September 2011
14 posts
Last night I saw my first urban coyote. He was in the parking lot of Binny’s near Clyborn and he slunk off into the alley before I could get a good picture.
Today on our way back from CVS, there were four ornamental birds on the sidewalk. Three were squashed, like someone had dropped their cage and stepped on them. One might have still been alive.
Last night I had a dream that one of the air purifiers came to life and attacked me. It was possessed by a demon, complete with red light shining from the vents and bat noises as it swooped around my head. Exactly like a cheesy 80s horror movie. I actually woke up terrified. It wasn’t the only nightmare I had last night, but it was the clearest.
I wonder what my subconscious is trying to tell me.
Btw, @heapfrag & I do not currently have Internet at home, so email/call/text is the best way to get a hold of us. #hellochicago
August 2011
18 posts
@heapfrag - hit it.
#Leavingstlouisinstyle #hellochicago
http://www.scorcha.net/illo.html →
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Just added over 40 images to my website in illustration, mostly in a new Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art School section. Lemme know if anything doesn’t come up.
Only 15 more days until I can no longer sing as I work. I don’t think @heapfrag would appreciate the soundtrack during a conference call.
http://cherokeestreetnews.org/?p=4175 →
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Nice article about the St. Louis Curio Shoppe. Look close & you can even see some of my stuff.
Let the plotting commence.
Spiders
If I did draw an autobiographical comic, I’m sure every time I found a spider in the house it would turn into an epic battle fantasy sequence, a la Calvin and Hobbes. Sometimes the arachnids would grow to epic proportions and terrorize everyone until I brought them down with a rocket launcher, other times they would remain tiny yet remarkably crafty. And of course there would be a highly detailed resurrection scene, where all the spiders I have ever killed rose up for revenge.
I think I just creeped myself out.
Laurenn McCubbin: My Name is Laurenn, and I am a Bad (comics) Feminist →
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Very interesting.
Today, I asked some questions on the internets about the upcoming Womanthology book. It has raised over $100k, and gotten some comics press. I, along with some other people, have asked where that money is going. In return, I have gotten emails, tweets & texts saying among other things that I was…
Okay, gather close, I’m going to tell you all a secret.
Are you ready? Here it is…
If you ask someone to do something for you, for free, they’re the ones doing you a favour and you should do everything you can to thank them rather than bossing them around and telling them to shut up if they don’t like it.
Didn’t think that was a secret, but it turns out I was wrong.
Ah, St. Louis. You tempt me outside with a gentle wind, mild temperatures and fluffy white clouds. You act like the heat wave never happened, like it’s been this beautiful all summer.
And then you try to kill me with allergens. Bitch.
I believe this year I may upgrade from my kitty hat to a werewolf hat. The first bitch to ask me if I like Twilight when I wear it gets cut.
I am aware this means someone will get cut.
Gonads and strife, motherfuckers.
Returning home from a roadtrip (if you have cats)
1. Walk in door. Set down bags.
2. Squeal and welcome cats in obnoxious baby voice.
3. Grab and hug cats, despite their obvious desire that you do not do so.
4. Pee.
5. Continue to coo at cats, until spying the multiple hairballs on the carpet.
6. Clean carpet, muttering under breath and glaring at cats while doing so.
7. Relax on couch and cuddle cats on lap, all memory of hairballs erased by the sound of purring.
I am simultaneously delighted by your comment and appropriately chastened at my mistake. Well done, sir.
gibsontwist replied to your post: Returning home from a roadtrip (if you have cats)
The narrative flow of this list has me envisioning you standing in your living room holding your cats while urine runs down your leg. Thus, I find no problem with this list.
I drove by lollapalooza.
If this is any indication of how stressful the actual move is going to be, we’re gonna need a hell of a lot more beer.
July 2011
6 posts
In roughly one month, I’ll call a new city home.
Sharing b/c I have the emotional maturity of a 12 yo boy & aesthetic sensibility of an art school graduate: beautifulswearwords.com
June 2011
5 posts
World-Shaker: Censorship at its Finest: One teacher's story of how ignorant parents ruined education →
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This was originally posted here, but was taken down by the author due to too many readers contacting (harassing) the author’s former superintendent and school district. With respect, this story is too important to die. Please don’t abuse this by contacting the district. If you wish to respect…
Tiny Pink Robots: What do you mean I don't exist? →
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Right on, my lovely.
During a podcast for Webcomics Beacon (with fellow journal comickers Lezley Davidson and Ryan Dow), something came up that stuck in my craw. Well, to be honest, it’s something that’s always irked me. Creator (and co-host) Tanya Higgins mentioned that she had received an email accusing her of…
May 2011
9 posts
Yay! Now I can post while mobile. Many embarrassing, drunken posts await me!
Hey illustrators - show some restraint! →
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I tweeted this yesterday, but if you haven’t seen it & you love comics, art or art history, check it out. The original blog post is excellent, as are the posts he references, including an entry that uses a few key modern comic pages to make a point about overdoing it in Photoshop. While you’re at it, download the palette & make something beautiful.
The REAL Planned Parenthood →
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Thank you.
“On Sunday night, the city of Joplin was cut in half and thousands of homes vanished from their neighborhoods. St. John’s Regional Health Center was damaged beyond belief; the same is true for Joplin High School, churches, and many businesses—family owned, small and large—were reduced to rubble.
We’re deeply grateful that all of our staff at our Joplin Health Center and their families are safe. The Health Center, located on the north side of town, escaped the storm with minor damage, and will reopen tomorrow (Wednesday, May 25) resuming regularly scheduled hours.
Planned Parenthood is inviting anyone in the Joplin area who is in need of care, whether they need to replace a birth control prescription lost to the storm, check their blood pressure, or speak to a health care professional, to come to our center. No appointment is necessary.
Our Health Center in Joplin will provide care—free of charge—starting tomorrow and through the month of June to anyone in need – existing patients, their families, or those who have never been to a Planned Parenthood before.
To assist this effort, Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri has created a special emergency fundto provide this free care to the people of Joplin.
We are asking you to help us take care of the people of Joplin - 100% of every dollar will be earmarked for this special emergency fund. Now is the time to help, to reach out and to extend our love, support and care.
With gratitude,
Paula Gianino
President and CEO”Please spread the word, donate if you can, if not to Planned Parenthood, then to the Red Cross or any of the other agencies helping out. <3
Disney princess as 7 deadly sins →
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Artwork & typography aside, my favorite is Tinkerbell as envy, even though she’s not a princess. Although it makes me wonder if Tiger Lily would have worked, as she was a princess and very jealous of Wendy.
Pretty, pretty linocuts
I’m in this Hand Picked Member Collection on ArtFire.com http://bit.ly/k7JQIu #linocuts
Cute things that want to kill you
Oh. My. God.
I want…no, need….this.
So bad.
