heads up Holland and Belgium!


In the first week of November I'll be touring the Netherlands and Belgium, promoting the brand-new Dutch edition of Swallow Me Whole, under the title Verzwelg Me!, published by Sherpa. I'll be touring together with storytellers extraordinaire Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, who will be promoting the highly acclaimed Skim.

Here's where we'll likely be found, if you happen to be around:

Nov 2 Amsterdam-- Presentation and press release at Lambiek (Kerkstraat 132) @5pm.
Nov 3 Zwolle-- Lecture at ArtEZ Academy @ 4-5:30pm.
Nov 4 Mechelen-- Signing at De Stripkever (Bruul 79) @ 3-5:30pm.
Nov 5 Brussels-- Signing at Het B-Gevaar (Greepstraat 15) @ 12-2pm.
Leuven-- Signing at Het Besloten Land (Parijsstraat 16) @ 4-6pm.
Nov 6 Utrecht-- Book launch, signings, and art show at Stripkunstbeurs @ 11am-4pm.

see you there!

hitched.


Yep, Rachel Bormann and I did indeed tie the knot.

Also, the Monroe County courts office has an EXCELLENT candy selection.

"Ink Plots" exhibition at Visual Arts Gallery!

If you're in the NYC area in October, come check out the Ink Plots exhibition at SVA's Visual Arts Gallery (601 W. 26th Street, 15th Floor). It'll be running from October 8 to November 6, with a multitude of work by yours truly alongside such wizards as Will Eisner, Edward Gorey, Burne Hogarth, Klaus Janson, Ben Katchor, Harvey Kurtzman, Keith Mayerson, David Mazzucchelli, Jerry Moriarty, Gary Panter, Walter Simonson, Art Spiegelman, Sungyoon Choi, Nathan Fox, Bill Plympton, Dash Shaw, Koren Shadmi, Raina Telgemeier, Michael Townsend, Steve Uy and Sara Varon, among many others! Go if you can!

Matrimony, SPX, and Super Commission Deal!


Hey y'all! The last few months have been buck wild, with goodness on the horizon. Cranky do-gooder and writer Rachel Bormann and I are getting married next month!

I'll be attending the Small Press Expo in North Bethesda, MD on September 11-12, and will have tons of new goodies, including a super-limited minicomic with chapters from Any Empire and The Silence Of Our Friends. These will ONLY be available over SPX weekend. I'll post cover art in the next few days!

Okay, so lean times are officially here while I'm finishing up these books and preparing to get hitched, so I present a special rate on commissioned art pieces at SPX and for the rest of September:

$100 for an 11"x14" inked piece of whatever/whomever the hell you want! Portraits, animals, characters from my books or somebody else's. Superheroes! Superheroes! Just food! Superheroes! Bring it on!

Please email me at seemybrotherdance@yahoo.com if you're interested. Thanks so much!

UNIVERSE tour update!

Here are the updated shows for our southern tour:

Thurs June 17 Bloomington IN @ The Bishop w/ Holiday Band
Wed June 23 Bloomington IN @ Greek's Pizza w/ Andrew Jackson Jihad, Busman's Holiday, Art Vanduhlay
Thurs June 24 Louisville KY @ Skull Alley w/ Andrew Jackson Jihad
Fri June 25 Cairo IL @ Ace of Cups w/ Andrew Jackson Jihad
Sat June 26 Little Rock AR @ Juanita's Party Room w/ Iron Tongue, Zucura
Sun June 27 New Orleans LA @ The Big Top.
Mon June 28 Pensacola FL @ Sluggo's.
Tue June 29 Tallahassee FL @ Charles Mansion
Wed June 30 St. Augustine FL @ Nobby's w/ Tubers, The Cougs
Thurs July 1 Gainesville FL @ Wayward Council w/ Die Hoffnung
Fri July 2 Atlanta GA @ Wonderroot
Sat July 3 Chattanooga TN @ TBA

more info as I get it!
Our CD's are in, and we're just finishing up the packaging. They'll be ready at shows and through mailorder on the 23rd!

May and June goings-on*



All right, time for a long-overdue update.

I drew the cover for We Will Bury You #2 by Brea Grant and Zane Grant, and published by IDW-- it's been in stores for a few weeks now, and I have copies available for $4 ppd. (the store will be updated "soon", but for now just email me about it if you're interested.)

I'll be drawing the comic-book portion of the forthcoming Year Of The Beasts, written by Cecil Castellucci and published by Roaring Brook Press. But don't expect that baby until 2012.

The Silence Of Our Friends is a little over halfway done, and Any Empire is nearing the end of its editing phase. I've gotten a head start on some of the inks and it's really exciting.

Here are some upcoming signings and stuff:

* Wed May 19 @ G-Mart Comics in Champaign IL from 2-6 pm.
* Sat May 22 @ Summit City Con in Fort Wayne IN.

* Jul 22-25 @ Comic Con International in San Diego CA (at the Top Shelf table!).

oh! To boot, my band Universe will be touring the South in the summer, and will have copies of our new CD, Passenger. Here are the dates (details soon):

* Wed 6/23 Bloomington IN @ Greek's Pizza w/ Andrew Jackson Jihad and to-be-named superband.
* Thurs 6/24 Louisville KY @ TBA w/ Andrew Jackson Jihad + more TBA.
* Fri 6/25 Cairo IL @ Ace of Cups w/ Andrew Jackson Jihad + more TBA.
* Sat 6/26 Little Rock AR @ Juanita's w/ Iron Tongue and Zucura. All Ages, $3!
* Sun 6/27 New Orleans LA @ TBA.
* Mon 6/28 Pensacola FL @ TBA.
* Tue 6/29 Tallahassee FL @ TBA.
* Wed 6/30 Gainesville FL @ TBA.
* Thurs 7/1 St. Augustine FL @ TBA.
* Fri 7/2 Atlanta GA @ TBA.
* Sat 7/3 Athens GA @ TBA.
* Sun 7/4 Chattanooga TN @ Sluggo's w/ TBA.

up and running again!

Hello! After a little time in carbonite, everything's back. Thanks as always to Erin Tobey and Nate Wilson for their swift techno-assistance! There's plenty of stuff on the horizon, so I'll be getting everything else updated pretty soon.

spring update fool!


Hey everybody!

At long last, Papercutter #12 is out, featuring "The Uncomfortable Gaze of Carlos Santana" by Rachel Bormann and I! I'll be getting copies here in a few days-- check the store for updates.

If you're in New York City this spring, I have a 7-page sequence from Swallow Me Whole in the NeoIntegrity show coinciding with the MoCCA Festival. The opening is Friday, March 26th from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, 594 Broadway in Manhattan.

I recently did some illustrations for Fluke #8 by O.G. Little Rock native Matthew Thompson-- copies are $4 postpaid from me or from Matthew. This'll be added to the store soon too!

Universe will be playing quite a few shows in April-- here are the rough dates:

*Thurs 4/15 Ft. Wayne IN @ TBA
*Fri 4/16 Lansing IL @ Nnamdi's house w/ Paramedics
*Sat 4/17 Chicago IL @ TBA w/ Warboner + more
*Sun 4/18 Minneapolis MN @ The Cabbage Patch
*Mon 4/19 Madison WI @ TBA
*Fri 4/23 Louisville KY @ TBA w/ Mountain Asleep + more
*Sat 4/24 Columbus OH @ Legion of Doom w/ Mountain Asleep
*Sun 4/25 Cincinatti OH @ Bike Haus w/ Mountain Asleep
(updates soon!)

UNIVERSE LP recording sesh/ upcoming shows.


Hey everybody! Universe, the band I'm in, just finished recording an LP tentatively called Passenger. It was done with the wizardry of Mike Bridavsky at Russian Recording here in Bloomington. We'll be mixing in early March, and then I'll post a song-- the LP should be out by June, hopefully. More info soon!

Here are some shows we're playing:

Thurs Feb 25-- Bloomington IN, The Bishop (123 S. Walnut) w/ Pink Houses, Full Sun, and Dead Dog. Benefit show for The Collaboration Room. 8pm, $5.

Sun Feb 28-- Bloomington IN, The Bishop again. a benefit for some kinda art program within IU. don't ask me. show time. $5.

Sun March 7-- Bloomington IN, The Fort (15th and Woodburn) w/ Little Lungs, Vera Maleta, Moscow Moscow Moscow. 8pm, $5.

SWALLOW ME WHOLE en Francais!


A brand new French translation of Swallow Me Whole is out now from Casterman. If anyone in North America is interested, I have a handful of copies that are $15 ppd. in the US, or $$20 ppd. to Canada-- just email me and let me know! Thanks.

Next week I'll be doing some signings in Paris and Toulouse, then heading for the gargantuan Angouleme comics festival in Angouleme, France, where I'll be signing at the Casterman table. I'll try to update signing info soon..

Sacramento bound!


Hey, if you're in Northern Cali, I'll be at the Indy Euphoria Comic Con on January 9-10! The show is at the Scottish Rite Center (6151 H Street), from 10-7 on Saturday, and 10-6 on Sunday. See you there!

Humanbeast


Here's some footage of Providence worm wizards/ undifferentiated hunks of flesh Humanbeast (Maralie Armstrong and Eli Monster, formerly of Soophie Nun Squad and Tem Eyos Ki, best friends and muppet-family) performing last weekend in Brooklyn.

upcoming UNIVERSE shows!

Here are three shows UNIVERSE is playing in the next week, all with our new bassist/violinist Jacqui Cornetta! See you there!

Sat, Dec. 5th-- Bloomington IN @ Rhino's w/ In The Face Of War, Applecore. 8pm, $5.
Tues, Dec. 8th-- Louisville KY @ Skull Alley w/ Where We Live, Birds And Wires, Caution Critters. 7pm, $5.
Wed, Dec. 9th-- Bloomington IN @ Greek's Pizza w/ Learner Dancer, Birds And Wires. 9pm, $5.