I just finished a short piece for the next edition of the “Not My Small Diary” autobio anthology zine collection thingie, which centers around the theme of “High School”. I’m not going to post that story now, obviously, because you should buy NMSD when it comes out, as it is always fun and full of interesting stories. So, below is my story for the previous edition, the theme of which was “Transportation.” It features my sister and nephew and my only slightly-exaggerated fixation on the benefits of them getting a transit card for a short visit. Enjoy!

After two different times registering and then having to bag out, this year I finally made it to the Portland Zine Symposium. I tabled with the affable and talented Mr. Cr. Sabatini, the gentleman I was randomly assigned to table with at the Olympia Comics Fest a few months back. You should subscribe to his Eight And A Half By Eleven Comics as they are amusing and sometimes feature talking dogs and birds (think actual animals conversing, not Donald Duck). Speaking of Chris, here’s a (strange) jam comic we did whilst tabling together – I did the first, third, and fifth panels:

In honor of this special day, a comic quickly sketched in ink with a really crappy pen and photographed with my cellphone. Quickest event-to-comic blog entry ever. Also, I think I’ll pencil first next time. Anyway:

Wow…it’s been awhile since I posted anything! Anyway, I’m still here…and I just finished a new story for the upcoming “transportation” issue of the way-neato “Not My Small Diary” anthology comic! I was almost in the last one, about brushes with celebrity, but I lamed out. This time I did something and got it sent in about a month after deadline, but that’s better than not, right? Um, right! So: it’s a short comic, and although I’m excited to show a preview, I don’t want to give the story away, so…here are two pages, but with the dialog balloons emptied. Weird, I know, but this way I can give an impression and show some of the art without spoiling the story, and I have to say, I love how comics pages look with the words sucked out of them. All those empty balloons are kinda cool. I’ll post an update when the comic is available, as I heartily recommend picking it up regardless of whether I’m in it or not. Which I am this time.

So, here it is! – Weird no-words sample from upcoming NMSD story:

A post on Facebook got me thinking about cats and squirrels, so here’s an old comic about, well, that!

This story is from Flung #3, which is available in my Flung #1-3 book collection…which is currently on sale (as in, cheaper than normal) at my comics store!