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Time again for the screen printing photo log. You can get one of these prints for yourself over in the shop.

Here comes the new year …

All these top ten lists are making me realize that I don’t really have the disposable income I deserve.

So without further ado …

The best books of the year and my half-ass reasons for not reading them.

Ganges #3 by Kevin Huizenga
I’ve read zero Huizenga outside of anthologies. There. I said it.

Excuse = No Excuse

Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
This one looks just full of great storytelling tricks and techniques. The kind that are perfect for lifting and using as my own. It’s probably in my own best interest to stay away from this one for a while.

Excuse = Creeping Mimicry

Monsters by Ken Dahl
I may actually read this one. Maybe someone I know has a copy.

Excuse = I’m Cheap

George Sprott by Seth
I’m going to have to buy a bigger coffee table if I mean to continue reading books like this. That Jack Survives book should probably be on this list too.

Excuse = I’m Cheap

Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years by Charles Schulz
It looks like a really comprehensive overview of Schulz’s entire body of work with clever quotes by him sprinkled throughout. It seemed like reading that book would give me a good idea of what volumes to purchase from that neverending Fantagraphics reprint epic.

Excuse = I’m Cheap

Genesis by Crumb
I actually own this one. I should read it. It’s probably really good. But, you know, it’s THE BIBLE.

Excuse = Lazy

This Saturday, I’ll be selling my books at the MCBA Book Arts Festival.
10 am to 5 pm.

Hope to see you there!

James Sime at the Isotope Comic Shop has a rather large gallery of toilet seat artwork that lines the topmost part of his store. When I was at the shop this last month, he was kind enough to give me a toilet seat of my own to draw on.

So this is what I came up with:

Special thanks to Pat Callahan for all the help painting this sucker black and the screen printing. This was definitely a collaborative effort.

The other toilet seats on display at the Isotope can be seen on this flickr page.

Here’s some drawings I did while killing time at my table during APE.

I’m back from the Alternative Press Expo in California and I brought with me a little surprise. While at the show I was awarded that trophy pictured above sitting on the bed stand in my hotel room in San Francisco.

All I can say is that I’m very happy to have won and that James Sime from the Isotope really knows how to throw a party. I can’t say that I’ll ever win another award for my comics again, but I can’t image feeling as good about winning another as I did when I was first handed the Istotope Award.

Photos from the award ceremony:

Flickr

More from Flickr

My photos from APE.

Sarah went with me to APE this year. So she’s got a proper roundup over at The Daily Cross Hatch.

Sometimes you miss the paper

Here’s the step by step process of creating a screen print at synthetic sunshine studios:

1. Gotta make the seps.

2.Picking the color. I’ve been really into the Vivid FX colors lately. That blue looked good to me.

3. Let’s print on random sheets from around the studio.

4. Important step. The beer of choice for the night.

5. Also VERY important. Music to print to. The new Flaming Lips.

6. Print the print.

7. Hang em’ up.

6. Look at it glow under the black-light.

7. The final product.

I’ll be giving these away at the Alternative Press Expo this weekend in San Francisco.

I drew this at Fallcon this year:

You can also look at some of the photos I took.

Here’s a couple early reviews of Covered in Confusion:

Comic Book Resources, review by Greg Burgas

High-Low, review by Rob Clough

Now available in the shop.