All my iconography defaults to the 1970s.

This week's quick-sketch cartoon was most emphatically not drawn in front of the television. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

Tremors (not the movie)

True story...

I drew this during cold season...

...and now it's just as appropriate during allergy season.

Otherness

(A super-quick sketch, but I like it. Oh, other than the whole emotional content, you know.)

Ouchie

Another cartoon scanned straight from the sketchbook. Hmmm, think I was feeling a bit down the day that I drew this?

Weight of the World

An oldie but a goodie as I prep some new cartoons to start appearing in the next week or so.

Things I collect

One of my earliest four-panel stories (if not the earliest). I drew this the summer of 2009 for my workshop at the Center for Cartoon Studies. For some reason I haven't scanned or posted this until now.

A story about a dog who inspires me.

True story.

This is another old one, drawn in 2009 and then for some reason never scanned. Since then Lulu has survived surgery, cancer and an infection in her eye. She inspires me every day.

Maine Comic Arts Festival this weekend!

Clear your weekend schedule, New England! This Sunday, May 19, is the fifth annual Maine Comic Arts Festival. The fine folks at Casablanca Comics do an absolutely incredible job putting this show on every year and it's always a total blast.

The great Jeff Smith (Bone, Rasl) is the lead guest this year, which is about as awesome as it gets. Other guests include Raina Telgemeier, Sean Murphy, Brian Wood, Rick Parker and a boatload of other great cartoonists and writers. There will be books for both adults and kids and (if previous years are any indication) some great panels and related events.

I'll be there for the fourth year in a row, selling copies of my latest mini-comic, as well as my older mini-comics, my out-of-print books, some original artwork and sketch cards, a zine or two, and even some merchandize.

MECAF has been my only book signing venue since moving to Maine six years ago. So don't miss out -- come by the show, say hi, and get exposed to a ton of great artwork and storytelling. What could be better?

Imagination is a terrible thing

Dipping into the autobiographical well for this one. I have a tiny scar on my left cheek. Most of the time it's barely even visible, if at all. And yet I imagine that it's the first thing that people see about me. Go figure.