LUCY BELLWOOD LIKES YOUR BOAT

Hey Portland! Just wanted to let you know I’ll be appearing on a panel in Portland tomorrow as part of this neat event called The Wild. If you have an interest in print goodness, why not stop by to hear Sarah Mirk, Zack Soto, Francois Vigneault, and yours truly discuss the state of comics and independent publishing in the digital age? The panel will be moderated by Justin Hocking and it’s absolutely free! It all goes down tomorrow (Tuesday) from 7pm to 8:30pm at the Independent Publishing Resource Center (1001 SE Division St). More details on the event site.

See you there!

vulpesfluxus:

First up on my reviews of the books I picked up at TCAF 2013 is “True Believer” By Lucy Bellwood.

I had heard her name from a friend a few times but I had not actually read or seen any of Lucy’s work before. I even missed out on her Kickstarter for the comics creation. Luckily TCAF…

Thanks to Chris for this very kind review of True Believer! If you missed the announcement a few weeks back, the comic is now available for digital download on Gumroad as well as in physical form via my store.

caseyboots:

Allow me to brag!

TCAF was really great this year, although I was very tired the whole entire time. Here I have drawn my entire haul and a few things I remember fondly. Really there were many more things that happened but I am too lazy to draw them. I met most of the people I bought from and everyone was so nice. I am marveling at my purchases. I don’t know when I’ll have the money to eat again, but I have zero regrets about what I spent.

I just remembered that I never managed to see Katie Shanahan! She was coincidentally away from her table every time I walked by. Anyways great perfect TCAF, I got to spend time with a lot of people I admire. Which is so stressful and good.

Aw, you guys. Carolyn is amazing. Also: who else had the balls to DRAW THEIR ENTIRE TCAF HAUL. I gotta step up my game.

Apologies to anyone who tried to order a physical copy of Baggywrinkles yesterday. There was a stock number issue in the store, so it was showing up as sold out. This is not the case! Pre-order with ease right here.

Sorry for the mix-up!

After a sell-out weekend at TCAF, I’m suuuuper excited to announce that Baggywrinkles #4: The Plank is now available for all and sundry both online and in physical form! Download the PDF for free via Gumroad, read the rest of the comic on my site, or purchase a print copy via Storenvy. The possibilities are endless!

HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS TCAF IS NUTS.

I’ve sold out of all my copies of Baggywrinkles (1, 2, 3, AND 4!) and Tales from the Fragment, but if you come back tomorrow I’ll have limited numbers of True Believer, t-shirts, prints, buttons, and some custom watercolor paintings.

Kicking myself for not bringing more stuff, but at least this means I can run around and meet all these other cool comics people tomorrow.

Hooray for Canada! Hooray for comics! HOORAY FOR TCAF!

Finished the prototype for Baggywrinkles #4 at 6:14pm this evening. Went out to see Iron Man 3 to celebrate. Frankly, the way people imagine it must feel to be Iron Man is the way I feel when I make comics. I love this fact.

Books are gonna be ready tomorrow afternoon. Flying to Toronto Thursday morning. Partying it up all weekend at TCAF. Dying happy.

INKED.

Eh-heh-heh.

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Done on a quick break from inking the last of Baggywrinkles #4. TWO PAGES TO GO! SO CLOSE! 

Plunged into inking Baggywrinkles #4 this week. Gotta finish twelve pages before Monday so the comic can go to print in time for TCAF.

LET’S DO THIS.

erikamoen:

kateordie:

Good things come to those who wait - Erika Moen’s got a new webcomic review site called Oh Joy, Sex Toy! It is, for obvious reasons, NSFW. You should go and bookmark it, because every Tuesday she’ll be posting a new one and I can’t wait.

Erika for president!

Thank you, Kate! 

Yes, it’s true, Dear Perverts, my new weekly comic is finally live! I hope you’ll join me every Tuesday for a celebration of fornication at Oh Joy, Sex Toy ;)

All my favorite things in one place.

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It’s that time of year again, folks! The Stumptown Comics Fest arrives this weekend and I’ll be boating it up at table D02 with fellow nautical cartoonist Molly Hayden for all your Baggywrinkle-related needs. The show runs Saturday (10am to 6pm) and Sunday (12pm-6pm) at the Oregon Convention Center, and costs $10 per day or $15 for the whole weekend — a steal! Kory Bing was kind enough to make this goofy map, where you can see all the fabulous folks who’ll be tabling around me!

Basically, it’s gonna be a party.

Speaking of parties, I’ll also be participating in the annual Stumptown Art Battle during the official Saturday night after party at the Jupiter Hotel! Come see me duke it out with fellow cartoonists Ming Doyle, Dash Shaw, Jeff Parker, Mike Russell, and Cat Farris as we vie for your drunken approval.

ADDITIONALLY: Those of you who missed my Freelance Badassery talk in January can catch it in an all-new incarnation on Saturday from 12-12:45 in Room B113. The Righteous Creative will be a snappy 45-minute pep talk to help you navigate the pitfalls of dealing with inner critics and figuring out how to do the work you love. We’ll discuss strategies for conquering the blank page, building and maintaining momentum, and staying on target. Bring your best creative productivity tips, as there will be a skill-share portion of the discussion.

Apart from that, I’ll just be hanging out at the table for the rest of the weekend, so come say hello! Table wares include Baggywrinkles 1, 2, and 3*, True Believer, Tales from the Fragment, button packs, prints, ladies’ t-shirts, original watercolors (I only have a few of the super-popular talking birds left!), and the one, the only, SQUEAKY WALRUS.

*A note about Baggywrinkles #4: Although I had originally planned to have the issue out by Stumptown, my unexpected trip home to help my dad recover from hip surgery threw a spanner in the works and set me back a few weeks. Rest assured, I’m busting my buns to get it finished in time for TCAF, so if you’re dying for a copy it should be here by mid-May. Thanks for understanding, guys! I’ll bring some of the in-progress pages so you can all get a sneak peek.

See you on the floor!

grahamkahler:

hicandhoc:

emigennis:

Come to the release party of the Hic & Hoc anthology tonight at  Floating World Comics!

Unknown Origins & Untimely Ends Release Party
5-7pm Wednesday, April 24th
Floating World Comics
400 NW Couch St.
Portland, OR 97209

DON’T FORGET DAMMIT

HEAR HEAR! I will be there there.

Portland, I’m still sick and therefore will not subject you to my germs in public, but YOU SHOULD GO TO THIS THING. It will be a great thing.

You can now acquire True Believer, my breakout comic from last year, as a high-quality digital download via Gumroad. I’m excited about this for a number of reasons, not least of which is Gumroad’s elegant sales system. The base price for the download is $3, but you can pay more if you really enjoy it and/or want to help me keep making comics with more of a boost. You’ll receive the full 36-page story via immediate download, plus a link in your email in case you lose track of it in the future. Gumroad is excellent because you can also revisit the site and it will remember your purchases, so you can download it again if your email explodes or something equally horrific.

Basically, once you buy this thing you’ll never be able to get rid of it. Hooray!

To learn more about the comic, check out last year’s Kickstarter campaign.

To go straight to the product page on Gumroad, click the image above or follow this link!

A handful of chapter heading tattoo designs I did for Waterlogged: Tales from the Seventh Sea!

Be sure the check out the IndieGoGo campaign to help print this hardcover, 200-page anthology of nautical comics, including Navy Ink, a story written by Shannon Campbell and drawn by yours truly.