| Complete Take-Out |
[May. 13th, 2008|05:28 pm] |
Goodness, thanks, everyone for your kind and enthusiastic responses to my last post!
I don't have a specific publishing plan for Take-Out yet, but I've started compiling the work and organizing it for print. It could be late 2008 or early 2009; when I figure that out I'll let you know. The pricepoint will be about the average for a small graphic novel. It'll probably clock in at about 120 pages!
Wanting something soft and comforting to eat after a visit to the dentist this morning, I tried to replicate my brunch from the Tin Shed in Portland, which was basically mangoes with sticky rice, worded to convince the eater it is a healthy food. I used brown jasmine rice, thinking that would kick the health factor up a little, but after cooking the rice for the directed 50 minutes + 10 minutes steam time, it was still hard as little rocks! It took a full two and a a half hours, with more and more water being added to the pot, before it was even remotely edible. Huh.
In the end, the rice was okay, but the mango was the exciting part. A more perfect, ripe mango has never existed! I could eat another one RIGHT NOW, mmmm. |
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| Take-Out...One Volume? |
[May. 8th, 2008|02:36 pm] |
If I were to publish a Take-Out Collected Edition, containing all my old mini-comics in one book, would that be something you'd be interested in owning?
A few of said comics are on the web, but it would be good for my blood pressure to have them all in one place. Running over to Staples in the summer heat several times a year, only to jam up their copy machines and annoy the staff, while simultaneously filling up my apartment with millions of piles of uncoallated pieces of paper, gets a little tricky after 7 issues! |
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| Draw yourself as a teen |
[May. 2nd, 2008|06:49 pm] |
It is very hard to resist this meme!
Oh, and while I have you here, let me say that the rest of our Portland photos are now on Flickr! I think that means it's okay for me to go goof off now. :) |
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[May. 1st, 2008|01:26 pm] |
It is totally ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) alisa5179's birthday today!
Many wishes of vegan cupcakes and outdoor sketches and comics to you, Alisa! :D |
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| PDX, PWN'd! |
[Apr. 30th, 2008|03:39 pm] |
Dave and I had a fan-tas-tic time at the Stumptown Comics Fest! We got home late last night, feeling green from the rain, full from yummy brunches, and elated from the wonderful convention.
Our photos of the con proper can be found in this Flickr set; we have plenty more photos from running all over Portland with our friends, but our computer is on the edge of insanity and won't let me upload the rest, so you'll have to wait to see those. Hopefully tomorrow!
( Ramblings )
All in all, a great, great trip.
EXTRA-special thanks to Indigo Kelleigh and the entire organizing crew of Stumptown, for inviting us out, making us feel like rock stars, and generally being awesome and wonderful and terrific! |
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| I'm on Comic Geek Speak! |
[Apr. 23rd, 2008|02:26 pm] |
If you like listening to my squeaky voice talking about comics, I was interviewed for the Comic Geek Speak podcast and the episode is up on their site now (Episode 424, Stumptown Comics Fest, at the top of the page). Tara McPherson comes first, and then my part of the interview starts at about the 35-minute mark.
It was a fun discussion! Thanks to the CGS guys for having me on! |
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[Apr. 23rd, 2008|10:57 am] |
A couple of the character designs from my forthcoming X-men manga series were released at the NYCC last weekend, and now they've hit the web. Apparently Anzu (the artist)'s design for the Beast got a pretty good reaction from the panel crowd! |
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[Apr. 21st, 2008|05:07 pm] |
The New York Comic Con was awesome, and I'm pretty tired today and stuffed from a tasty brunch at the Roebling Tea Room (spiced Winter Peach tea! Mmmmm...). It was nice to see everyone I got to see this weekend, I ate a lot of great food, and I seem to have survived with my health mostly intact. There was a LOT of Avatar: TLA geekery, pleasant weather, and general positivity all around. Pictures later, perhaps?
We leave for Portland on Thursday evening! |
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[Apr. 15th, 2008|01:30 pm] |
Apropos of nothing, John and Marion decided to create a BATMAN-FLAVORED ICE CREAM.
They're not telling what's in it, though. Click the picture if you want to take a guess! |
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| Everything converges |
[Apr. 14th, 2008|06:08 pm] |
Dave and I turned in our finished X-men manga script today! Just in time for my schedule to turn upside down with busy-ness: we've got the NYCC this weekend, and Stumptown Comics Fest next.
Friday, April 18-Sunday, April 20
New York Comic Con
The Javits Center
NYC
Any time during the weekend, you can find me at booth #2247, the Comics Bakery booth. We'll be joined by our lovely friends rufftoon and music_slut at this show!
Sunday, I'm on two panels as part of their Kids' Day programming--in fact, everyone under 12 gets into the show for FREE on Sunday along with a paid adult admission!
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Turn Your Life Into A Comic!
Learn how to write comics autobiography.
With Raina Telgemeier and Marion Vitus.
For Ages 12 and Up.
Room 2D 04-05
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Comics For Girls
With Barbara Slate, Mike Pellerito, Allison Barrows, Jimmy Gownley, Buzz Dixon & Marlon Schulman, and Raina Telgemeier. Moderated by Christine Norrie.
Room 1E02
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April 26-27
Stumptown Comics Fest!
At the Lloyd Doubletree Hotel
1000 NE Multnomah St.
Porland, OR
10 AM - 6 PM both days
Dave and I will be set up at tables 69 and 70.
I've got one panel on Saturday:
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Spotlight on Raina Telgemeier
Moderated by Erika Moen
In the Idaho Room
All I can say is, I better not get sick this year! Vitamins, vitamins, vitamins... |
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[Apr. 10th, 2008|11:09 am] |
This Saturday: JHU Kids' Day!
Jim Hanley's Universe
4 West 33rd St. (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
NYC
10 AM - 6 PM
Join me and a host of other kids' comics creators for signings, activities, games, and snacks! For the full day's schedule, click the link above. I will sign books from 2-4 PM, but the event goes on all day long. |
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| SMILE: I am not being lazy |
[Apr. 3rd, 2008|12:56 pm] |
A few months ago, when I first announced my hiatus/call for guest strips on SMILE, I guessed I'd be back in business come April. Well, here we are, in the fourth month of the year already...
What's happening is, I decided to write the story through the end before starting to draw again. It is SO CLOSE to being finished right now, I can hardly believe it! Yet, there are other things taking me away from working on it--a little superhero script that's due next week; upcoming travel and conventions and library things and signings; life in general.
So, it's going to be a little while longer, but I promise to make it worth the wait! |
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[Apr. 1st, 2008|01:48 pm] |
You know, I have been fake-dumped TWICE on April Fool's Day? By different people!
Not ever by Dave, thank goodness, but seriously. |
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| Kids' Comic Con: This Weekend! |
[Mar. 27th, 2008|12:41 pm] |
This Saturday, March 29, I'll be appearing at the Kids' Comic Con!
What: An all-day festival celebrating comics geared towards younger readers.
Where: Bronx Community College on 181st Street and University Avenue.
Once you're on campus, look for the signs pointing your way!
When: 10AM-6PM.
Admission is FREE for anyone 17 and under!
Me and the Comics Bakery crew will have our full line-up of young reader friendly merchandise, including the brand-new Teen Boat T-shirts:
I'll have plenty of BSC graphic novels, original art, and lots of extra goodies, as usual. Last year's inagural KCC was a ton of fun, and this year promises to be the same! |
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[Mar. 19th, 2008|06:05 pm] |
Okay, well now that HE has posted about it, I can too. Dave was in the hospital for 4 days with a sudden and unexpected colon infection--SUPER ironic because I've always been the one with the stomach problems!
SPLAT was kinda bizarre as a result. I'd only had two hours of sleep after hanging out with Dave in the ER all night, and I arrived still not having a clue what was wrong with him...so it was nice to be there and utterly surrounded by friends and people I adore, but I was in a pretty weird headspace. I managed to pull through for the panel I was on, but bolted as soon as it was over to head to the hospital.
I could tell you all about it, but there is really no need. His journal entry sums it up pretty well.
I'm just happy to have him home. |
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[Feb. 27th, 2008|12:14 pm] |
Today's guest comic is by my very good friend, Tyler Page! He once had his orthodontic wires stab him in the cheeck on Christmas Day, which is not a nice thing. But the comic turned out great! Click the pic above to read the whole thing.
And since comics and dental drama are the name of the game, check out Rachel Nabors' situation: She's a fellow comicker who needs extensive, EXPENSIVE dental surgery, and doesn't have insurance! The banner below will take you to more information about Rachel.
Finally, I am now out of comics to run as guest spots! I mention this mostly because a HUGE amount of people have asked about creating strips for me to run, and now I could really use them! I won't be able to pick up SMILE duties again for at least another month as I wrap up production on BSC and the X-men script, so if you're waiting for some sort of deadline for this project...it's now. :)
Thanks, everyone! |
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| A Swell Season Indeed |
[Feb. 25th, 2008|02:52 pm] |
It's no secret that Glen Hansard, the lead singer of The Frames, is one of my very favorite musicians. Over the last 5 years I've seen the band play at least ten times, and each time is better than the last--they put on a live show like no other. So, last year when I started to hear rumblings of a little film called "Once" making waves at Sundance, starring Glen and featuring a soundtrack of his original music, I hoped it would at least make it to DVD stateside.
When it was released as an arthouse title in New York City cinemas last summer, I considered myself lucky to already know the music of the people onscreen who stole the audience's breath away. Glen and his co-star Marketa Irglova quickly won over critics and as the year went on film became a breakaway hit, earning several million dollars, rave reviews, and finally getting nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song.
Well, they won. Dave and I cheered. We were so excited. The only thing that cut into the awesomeness was when Glen and Marketa were ushered offstage before Marketa had a chance to say her own thanks; but you see that sort of thing a lot on the Oscars.
So when, after the commercial break, they actually brought Marketa BACK onstage to give her acceptance speech, I was floored! I don't think I've ever seen that happen before. Luckily she had a really nice speech to give, and I'm still beaming over the fact that they let her do it. |
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| Say Goodbye to Your Friends |
[Feb. 21st, 2008|07:22 pm] |
I just felt I would tell you guys:
I AM DONE INKING THE 4TH AND FINAL BSC GRAPHIC NOVEL.
There's still a couple weeks of pre-production work to be done, but holy cow. The last 4 years of my life just came to an end. |
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| Not Topic |
[Feb. 21st, 2008|02:46 pm] |
My friend Jess Fink recently had one of her T-shirt designs ripped off by mega mall-chain Hot Topic. Jess's shirts were originally available from Threadless.com, who stands behind her on this one, but HT is being a jerk and not returning her calls. This is not fair. Please help support Jess and re-post this banner if you are able!
Read more about it on Jess' LJ! |
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