It's my birthday, spring is in full bloom, and I’m planning a summer full of comic events! Comic conventions across Germany and Europe, and a small book tour in the US… to celebrate the release of MIDSUMMER SISTERS??? Maybe you’d like to come? Dates...
Winter is still creeping along in Germany-- snow on the ground and muted gray days as far as the eye can see. But we're well past the solstice and I have hopes for sunny days...Beach days...What can I say. MIDSUMMER SISTERS is a summer book!BOOK NEWS...
It's icy outside and I just drove back from my final comic convention of the year-- and I have a NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!Cons are all wrapped up for 2025! My last two were Yayuco (in Dachau, Germany) and Y/Con (in Paris, France)-- both exclusively focu...
It's been a wild and hectic summer, and comics can't stop won't stop...!I'm back and rested and recovered from my month-long trip back to the US, celebrating all things Sea Legs! Jules Bakes, the writer, and I explored bookstores in four states, sign...
It's spring and I wanna talk COMICS!...IN PERSON!!I moved to Germany from the US almost ten years ago, and love it-- health insurance! wonderful friends!-- but career-wise, I still work almost exclusively with US publishers. I try to visit every 1-2...
Hi again!I hope you're all hanging in there, despite the state of the world. Book bans are on the rise, and I want to take a second to highlight the hard-working grassroots group Authors Against Book Bans. If you're a US author or illustrator, consid...
Hi again!It's a chilly, cloudy fall, and I'm huddled up with a hot water bottle... drawing comics. Always drawing comics.BOOK NEWSSucculent is back from the printers and has been shipped to all our Kickstarter backers! If you missed the campaign for...
Hi again!The year is half over, but comics never sleeps... I've been keeping busy!BOOK NEWSMy new graphic novel, SEA LEGS (written by Jules Bakes!) will be out on Feb 4, which still feels like an eternity away, but I've been through this cycle before...
Hey again!I've got a special not-quite-quarterly newsletter today, because my next graphic novel has been announced: SEA LEGS!SEA LEGS is a fictionalized memoir graphic novel, and a collaboration with one of my oldest pals, Jules Bakes. The two of us...
Hi again!It's finally, finally spring, and I have a bunch of comics news!BOOK NEWSThe SUCCULENT Kickstarter is live and a huge success-- we're fully funded and every book sold goes toward our stretch goals of increasing artist pay. The Kickstarter is...