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strangerdistro: Two crucial bits of Stranger Danger info: (1)...

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:05:50 -0400

Two crucial bits of Stranger Danger info:

(1) All domestic orders placed from now until Wednesday night (October 24th) will receive FREE SHIPPING (within the USA only! Sorry, international folks! It’s too expensive to mail things to you!). This offer is good for any zines in the Stranger Danger catalog (books not included! Too heavy!). Check out the catalog here!

(2) The newest postcard in the Stranger Danger Postcard Series is designed by my good bud Marissa Falco of Miss Sequential and Inspirado zines! I met Marissa through her old zine Red Hooded Sweatshirt roughly 14 years ago & I’ve loved her artwork ever since, so I am beyond excited that she’s part of this postcard project. Each distro order comes with free postcards (designed by Ramsey Beyer & Jenna Brager & now Marissa, as well!) but if you want to order more, you can do that too.

strangerdistro: dear everyone who writes a zine (or does any...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:52:02 -0400

strangerdistro:

dear everyone who writes a zine (or does any other type of creative project): buy inspirado. it will make you think about the reasons you create zines, and the ways you create zines, and why zines rule your life. this is one of those projects that pushes you to MAKE THINGS. i am pulling off the cover & taping it to my wall as a reminder.

(http://www.etsy.com/listing/97992309/inspirado-a-zine-conversation-about-art)

Five reasons to check out my work at Somerville Open Studios next weekend

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:48:47 -0400

Five reasons to check out my work at Somerville Open Studios next weekend

NEW ZINE ALERT: INSPIRADO This zine is a collaboration with my...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:25:00 -0400

NEW ZINE ALERT: INSPIRADO

This zine is a collaboration with my friend and fellow Somerville artist Megan Mary Creamer.

Inspired by the art chats we have over tea at a local cafe, this zine takes the form of one of our conversations, showing each of our perspectives on several topics related to our art and process. The layouts feature both of our work, so you can see the results of the processes we discuss.

This zine is printed in black and white with a limited edition cardstock cover silkscreened with blue metallic ink.

5.5 inches x 7.5 inches, 16 pages. Awesome.

Available now online, available locally at the Somerville Open Studios 5/4-5/6.

This lady gets to vacuum all the Persian-rug-adorned skateboards...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:40:32 -0400

This lady gets to vacuum all the Persian-rug-adorned skateboards in the Brooklyn Museum.

Taco pinata for Craftland in Providence, RI.

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:37:55 -0400

Taco pinata for Craftland in Providence, RI.

lau-fi: Last night, a partial reunion of what was once the...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:35:08 -0400

lau-fi:

Last night, a partial reunion of what was once the Boston Zine Girl Army: Yumi / Marissa / Laura / Keight; photo by Eleanor.

This is happening next weekend! See you there, Boston...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:44:01 -0400

This is happening next weekend! See you there, Boston peeps!

Also, more news on my upcoming zine/art events HERE

Sweet Pee-Wee’s Playhouse trading cards in the mail from...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:41:45 -0400

Sweet Pee-Wee’s Playhouse trading cards in the mail from Carolee today. The little pictures on the top one are individual stickers. COOL.

From my previous career as a ray of sunshine I drew this in...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:37:48 -0400

From my previous career as a ray of sunshine

I drew this in 2010 and had it made into postcards for zine-related correspondence and thank-you notes. When you make zines and comics about yourself, you can get away with putting a picture of yourself on almost any stationery item, and I should know, because I have done that for years. I made these postcards, and then I used them and mostly forgot about them until I found a small stack in the back of a box this morning while I was home sick and rummaging around in my studio.

I haven’t been feeling like a wielder of rays of sunshine lately, to the point that when I pulled this from the box I was all The heck? When did I draw this? like I was seeing someone I barely recognized from running into them at the supermarket or around the neighborhood once or twice—familiar, yet ultimately a stranger. That is a sad thing, to not recognize a drawing of yourself (granted, a couple of hairstyles ago), grinning wildly and holding a sunshine on a stick. Blame a sore throat, too much work, or general malaise, whatever: it’s a bummer.

Being a little under the weather (pun… intended?), I’m not ready to commit to full-fledged sunshine-wielding at the moment, but it feels like a nice thing to aspire to in the coming months. I can see it becoming part of my summer wardrobe, like all the cotton dresses I’ve been pressing and hemming in the past few weeks. Come the next warmish day, I’ll be doling out sunbeams like crazy.

Private eyes, Prospect Street.

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:54:32 -0400

Private eyes, Prospect Street.

Two medals at the 2012 Chicago Zine Olympics! At Quimby’s,...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:08:27 -0400

Two medals at the 2012 Chicago Zine Olympics! At Quimby’s, 3/9/12

Andy over Wabash Ave., Chicago

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:06:46 -0400

Andy over Wabash Ave., Chicago

New issue of Miss Sequential zine available...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:16:19 -0400

New issue of Miss Sequential zine available now ! ! !

This zine is a little different from the past couple of issues of Miss Sequential: rather than one long story or theme, this issue is a collection of sketchbook drawings and short comics inspired by dreams, daydreams, and real life. That said, if you liked any of the other issues of Miss Sequential, you will love this, too.

Copies available HERE now.

Angus stencils on the overpass to Lower Allston.

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:03:11 -0500

Angus stencils on the overpass to Lower Allston.

Zine in progress on my messy desk.

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:42:44 -0500

Zine in progress on my messy desk.

Carson Ellis rules!!

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:31:19 -0500

Carson Ellis rules!!

What I use for comics-drawing: nothing too fancy here,...

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:03:02 -0500

What I use for comics-drawing: nothing too fancy here, everything obtained at my local Artist & Craftsman Supply

Staedtler non-repro blue pencils for sketching
Uniball Vision Fine for drawing/lettering (I buy these by the box from an office supply store since I go through them so quickly)
Micron Pigma in 005 and 03 for detail/crosshatching, but I don’t actually like drawing with these, if that makes sense. There’s no give in the points. Dry and skritchy.
Staedtler Pigment Liner in .1 is also nice for detail.
Staedtler eraser thing, although let it be known that I hate erasing in general because it’s so MESSY. Eraser dust = worst. Just draw it over.
Faber-Castell ginormous brush pen thing (I also use smaller versions of this) for filling in areas that I could probably do easier on the computer. Whatever.
Clear ruler with all those grid lines
Bleedproof paper for pens. I used to use Bristol board, but found that it was too bleedy. This is better.
Not pictured: adhesive Ben Day dots (I get these wherever I can find them), x-acto knife, security envelopes.

What materials do you use?

"Dear every single blogger: you are the best. Doesn’t matter what anyone says; let ‘em..."

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:43:00 -0500

“Dear every single blogger: you are the best. Doesn’t matter what anyone says; let ‘em complain that your blog is too boring, or all photos, or only about comics & role-playing games, or too much poetry or whatever. You add to the sum total of art & information, & that is wonderful. Most people? Don’t. & that— that is the heart of the matter. In the future, most people won’t need keyboards. All you need to be a consumer & a purchaser is to be able to point at a picture of what you want. It isn’t the Orwellian future we should be worried about; it is the Huxleyian future. Not Newspeak but Soma. In a decade or so, the keyboard will be the sign of somebody who cares— an object of mild derision for the rest & a symbol of pride for the few.”

- http://mordicai.livejournal.com/1926659.html

Click the link to read the whole thing.

This is an interesting piece on being purely an internet content consumer vs. being a participant/creator. This issue is something that has been on my mind a lot recently, in relation to social networking in general but especially in relation to tumblr and the variety of ways to use/interact with/create/consume its content.

I resisted tumblr for a long time because I wasn’t sure how I would use it or how it could be useful/interesting to me. Did I really need a digital collection of random images from various sources? Was it a blog or what? Would using it take away from my paper sketchbook? Eventually I decided I would balance curation of other people’s content with creation of my own new content (and yeah, I came up with loose percentages for that balance, because that’s how I do), because I like to participate and because the combination of consumption + production (or production as reaction to consumption) has always been the most interesting thing about the internet to me. You can comment about whatever you want, so why not, you know?

And I especially like that this essay was originally posted on Livejournal, because I remember when people used to write stuff—TONS of stuff—on there all the time: clearly a different era.

Photo

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:01:48 -0500