Let's Get Ready for Halloween!

The Hurtin' Kind O' Pain

MICE photo

Hey, I found a picture of the Heeby Jeeby Comix table at MICE. It's not a great picture, but it does show off our nice green tablecloth.


That's me drawing, while Bob looks on, showcasing a different shade of the wonderful color green on his t-shirt. It looks like that guy on the right is busy reading the huge comic hung up behind us (which had nothing to do with us, but people seemed to like it). I snagged this shot off the Center for Cartoon Studies' flickr.

Comes with a custom doodle

Heeby Jeeby Comix issue 1 is now available in my shop, and each copy comes with a custom doodle of your choosing. Maybe you'd like a sparrow riding a rocking-giraffe?


Or a frog who can't quite figure out how to eat spaghetti?


Or, you know, whatever.

Microcomics in the Shop

By the way, both Nice Mice and You Stupid Dragon! are now available in my etsy shop.

MICE was Nice

Yes, I had a great time at MICE this past weekend, talking to everyone, doodling, and selling comics. A big Thank You to Bob for getting us the table and for making it look so good with a perfectly Heeby-Jeeby-green table cloth (wish I had a photo)! And thanks to everyone who came by!

This is another microcomic I made to sell at MICE:

I didn't realize until the day after MICE that I made a big mistake on the spread below. Can you tell what's wrong?

That's right! The little cowboy obviously should've been a mouse!

I fixed it for future editions. Now there's at least one mouse on every spread. If you bought this at MICE, email me your address and I'll send you a corrected version!

Here are a couple more sample spreads:

You Stupid Dragon!

It starts off as one big piece of paper:
. . . and turns into a 16-page microcomic!

But how? Find out at MICE this Saturday!

MICE

I will be there, tabling with Bob Flynn. Come say hi! It's free!

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I did this weird doodle last night . . .

. . . and I kinda like it!

Billy Gets Bumped

New comic up at Heeby Jeeby Comix!


Last week, I read Bill Peet's excellent illustrated autobiography. At the end of the book, he brings up the idea that everything an author writes has some piece of autobiography in it. He talks about his book Chester the Worldly Pig, and how his own life is reflected in Chester's adventures.


I often notice bits of my own life in my comics, but not until after I draw them! Take, for example, the following panel from this week's Heeby Jeeby comic:



Just replace "spinning a frisbee on your finger" with "drawing a comic about a kid spinning a frisbee on his finger." That's always the conflict: pursuing creative goals vs. living life!