http://pscomics.com/blog The blog of the Minty Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:50:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Oh man, I couldn't get to sleep on Wednesday so I read the New Yorker article about the Titanic and then I couldn't get to sleep because of the New Yorker article about the Titanic. The sound of over 1,000 people drowning and/or freezing to death apparently sounds like a ... http://pscomics.com/blog/?p=257 Have you read Freddy by Melissa Mendes? You haven't? Why not? What is wrong with you? Don't you know anything about anything? Get out on that field and show me what you're made of! In summary, you should read it. It's downright delightful and can be enjoyed by children ages 3 ... http://pscomics.com/blog/?p=252 For a good time, why don't you click on over to Google's Search Caption contest? I have one cartoon in there, and there are lots of others by comics superstars big and small, near and far (Damien Jay, Joey Alison Sayers, Calvin Wong, Lilli Carre and Jim Woodring, just to ... http://pscomics.com/blog/?p=246 The Bike Basket Pies cookbooklet is now ready! OK, well, to be more precise: the Bike Basket Pies cookbooklet is now ready for pre-order, but they will be shipped by December 1 and that is, like, next week! OK, the week after next week. Whatever, it's soon! Get one now, ... http://pscomics.com/blog/?p=237 I have not been entirely useless these past few months, I swear! This image is proof. You see, I contributed illustrations to the upcoming Bike Basket Pies recipe zine! Natalie Galatzer put together quite the collection of seasonal handheld pie recipes and you are going to want to get your ... http://pscomics.com/blog/?p=230 Sad news came last night that Dylan Williams, our friend and the publisher behind Sparkplug Comic Books, passed away at the age of 41. Dylan was one of the most genuinely kind, generous, and inspiring people I've ever known. I can't think of anyone less deserving of this fate, and ... http://pscomics.com/blog/?p=213 Here is a design I did for the Uncommon Goods-City Harvest plate design contest: I lost, and the design that won was ugly. No offense ("none taken"). But honestly, it's like people have no taste in plates! http://pscomics.com/blog/?p=203 Lordy, lordy, where to begin? OK, here: An excerpt from Salad Days has been published in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's online literary journal, Devil's Lake. It's mostly not comics, but the talented Melissa Mendes and I both have stories in it. You can read mine here and hers here. If ... http://pscomics.com/blog/?p=194 Hello! I had a baby! Here she is, little Sally, born on January 26 at 9:59 am, weighing 7 lbs 8 oz and measuring 20 3/4 inches in length. Now that we have all the specifics out of the way, can I just tell you that she is super cute? ... http://pscomics.com/blog/?p=184 Well, well, well... If it isn't the day after Christmas and over four months since the last time I updated. Super sorry about that, everybody! I'd say I've been busy, but the truth is that I have not. Pretty much the only thing I've accomplished in the past month is ... http://pscomics.com/blog/?p=178