Canteen Wine

There's a new review of The Heavy Hand on The Comics Journal website by Rob Clough, go check it out, he has an interesting take.

Stink

Olympia Comics Festival

This upcoming Saturday, May 21st, I will be at a table with Tim Root at the Olympia Comics Festival, between Kelly Froh & Max Clotfelter's table and the Sparkplug Comic Books booth. It looks like we'll have our backs to Jim Blanchard, so we'd better be on our toes! We will have our assorted comics & T-shirts for sale, The Heavy Hand, can koozies, who knows what else! Come by and say hello!

The Merch Booth

I have some new T-shirts for sale! This is a four color eyeball design, printed by AOK Screenprinting in Portland! Available in Men's Medium, Large, and Extra Large. These are on "natural" shirts, all cotton.
I also have ladies size Large, which is a regular white V-neck in three styles.
1: V-neck goes into the pink pattern, eyeball centered.
2: NO pink pattern at all, eyeball centered.
3. Eyeball on right chest, no pink pattern.
They all look good! Please specify which type you'd like in your order. Shirts are $15 plus shipping, Paypal buttons on the right side of this blog.

Also, I am selling a four-color print that I made in my basement. Edition of 36, signed & numbered. $20 plus shipping.
I'll be adding some more merchandise as I get it together, including minicomics, original art, & can coozies! Please email with any questions or comments.
Thanks for checking this stuff out!

Who Are These Goofballs?

Portland all-comics weekend!
The above drawing is one of my contributions to an art exhibit at Guapo Comics opening Friday night April 15th. There's a party featuring readings, awards, and refreshments. I'll be projecting some pages from The Heavy Hand with live & taped audio accompaniment.

Saturday & Sunday I'll be at the Stumptown Comics Fest, at table E-18 with Ian Sundahl, John Isaacson, & Tim Goodyear, and I'll also be spending some time at the Sparkplug Comic Books table.

I'll have some new t-shirts & Stun Nuts #8, as well as The Heavy Hand, some new silkscreen prints, various zines and some surprise promotional items.
We'll also have copies of Tim Root's new comic!

Also, don't forget to check out my artwork at the Pioneer Place Mall, there are reception parties both Friday & Saturday nights.

See you this weekend!

Your Planet

I have a bunch of original art in a group show opening Friday the 15th at the People's Art of Portland gallery Suite 4005 on the Third floor at the Pioneer Square Mall, 700 SW Fifth, downtown Portland.
There are receptions with refreshments on both Friday & Saturday nights, April 15th & 16th, from 5 until 10pm. Go check it out!
It is a pretty random assortment of comics-type artists, include Portlanders James Michael Williams, Farel Dalrymple, and Aron Nels Steinke, as well as (according to the flyer image) the greats Rick Veitch and Ramona Fradon!

CD/FM Radio

Hey blog-readers, do you have a CD player? What about some computer thing where you can play music files? Great! Now click on this link to my friend Nicholab's great Ghostcapital blog, where I have contributed a mix disk, including cover artwork!
This is not an official Heavy Hand soundtrack, but it would probably be good to listen to while reading comic books, or drawing, or washing dishes.
If you had asked me to make you a mix disk while I was drawing The Heavy Hand, it would have sounded a lot like this one.
Ghostcapital has all kinds of choice music info & stuff, you should spend some time browsing the archives...