Feb 14 2023
Better late than never! Here’s my usual annual run-down of what comics I read in 2022–with some commentary here and there: Anaîs Nin: sur la mer des mensonges – Léonie Bischoff (FR) This beautiful comic about Anaîs Nin’s early years in Paris in the 1930’s is currently available only in French, but the word on …
Nov 30 2022
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) does a great job of filming and making public a ton of its programming post-show and among the current lot of videos posted from the just-concluded 2022 show is my Talk and Teach program, “Principles of Page and Panel Layout.” The video has gotten a surprising amount of views/traction, so I …
Nov 02 2022
This coming Friday (11/4/22) I’ll be co-chairing a comics conference at The Ohio State University on the subject of Comics, Security, and the American Mission. In addition to the academic presenters, the other co-chair will be friend and Columbus-based comics scholar Jared Gardener–as well as Gary Thompson, editor at Dead Reckoning, publisher of Four-Fisted Tales. …
Oct 04 2022
A while back, just as an exercise to practice my French, I–with a bit of help from my then French teacher–translated the first chapter of my book, Oyster War, into French. It was an interesting experience that gave me a bit of insight on the kind of issues professional translators must deal with on a …
Sep 13 2022
I’ll be appearing this coming weekend (Saturday and Sunday, September 17-18) in Bethesda, MD at the Small Press Expo (SPX)! I’ve been going to and/or tabling at SPX since–I think?–1999, so I’m very excited to return after several years off. This will certainly be the last time I table at a convention this year, and …
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