Here are the reasons why, as copied from my first post on Rachelle’s Comics Corner: I’ve been stalking Substack from a distance for the past year, unsure if I wanted to invest time in building another social media presence. Then fellow cartoonist Sarah Morrissette asked me why I was considering it. As I dashed off three good reasons for starting a substack blog, I sold myself on the idea. Isn’t it nice
I’m a proud Texan. Some people assume I fled Texas because it didn’t suit my liberal, creative soul, but that’s simply not the case. I love my people. “You don’t know Texas like I know Texas,” I want to say. But instead, I’ll show you. Welcome to the Patron Saints of Texas, portraits of Texans I admire. First up is Ann Richards, 45th governor of Texas. I’ve based my portrait
I feel quite lucky to work for publishers in multiple languages, but when I have a text intensive piece like this spread from Vrijheid [Freedom], some of the meaning gets lost without translation. So here’s my Dutch to English translations of these stirring poems. Please note: I’m neither a professional nor an official translator, but I’d like to share more of this beauty with my English-speaking audience. Free as a
This is a one-page autobiographical comic I wrote and drew about my teenage admiration for all things British. A bit of a teenage love story, if you will. 31 January, 2020 – It’s Brexit day. I wish you well, U.K. When I was a kid, I was certain that London was the center of cool. The DIY impulse I picked up from the fashion and music of the time stretched to