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Steven Bergson Interviews Me About Hereville 2
It’s always fun being interviewed by Steven Bergson of Jewish Comics Blog, because he’s so prepared and knowledgeable. Here’s the first few questions from the interview he just posted: Jewish Comics Blog : How has your life changed since wining the Sydney Taylor Book Award and having its sequel recognized as an SBTA Honor Book? […] Continue reading
A recent drawing from my sketchbook
…And the same drawing rotated 180 degrees. Continue reading
So what’s with all those tiny pigs?
If you’ve met me at a comic book convention, you may have noticed the little herd of toy pigs decorating my table. I bought those when I was drawing the first Hereville book, to help me draw the pig character! I took hundreds of photos of those plastic pigs, from every angle and height, and […] Continue reading
My Niece Makes Tin Foil People
When kids read my rather depressing and angst-ridden short comic “How To Make A Man Out Of Tin Foil,” they pretty much all react the same way: They make little tin foil people, just as my character Joel did in the comic! Which I think is kind of awesome. This photo is of my wonderful […] Continue reading
Stumptown 2013 con report
So I decided that for once, I wouldn’t spend the whole con at my table, instead wandering around and looking at other folks comics and even attending panels now and then. It was neat. The best line I can recall from any panel is Dylan Meconis, in her spotlight panel, suggesting that “the Hero’s Journey” […] Continue reading
More comments that make my day (Tumblr edition)
First, This Is Not Jewish wrote, about “Hereville”: This is a real thing, guys…and a graphic novel to boot. EDIT: Be still my heart, it has a sequel too! And he’s working on a third! *squee* Then B’rakha replied: I HAVE THIS BOOK IT IS GLORIOUS I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE ON THE PLANET […] Continue reading
Email of the day – Author Visit via Skype in a Georgia ELL classroom
I got this email last week (posted with permission, of course): I am an ELL [English Language Learners] teacher at Freedom Middle School in DeKalb County, Georgia. My students are all refugees who just arrived this year. Most of them are from Nepal or Burma, but I also have students from Thailand, Russia, Sudan, Ethiopia, […] Continue reading
Lance’s Harsh Landing
I highly doubt that Lance Armstrong will need to apply for demoralizing low-wage work to make ends meet. Dude could live quite handsomely off the value of his real estate holdings alone. But it’s a nice fantasy. The thing that really bothers me about Armstrong is not so much the doping, […] Continue reading
Bright Ideas from Wayne LaPierre
This is neither here nor there, but while drawing Wayne LaPierre, it occurred to me that he has slightly weird hair. It swirls over his brow in a sometimes-bulbous arc that, for me, evokes shades of Jimmy Swaggart. You’d think a guy who gets paid around a million bucks a year by […] Continue reading
Chickenomics
Threatening to not pay for expenses approved by Congress isn’t “negotiation” and the proper response is not “compromise,” popular though these memes may be. It is, instead, an abuse of democratic institutions by a party that can’t get its way through actual legislation. Hopefully Obama has learned his lesson and will stand his ground this […] Continue reading