I find myself facing a relatively trivial dilemma for an event next week, and frankly it feels nice to have something trivial to worry about in 2025 for once. The French metal band Alcest is coming to Boston next Wednesday. I first saw them open for Enslaved when they came around almost ten years ago. … Continue reading “To Go or Not To Go”
I’ve been making comics online for over twenty years and over that time I’ve gotten so much positive feedback and beautiful messages from you, my wonderful readers. When the time comes to tell the complete story of my life this time making comics has been made extraordinary thanks to all of you. But there’s also … Continue reading “This Is Going To Be Unpleasant”
Before I get rolling with today’s blog I need to begin with a disclaimer because I have family, both blood and lawful, that read these: THIS ISN’T ABOUT ANY OF YOU. There’s a storytelling convention that I’ve really come to dislike as I’ve gotten older, and it’s that family members who have wronged the protagonist … Continue reading “But We’re Family”
Have you looked at the news lately? Because I have and I hate it. All of it. A flurry of executive orders causing chaos and anxiety. Everyone I know is on-edge at best and exceedingly depressed at worst. Every time I pick up my phone I’m worried some new bit of news about the ghastliest … Continue reading “Small Pleasantries”
This weekend I went to a friend’s baby shower. It was a lovely celebration for a wonderful woman who is very excited to be a mom. She got all the love and support she deserved and we can’t wait for her to welcome her child into the world. It was a beautiful day. Except for … Continue reading “Bland Brunch and Decadent Dinner”
After my unfocused and profanity-laden rant on Tuesday I feel slightly better now, though that appears to change day-by-day or even hour-by-hour depending on the nature of the news. Better enough, at least, to write a more coherent blog for today. I am glad to have made the decision last year to write shorter stories, … Continue reading “I Need These Dwarves Right Now”
Well, let’s get this out of the way. Yesterday the most odious, despicable, evil piece-of-shit political figure of my lifetime got sworn back in to the United States presidency. While I’d rather talk about the return of the Dwarves of Kadaz or really anything else, I need to get this off my chest. Fuck him. … Continue reading “Four More Years of Being Furious”
My dear friend hosted a New Year’s Eve party and asked me to bring my tarot deck to do readings! Tarot cards have become an occasional hobby of mine, and something I like to do when the mood strikes me (or in this case as a party trick) rather than a thing I plan to … Continue reading “It’s Not In The Cards”
Over the weekend I off-handedly made a post on my social media feeds that read as such: Every so often I wonder if I should try to get my comics adapted into something like a movie or TV show, but then I remember there are soulless execs who will erase years of work from existence … Continue reading “Adaptation, or Lack Thereof”
I have a better idea of what day it is today, so I’ll write a proper look back on 2024 and how I felt about it. I’ll be primarily talking about the comics here and not my personal life, the latter of which is less interesting to talk about in 2024 than the comics. 2024 … Continue reading “A Proper Retrospective”