Neat-O! They (finally) announced the Xeric winners at Publishers Weekly. Mimi’s Doughnuts is in there, along with some other veeeeeeeery interesting looking projects. Just looking down the list, I especially noticed…

• Alex Kim’s strange pink book, Wall City, which I read right after MoCCA and loved!
• Justin Murphy’s Civil War story, Cleburne, which looks promising!
• Felix Tannenbaum’s robot saga, which looks like a good, fun read.

…and many more. Happy previewing!

This is a Scene-Action-Result page I drew during today’s Comics Camp at Keene State College.

Wonky Stan is a side-character in “Today’s the Day.” Now it looks like he’s going to have his own book, alongside Twinkles the Dwelf and some other odd characters.

I do not endorse Wonky Stan’s approach to art education.

For all you comics educators our there, Jim Medway’s posting some sample lessons from his Creating Comics workshops over in England. The lessons start here.

Riding bikes!

Picking Berries!

What a GREAT time of the year.

I was so happy to finish my zine for Teen Zine Week and bring it home tonight. It’s a new edition of the Henniker*Star, similar to past editions, but eight whole pages long! It’s also the perfect size for a cat to read, and most of the articles… nay, ALL the articles are tailored to a feline audience. (It has a lot of news about the ongoing cat elections, for example.)

I showed the cat newspaper to Penny. At first, it was kind of hard to get her attention…

But once she saw an article about her own catpaign for Cat President, she was hooked:

Now she’s a regular reader!

Summer’s rolling right along!

• This month’s Diamond Bookshelf Newsletter features an article about Comics Camp. Have you visited the new Diamond Bookshelf lately? It’s a growing comics ed resource for teachers and librarians, promoting graphic novels for educational settings. Very cool.
• At last… Teen Zine Week is here! I’m working on a zine about this year’s cat elections.

In the background, the blueberries are finally ready for picking, and woodwork proceeds apace, using heavy smashing devices to turn this:

…into this:

I’ve been at a three-day teacher workshop on “The Civil War and Reconstruction,” hosted by the Historical Society of Cheshire County.

Here are some photos from Thursday’s Civil War Encampment:

These reenactors from the 6th NH Volunteers were on their way down to Gettysburg for this weekend’s gigantic Gettysburg Reenactment. Continue Reading »

I’m so excited that I can finally announce this project:

The Henniker-San Ramon Comics Exchange:

Comics About Community

Henniker-San Ramon has been very supportive in developing our calendar and program. We’re going to make some great new comics this Fall!

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News! News! Things are moving! Two items tonight:

Trees and Hills in Dover

Come to our next big event: Trees and Hills has posted a press release for their next “Spring Thaw” tour event: ArtsALIVE 2008 in Dover, NH! I’ll be there, Comics Workshop will be in effect, we’ll draw new comics, sell old (and new) comics, and talk up one of the coolest art forms on the planet, so come on down and say hi!

Mimi’s on Squidoo

Also, the mysterious OwlPerson has posted a new Squidoo page devoted to New Hampshire Humor… and it features a section (or several) on yours truly and Mimi’s Doughnuts! Thanks, O Wise OwlPerson!

Okay, I think I’ve used up my quota of exclamation marks for tonight! The end!

Here are two awesome Xeric-funded books I picked up at MoCCA ‘08…

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