The next Couscous Collective Anthology has landed!  Can’t wait hold my copy in my sweaty little hands. Can’t wait to sell you a copy at Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland, OR the following weekend.

I am especially proud as the story I did is a full 12 pages long – a full 3 times longer than any comic I’ve ever done before this. Can’t. Wait.

Haven’t updated the site in quite some time as all the projects I’ve been working on aren’t quite yet ready to be shared. My comics collective is releasing its second anthology in the next couple months and I’m quite proud of my contribution. A sneak peek!

I’ve started working on setting up an etsy store where I’ll be able to sell my books and prints and cards.  Much of my work is already available through the couscous collective store but the etsy store will include work that isn’t comics related.  Lots of other projects in the works – hopefully ready to share soon!

Wow, is it Thursday already? This last week just flew by.  Rodolfo was one of the fantastic people who stopped by my booth at APE and agreed to let me draw him.  He was super nice, and I just can’t say how grateful I am to everyone who’s been helping me do this project.

Just added another 25 image to the site.  I’m really pleased with how this one came out. It’s been a while since I updated the site with anything else – as much as I enjoy my 25 Project I also really like working on a variety of things. Hopefully I’ll get the time to finish something this weekend.

Matt mentioned to me that he found it interesting that my 25 project defines people by their job at an age when almost no one defines themselves by their job.  It’s totally true, though I admit I hadn’t thought of it that way until he mentioned it.  At the time I started this project I had just been laid off from my dream job. Work was the only part of my life that wasn’t going phenomenally well but being unemployed or in a job you loath can completely consume you no matter how well everything else is going. Whether my project was born of defining myself by my job or from attempting to prove to myself that it didn’t I can’t really say.  It has however turned into something wonderful. Talking to people, hearing the stories they have about their lives at an age when everything was constantly shifting for them has been fascinating.

Evan was one of the people who was kind enough to agree to participate in my project when he came by my table at APE.  I got a number of people to fill me in on how they were making their living at 25 while I was at the con and I’m really grateful to all of them.

It always takes me at least a week to recover from the chaos that is a con and it’s no surprise that this year was no exception. I had a bunch of new things to sell, my collectives very first anthology and on Sunday night instead of heading out to any of the after-parties I went with a small group of friends over to Alcatraz island to spend the night sleeping in the D-Block! In short, APE this year was especially fantastic.

By far the most exciting part of the convention was the release of my collective’s first anthology “Forest”.  We were all really nervous about how well it would go over – we’d all worked so hard on it after all. Forest did really well of course and we’re all really excited about getting together our next anthology.  We were smart and ordered way more copies than we’d need though – if you weren’t able to make it out to APE you can buy “Forest” from our online store.

Two new 25 images since I missed last week.

APE went really well and I’m really looking forward to going again next year.  Now that all the craziness is over I’m also looking forward to getting these 25 posts back on their regular Wednesday schedule. Even better, while I was there I even managed to convince a bunch of people who stopped by my table to participate in my 25 Project.

Although I’m still figuring out a way to put together a store where all of my art can be purchased easily for the time being the store run by my collective is an excellent option.  Not only do they stock a wide selection of my collective’s various comics, but my items can sometimes be found there as well!

Right now the store has a few copies of my books “Traveler and the Bird-Maiden“, ”Mirror, Mirror“, and “Balloon” as well as digital prints of my illustrations “Float” “River of Stars” and “Rain“.

Looking forward to finding many ways to make my work more available to as many people as I can.

I wasn’t able to find the time to complete an drawing for my 25 series this week because I’ve been too busy getting everything ready for this weekend!  My comics collective is exhibiting at the Alternative Press Expo at the Concourse Exhibition Center.  If you live in the Bay Area, come enjoy all the great comics and stop by to say hello!  We’ll be at tables 237 and 238.