Thank you, blog-reader-friends, for the constant support! And thank you to those who have sent snail mail. I apologize that I almost never get around to replying. Each of these deserve a personal response, but I’m lousy enough corresponding with family & friends. Hopefully it’s reassuring that I read each of them and cherish them.

The summer’s dwindling; and I’m still working on rewrites for those last three chapters…

This recent email from my friend Allison was too bizarre and well-worded not to share with the rest of you. “Today I had a strange experience in a creepy used bookstore. I was walking past the sci-fi/fantasy section, and from the piles of unsorted books on the floor, a familiar blue color caught my eye.

Fresh home from my midwest excursion. BIG THANKS to the librarians that made it to the panel and are fueling support for graphic novels in the literary world, not to mention fighting on the frontlines of public confusion over the medium. I’m restless to dig into work on the final chapters of HABIBI. In the

On Monday, the sixth chapter of HABIBI saw completion. Each time I finish a chapter, I print and bind a set of photocopies for easy reference & editing. And I tally the page count, which now reaches exactly 500! Already the stack of photocopies on flimsy paper is catching up with BLANKETS. It’s an important

It might be old news to those in the industry, but I wanted to acknowledge the great loss of NICKELODEON magazine, especially the COMIC BOOK insert. It was one of this generation’s best forums for cartoonists – publishing everyone from Laura Park to Art Spiegelman! – and providing them with a living wage (though Art

Fresh home from Portugal. Big “obrigado” to Paulo Monteiro for organizing the festival in Beja and spoiling all us guests! On the left, a sketch André Caetano made of me (looking intense & scruffy) during my talk with Pedro Moura. And on the right, a glimpse of Beja from the castle. Beja’s a charming, laid-back

As Jordi noted, it’s been exactly a month since an update! Guess it takes some time to get back on track after any comics show. And now I’m leaving in a week for another festival – this time in Beja, Portugal. I’ll be signing and/or presenting on the weekend of May 30th & 31st and

The Stumptown ComicsFest seemed a success. I was especially grateful to have laid-back time with cartoonist friends Jeff Smith and Mike & Laura Allred. It was these very cartoonists that drew me back to the comics medium, with their books BONE and MADMAN. Jeff visited my studio on Friday to peruse Habibi pages, and Mike

First off, thank you all for the outpouring of comments with that last post. You’re like the ray of new spring sun that spilled onto the drawing table this morning… For those of you in Portland welcoming the end of the brutal winter rains, I’ll be participating in a number of events revolving around STUMPTOWN