Free Comic Book Day was on Saturday, May 4th this year; it's always fun when one nerd holiday coincides with Star Wars Day ("May the Fourth Be With You"), another popular nerd holiday. FCBD is hands-down one of my favorite days of the year, and I have no doubt that this is largely due to... Continue Reading →
In September, 2019, Mr. B and I will have been married for 30 years. (If you're so inclined, pearls are the traditional gift for 30th anniversaries; diamonds are the modern gift. I'm kidding of course. We'd prefer kazoos.) In that time, he's come to learn that gifts from me for important occasions such as birthdays... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, the folks at The 100 Day Project sent out an email with the subject line "You get to define success for yourself and your project," and I was like, "Yes. Yes, I do," and felt all "I am woman, hear me roar" about it, except then some days I end up... Continue Reading →
Confession: I kind of have a ... thing ... about objects which glow in the dark. This fascination might have its roots in my childhood fear of the dark, but at heart, I just think GITD items are super-cool. I would paint my house in glow-in-the-dark paint if it were possible. Recently, the folks... Continue Reading →
Some sort of stomach bug precluded me from doing a drawing yesterday, but it did afford me the chance to reflect on illnesses past. I was sick a lot as a child. (I am ill a lot as an adult, too, but that's a different story for a different day.) The common cold, ear infections,... Continue Reading →
My sketchbooks feature any number of half-completed scribbles, usually with a scrawled notation which I may or may not be able to remember and/or decipher. This one I remember: in a bookstore one day, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a title on the spine of a book which, for a fraction... Continue Reading →
I've always wanted to draw an Easter card featuring a panoramic view of a springtime-themed fair, or amusement park. I guess this is the first step. Save
My eyesight has been terrible for most of my life; trying to read headlines on the internet has done nothing to improve it. I realized within a split-second, of course, that the actual headline I saw was "French billionaires, companies pledge millions of euros to rebuild Notre-Dame," but the mental image conjured by my initial... Continue Reading →
The cover for Night Cats. The paper is Nepalese lokta paper, handmade & hand-printed (not by me!) with metallic stars, moons, and suns. I drew the Night Cats directly on the cover with Posca markers; the Lokta paper is kind of absorbent, which is why they look a little fuzzy. Their pose is cheerfully borrowed... Continue Reading →
