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Hereville 2 Title Page Pencils!
So Hereville 2 is nearly done! I’ve drawn all the story pages and the cover, and I just finished penciling the title page a few minutes ago. Jake is blazing along on the colors. I want to go back and...
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Hereville 2 preview: Page 87
I may have posted an earlier version of page 87 at some point? I’m not certain. In any case, I just redrew the bottom panel and I’m much happier with this page now.
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The troll on a break, drawn by Ken Koral
My friend Ken Koral, who does the excellent horror webcomic Eventy-Seven, did this hilarious drawing of the troll from Hereville. Is that awesome or what?
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Book Trailer For Hereville 1
Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite’s release date is November 1, but it seems that some copies are showing up early… I heard on twitter yesterday that someone had bought one at a store. Very neat!...
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My New 24 Hour Comic: “Leaving The Bedroom”
Yesterday (October 20) was 24 Hour Comics Day! What’s a 24 Hour Comic, you ask? It’s an invention of Scott McCloud’s: To create a complete 24 page comic book in 24 continuous hours. That means...
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I’ve been asked by poet and my “Alas” co-blogger Richard Jeffrey Newman to participate in a Blog Hop in order to introduce new authors to new readers. If you’ve come here from the link posted on...
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Portland Opera’s “Don Giovanni”
Portland Opera has a delightful habit of inviting a bunch of Portland-area cartoonists, including me, to come watch dress rehearsals and post drawings of what we see. So on Monday (which was my...
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Hereville 2 Premiere Event, Thursday the 15th in Portland!
What: Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite book premiere. When: Thursday, November 15, 7:30pm. Where: Powell’s on Hawthorne, Portland, Oregon For those of you in or near Portland, Oregon, please come...
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Three comments on the Tony Harris kerfuffle
(Warning: This post contains some content raged “PG,” and maybe even “PG-13,” including mentioning b**bs and a couple of uses of the F word. Also, in case any readers don’t know this word, “cosplay”...
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Now Selling Signed Copies of Hereville!
Hey, folks. What with Chanukah and that other holiday coming up soon, I wanted to let you know that I’m selling copies of Hereville. Go here for all the details, or if you’d rather not see the...
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Jewish Journal: Hereville is a “perfect Chanukah gift”!
From the Jewish Journal’s article on “Books that make perfect Chanukah gifts“: Those looking for a gift for kids who like comics and adventure stories can’t go wrong with “Hereville: How Mirka Met a...
View ArticleJewish Telegram article about Hereville
In the November 9 issue of the UK newspaper The Jewish Telegram, they had a nice article about me and my work. You can see it as it appeared on the page in pdf form here, or read the text of the...
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“How To Make A Man Out Of Tin Foil” now online!
My short story “How To Make A Man Out of Tin Foil” is online! This angsty story about boyhood and masculinity at a Jewish summer camp is now available on Bitch Magazine’s website. I did this story for...
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Publisher’s Weekly on Hereville: “one of the most original and comically...
Publisher’s Weekly has posted their starred review of Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite. (Note: some spoilers ahead, although not more than you’d get from reading the back cover.) Eleven-year-old...
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Christmas email to my niece
My nephew and niece reading Hereville on Christmas morning (My niece got a copy of my new book for Christmas, and emailed me saying that she enjoyed the book and asking me if I’ll sign it. I don’t...
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Barry interviewed on KBOO radio today!
[Updated: Time is 11:30am, not 11am. I'll update the post with a link to the archive once I've got it.] Me and cartoonist Jenn Manley Lee will be interviewed on KBOO at 11:30am pacific time today....
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I’ll be at Emerald City Comic Con this weekend
I’ll be at Emerald City Comic Con this weekend, sharing a table with autobio cartoonist Becky Hawkins and her shoulder angel. We’ll be at table R-06 in Artist’s Alley; if you’re in Seattle, please...
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Email From A “How To Make A Man Out Of Tin Foil” Reader
After Emerald City Comic-Con, I received this email from Kelley, who bought both Hereville and How To Make A Man Out Of Tin Foil from me at ECCC. This is the kind of email that really makes a...
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