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My cousin Andrew and I just finished the first draft (sixth, really) of my movie for next semester, tentatively titled “Near Mint.” Andrew is, in fact, a genius screenwriter who doesn’t even need me. Here is some of his work:

INT - TOLIET - DAY

PAM, mid twenties, takes  a shit.

PAM
Argggh!!!

End.

I couldn’t justify dropping $30 for this shirt at his concert, even though it’s a “limited edition,” whatever that means. Still, it’s a great shirt.

2/3 down the page here, but I’m reposting below, in case you’re too lazy to scroll through the other reviews.

For those of you new to the site via Aint It Cool News, welcome!

Here’s the review, written by Ryan McLelland: Read the rest of this entry »

Read all about it here.

Last weekend I took the increasingly-less-sketchy Chinatown bus up to New York to see some friends and hawk copies of Assholes #2 with Mitch at MoCCA. (Read Mitch’s account of the show here). It was a good show– not our best, but I can blame slower-than-average sales on the economy or the fact that our readers may have matured. (Random aside: My sister’s best friend was in charge of the show).

Anyways, I was kind of discouraged walking around. There seems to be more and more sketchbooks and art comics, less and less actual comics. You know, the kinds with a narrative. I’m not busting on these art comics types. Just the opposite– these people are amazing artists and I’d drop cash in a heartbeat for their comics. You know, if they told a story. I can flip through a sketchbook in a matter of seconds, I want something more substantial.  But that’s just me.

Anyways, here’s what I did buy. All of the following come with my highest recommendation: Read the rest of this entry »

See that pretty picture up there? That’s the work of the insanely talented Megan Prazenica. Somehow I tricked her into doing a 10 page comic with me, which I will be shopping around to publishers this weekend at MoCCA, a fairly awesome New York City-based small press comics show. Stop by if you’re in town.

So what’s the comic about? Read the rest of this entry »