Over the years, I have written articles for a number of sites. This master post collects links to all of those articles, for further reference. Forces of Geek Need Coffee The Hooded Utilitarian Comics Workbook Comics DC Capsule reviews of European comic shops My ongoing re-read of Heavy Metal magazine
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SPX 2014
All I ever write about on here is SPX. Of course, that’s mostly because SPX is the fall harvest festival directly before the Fiscal New Year – and I like to keep my thoughts about it someplace permanent instead of a blink and forget it stream of consciousness site like Tumblr. This year’s SPX was…Read more
SPX 2013
In the hours after the show ended, I told Sam Marx (one of the organizers) that SPX is my favorite holiday, better than Christmas. I was not being hyperbolic – SPX is, far and away, the most anticipated event on my calendar. Everything in my life gets organized around it. Backing up and thinking about…Read more
SPX 2012
As we were eating dinner on Sunday night after the show, my wife pointed out that the last post on this site is last year’s SPX wrapup. Whoops. In the week leading up to the show, I did the math and figured out this was my tenth visit to SPX, five years as a vendor…Read more
SPX 2011 Wrapup and Decompression
Small Press Expo has become my favorite show to work. For many reasons, I like to think of it as my flagship convention, the place where I try to make the biggest impact. The purple suit helps. Having a collection of purple suits, which allows me wear a different one each day, helps more. I…Read more
Quarterly Report, Q1 2011
It’s now a few days after the end of the first quarter of 2011 and it’s time for a quarterly report. I started the year weak as a kitten after a surgical procedure to correct a heart arrhythmia over Christmas. Ninety plus days later and I’m off the follow-up meds and feeling strong and productive….Read more
Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese
Hugo Pratt is one of those names that you can use to separate the knowledgeable from the unlearned when it comes to European comics. Those that know recognize the name immediately; not knowing him is like not knowing Kirby. His most famous creation is Corto Maltese, a name that should be familiar to anyone who’s…Read more
Oceanus Procellarum News
I just got the art for the cover of Book 5 of the Oceanus Procellarum series and I wanted to post it here to show it off. I also wanted to use it to point out that I am releasing Books 4 & 5 of the series concurrently, to pre-emptively answer the inevitable question “but…Read more
Le Reflet
One of the BD I picked up in Belgium was Le Reflet (the Reflection) by Marc-Renier and Yvan Hasse. One of the things I was specifically looking for as I browsed the European comic markets was metafictional works. I picked it up because Le Reflet is one such work – obviously so. My French is…Read more