Portlanders, I’ll be missing the Stumptown Comics Fest event, because I’m joining my Menomena buddies on tour in Europe. If you live in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Milan, or Barcelona — there’s a chance we can meet. 29 September ~ Paris, Nouveau Casino 02 October ~ Brussels, Botanique 03 October ~ Amsterdam, Paradiso (also with Jeffrey

Happy Friday, Blog-friends! Another month has slipped away since posting. A few of you asked if I’d attend ComicCon on Thursday, and the answer is YES. Top Shelf will be debuting new editions of BLANKETS (hardcover & softcover) to match the dimensions of HABIBI. Sechan asked about posters and prints, and though none currently exist,

Thank you, gang, for all the blog suggestions. I’ll keep them in mind and apply them in the upcoming weeks. In the meantime, here’s an incidental piece of parody art in support of my buddies’ band MENOMENA. They’re leaving for another euro tour tomorrow and the locations and dates are on their website. The additional

“BLOG WAR” might not be the best title. More like a “blog crossover”. Brazilian cartoonist Fábio Moon is visiting Portland, and we’ll try to document some of our activities in a back-and-forth dialog between the two blogs — blending our sketches, inking each others’ drawings, etc. Yesterday, after consuming much coffee, we attended the in-store

My buddies in MENOMENA are releasing a new album in about a month. With their last album, FRIEND&FOE, I contributed album art, and joined them for part of their European tour (and the Grammy’s). This time around, their MINES album cover made an appearance in a HABIBI panel — a studio full of idols being

Finally, the fourth chapter is finished. It took six and a half months, but it’s over a hundred pages long — begun on October 20th, after returning from tour with Menomena — and completed on May 8th, a couple of weeks after Stumptown Comics Fest. In between, there were a handful of out-of-town guests, a

pardon my lag… distracted with side projects lately, including this collaboration with poster-king Mike King for the upcoming Stumptown Comics Fest. Stumptown is a bit like camp reunion when many of my cartoonist friends roll into town. Here some sketch portraits of one said reunion last year — Gabrielle Bell… — and Trevor Alixopulos —

Apologies for slow updates since returning from Europe. Believe me, I’ve been focused on HABIBI. It’s sort of a comic book tradition for cartoonists to depict each other’s characters, but this time it’s for a book in progress. Fellow Portland cartoonist and drawing buddy Jen Wang gifted me with this amazing drawing of HABIBI’s lead

Home from the tour! Here’s a quiet domestic scene from Lyon — Alanis, Laëtitia, Koupaïa, Samuel, Frédéric … … and here’s one last rocknroll image — the song “twenty cell revolt” performed in Barcelona. (stolen from “elchicodelaleche” ~ lots more on FLICKR) Big thanks to my dear Menomena buddies Danny, Brent, and Justin ~ and

My first chance to update while on the road — my apologies to all neglected emails! Thank yous to all who made it to the Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam shows. The drawing seemed best-received in Paris, though it was inspiring to hang out with Jeffrey Lewis and the Jitters in Amsterdam. Presently resting at the