be a real human skull at the table. I heard that Sarah Mirk was going to get rid of her table completely and just put out a friendship rug. We won’t be doing that.

Public service announcement.

"Asher wins for Zebadiah, “An alternative reality autobiography….It chronicles the soul of Zebadiah..."

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:55:51 -0700

“Asher wins for Zebadiah, “An alternative reality autobiography….It chronicles the soul of Zebadiah Howard before and after it is possessed by the devil, then placed in the body of Asher Z Craw fifteen years later.”
In a time when it seems hard to be original, the best route to originality seems to be: keep your heart open and use what tools you can to try to see what’s it telling you. Asher Craw seems to be on this path. Zebadiah is a strange, quiet work, a personal myth about losing one’s soul, and trying to stay connected to the ones you love. He has studied at the IPRC in Portland, Oregon and has recently been awarded something or other at that city’s Gridlords event (sorry- we’re on the East Coast so transmissions are hazy.) On top of that, his ancillary work, Dream Guide and Take a Picture demonstrate a desire to experiment, and tune the dials of his existence until something comes into focus. Look for issues two and three, out soon.”

- SAW Micro Grant Awardees announced

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SEQUENTIAL ARTISTS WORKSHOP! I will do my best to live up to this honor.
(via ashersprogress)
SO PROUD

milkybootscomics: puzzleoverit: dominobooks: Hey everyone! A...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 06:44:51 -0700

milkybootscomics:

puzzleoverit:

dominobooks:

Hey everyone! A lot of you may have heard about this already, but DOMINO is losing our headquarters, 282 Broadway/Cartoon House (also the place that I and many other people in the arts/comics community live out of). It’s a sad situation—-so much work has been made in this apartment, and many artists/cartoonists/people-involved-in-art have called it their home over the last decade, including Lizz Hickey, Jon Vermilyea, Jesse McManus, Clara Bessijelle, Bald Eagles/Victor Cayro, Christopher Ortiz, Becca Kacanda, Jeff Ladoceur, Dave Nuss, Bill Kartalopoulos, Aidan Koch and myself, Austin English. The apartment has also been a ‘safe-house’ for cartoonists and artists visiting New York—-it would be hard to list all the people who have crashed here for a day or a week or months while working on their art.

The space also serves as the headquarters for 3 small publishers—-DOMINO, Rebus Books and Revival House. For small businesses like ours, the move will be involved and cut into our already razor-thin-margins operations. Make no mistake, we will survive and continue to thrive after this move! BUT—-DOMINO is asking for your help today by asking for one simple thing: if you’ve been considering ordering any of our books——especially the 6 books we publish, DARK TOMATO, SPIDER MONKEY, FACE MAN, DIFFICULT LOVES, SPACE BASKET or TUSEN HJARTAN STARK—-now would be a wonderful time for you to go ahead and buy them! We offer all six books together for $26 (you get TUSEN for free, plus pay no shipping). But, really, any order today helps us out with this move and lightens our load (less books, less to move)!

Thanks you guys! Link to the store below—-check it out and feel free to share this!

http://dominobooks.org/store.html

if you can purchase something from Domino Books or can at least reblog this. They are an incredible selfpublishing energy!

The first time I met Austin I got mad at him for eating my carrots…but he is a real sweetheart and could really use your help. Plus his books are FANTASTIC.

Austin’s a good guy and you probably need these books.

"When it comes to art, isn’t it inconsequential whether the person who created a particular work is..."

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:24:12 -0700

“

When it comes to art, isn’t it inconsequential whether the person who created a particular work is female or male? Yet all is not equal in the art world. For evidence of this, one need only look at the results of art auctions. For years, only one woman has ranked among the top sellers internationally — American artist Cindy Sherman.

In other words, in a milieu that has always considered itself nonconformist, unconventional, even radical and certainly progressive — a world in which feminism is part of the general discourse — women seem to be at a distinct disadvantage.

…

Gender inequality in the art world is not just a subjective impression. Female artists’ works are displayed considerably less often — and art needs an audience, a chance to prove itself.

”

- “The Gallery’s Glass Ceiling: Sexism Persists in Art World,” Ulrike Knöfel (via scarymansion)
Fun activity: every time you see a group art show or anthology, compare the number of men against the number of women who contributed. If they’re equal, check to see whether the promotional material is pink or includes references to the sexuality of the contributors.
Bonus round: try not to think about suicide.

"There are times… when the pain is so unbelievable that the literally unbelievable makes as..."

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:30:27 -0700

“There are times… when the pain is so unbelievable that the literally unbelievable makes as much sense as anything else in that moment. In a cycle that’s both vicious and virtuous, this interplay of supernatural-horror imagery and real-life-horror emotion enriches and strengthens the power of both.”

- (via Webcomic Wednesday: Megg and Mogg - “Megg’s Depression” by Simon Hanselmann)

Yes, that’s exactly it.

gingerlandcomics: study-group: So in all the hustle and bustle...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:07:13 -0700

gingerlandcomics:

study-group:

So in all the hustle and bustle trying to get Farel Dalrymple’s new book promoted and ready for Stumptown Comics Fest, we haven’t really talked about our other debut of the show:

Study Group Magazine #2!

Yes, it’s true. We finally got it together. It’s here, and it’s beautiful. Same format as #1 but in classic SG Pink & Blue this time.

Art & Comics Contributions From:

Jesse Balmer

Lilli Carre

Michael Deforge

Jeremy Onsmith

Lark Pien

Tim Root

Kris Mukai

Mickey Z

Zack Soto

Trevor Alixopulos

JT Dockery

Dan Zettwoch

Julia Gfrorer

Jonny Negron

David King

Aidan Koch

Chris Kuzma

Sam Alden

And Comics Journalism by:

Rob Clough on Josh Bayer

JT Dockery visits with John Byrne

Milo George interviews Angie Wang (who provides our cover)

Sean Witzke on Baker & Helfer’s JUSTICE INC.

Zack Soto interviews Maré Odomo

64 oversized two-color pages, edited by Milo George & Zack Soto. Drops 4/27/13.

(art above by David King)

I have some stuff in the new Study Group anthology, which looks gorgeous and is chock-full of amazing, amazing artists. Debuting at Stumptown!

"Black siren milk that poor sailor prolongs life. What decompresses and eviscerating moment trying to..."

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:55:28 -0700

“Black siren milk that poor sailor prolongs life. What decompresses and eviscerating moment trying to have a genuine connection with another human being. However, despite temptations and incentives and înghiontirilor, questions, and problems they rarely succeed sailor look away from the horizon of the sea, the nothingness that will inevitably sink. And the morning came to abandon it in the sun and China.”

- Webcomics: Black Is The Color | WEBCOMICS.ro (this is translated from the original Romanian-language review via Google Translate, but I thought it was very beautiful still)

Zebadiah part 2 by Asher Craw : Gridlords review by Sean Christensen

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:46:53 -0700

gridlords:

I recently received my early edition of Asher Craw’s Zebadiah part 2. I knew in advance where the story was going, and a little of its contents, as Asher & I had discussed it & he has been generous enough to share it with me as it forms. Even knowing what was to come and having my mind feel overwhelmed in anticipation, could not numb the utter love, wonder, sadness, and lust for life that this story instills in me! Asher is a powerful storyteller and he is using it for good & for a revolutionary purpose that doesn’t hit you in a way that deters from its magic as just a story alone. I’ll leave its harmony to your own discovery between the pages. This new issue makes it more apparent that each of these parts can stand on their own as well as being part of the whole, which is something you rarely see in the world of comics.

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Asher Craw will be have copies of ZEBADIAH II at my table at Stumptown Comics Fest this month. He’s gonna be a star this time next year so meet him while you can.

"It seems that the Parisian Oulipo group has recently constructed a matrix of all possible..."

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:26:00 -0700

“

It seems that the Parisian Oulipo group has recently constructed a matrix of all possible murder-story situations and has found that there is still to be written a book in which the murderer is the reader.

Moral: there exist obsessive ideas, they are never personal; books talk among themselves, and any true detection should prove that we are the guilty party.

”

- Umberto Eco, PostScript to the Name of the Rose