Exquiste Things reviews Manny + Bigfoot & Beard Growing Contest

Matthew Dick reviewed Manny + Bigfoot in his Exquisite Things blog. He reviewed it alongside my husband, Raighne's mini-comic Beard Growing Contest. Matt says, "I’ve always had a soft spot for mini comics, and these are amongst the best I’ve read in recent times." Please read the reviews they're well written and help add to the enjoyment of the books.

I've included a pic borrowed from Raighne's blog so you can see that he has a giant beard worthy of a medal and the many compliments it receives. You can also see that his mini-comic is held shut with a mini-clothes pin.

Zine Supreme + TC Zine Fest this WEEKEND

Here is my contribution to Sean Lynch's "Zine Supreme". Sean will be selling this zine anthology at the Twin Cities Zine Fest this weekend.

Sean asked for a stream of consciousness drawing. I haven't drawn anything since February, so it took some doing. It turned into a weird Self-Portrait of me making art.

Sean is the newest member of 2d Cloud and he is sharing the studio with us now. He and Justin Skarhus will be manning the 2d Cloud table at Zine Fest Saturday and Sunday.

Manny + Bigfoot in Poopsheet Shop!

Manny + Bigfoot is now available in the Poopsheet Shop! Richard Krauss wrote up a neat post announcing this in his Poopsheet Foundation blog. He says, "The pastel coloring on the interior pages of this limited edition comic are simply amazing."

Manny + Bigfoot Reviews

Manny + Bigfoot has been reviewed by Rob Clough in High Low and Sarah Morean in the Daily Cross Hatch. Like it, hate it? You can leave your own reviews of the comic in my comment section. For those of you who don't have a copy you can purchase it from me online...and give me feedback. I have a lot of requests for a second book so feedback on the first will help me improve.

Manny + Bigfoot (mini comic Wrap Around Cover)

One more page and I'll be done drawing Manny + Bigfoot. Then my husband Raighne will begin formatting the pages in InDesign. He'll have to adjust the page sizes since I managed to miss measure my original dummy. Next, we'll print out 100 full color copies to be cut, folded, bound, and VELCROed! When I get my first one done I will photograph it and post it. We have two weeks until the Walker Art Center's Bookfair Multiples Mall.

In the meantime I need to curl up on the couch with a box of hot tamales candies!

Wedding + a mini-comic for the Walker

Raighne and I got married yesterday. It was a short and tiny ceremony with no rings, flowers, or fancy clothes. We loved it! We'll be having a big wedding celebration/art show in the summer for all of our friends and relatives.

Between getting our marriage certificate and changing my name, I'm constructing my Manny + Bigfoot mini-comic. It's for the Walker Art Center's Multiples Mall: A Bookish Fair. Raighne and I will sell our 2D Cloud fare including Good Minnesotan comics and buttons, and Raighne's Beard Growing Contest mini-comic there on Feb 21 from 11am-4pm.

Pages 1-5 of Owl Family comic

You Are the Great Horned Owl written and illustrated by me. The originals are blue, brown and white paintings. The first five pages were published in black in white in GOOD MINNESOTAN episode #3. The rest of it will be published some time in 2009 in color in its own publication. I will keep posting sketches and finished pages as they come.