I imagine that all small press cartoonists entertain similar daydreams.  Being interviewed by Terry Gross - answering the MacArthur "genius grant" phone call - and having work reviewed in The Comics Journal are my top three.  So, I might have passed out for a second when I saw my name in Rob Clough's review of the Dog City # 2 anthology in The Comics Journal this week.

Working with Dog City Press has been so fulfilling and exciting.  Like most people, I love comics, but I've become too lazy to spend time digging in bins, and flipping around online to find the next comic that's going to change my life.  Dog City box sets recognize the need for curation to make small press comics shopping less daunting, while preserving that giddy feeling of discovery when you unearth your next favorite thing.

As an artist, the best part of contributing to Dog City has been seeing my work operating in an environment with other innovative cartoonists.  Rob Clough captures the excitement of unwrapping, flipping through and reorganizing the set.  There's nothing like a review - from someone who reads, thinks and breathes comics - and "gets" what you are trying to do.  I don't expect the other daydreams to come true...ever...so I'm definitely reveling in this with all the Dog City Artists!

I had so much fun presenting comics at the Bonfire Reading Series last month, that I decided to post these three short comics from the event as a slide show here.

I am honored to be a part of the second Dog City anthology/box of awesome that will be hot off the presses for SPX.  My piece is Selfies - a collection of rarely seen and brand new material that circles around two things that need to be taken more seriously: comics and young women.  Juan Fernandez, Luke Healy and Simon Reinhardt are all talented cartoonists, and - even better - they are excellent editors and curators.  I'm sure this collection will even smell good!

I went crazy making a little book for Little Book Fair in Pittsburgh last week - A Field Guide to August.  I was nursing a nasty gash on my right elbow, so I only made a few of these.  I figured it would be a one shot very limited edition mini, but people seemed to like it, so I decided to make some more. 
I always get mopey in August.  I don't like hot weather and I feel "Back to School" season looming.  This field guide is a personal guide to the plants and insects that mean it's my least favorite month again.

I am so excited to be on a panel with some really talented and devoted small-press cartoonists at the upcoming Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh event - Drawing Power: Comics, Zines and Books in Pittsburgh and Beyond  One of the things I love about small press is that I can amble in and out of it with out feeling like an outcast.  Events like this remind me why I love comics!