Still here amidst the pandemic.

Hi everybody— I hope you’re doing well, maintaining your health and sanity, and most important, following the health/isolation protocols with sustained discipline. This authoritarian regime will not save us. Only we can save ourselves— and the lives of millions depend on that sustained discipline.

Please, please, please: wash your hands, cover your cough, stay home, physically isolate from other people, and keep surfaces clean. This isn’t the middle of the crisis— we’re barely at the beginning, and are facing a likely incomprehensible death toll which may reach into the hundreds of thousands in the US alone.

Love and solidarity to everyone.

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In book news, I have a few new projects gearing up which I can’t discuss yet— but soon enough!

Last month, I finished a new book (title forthcoming with a larger announcement)— through two years of work, our social and political reality has changed so quickly that I often felt it couldn’t possibly be published soon enough to keep up.

Now, even 2019’s sense of urgency and uncertainty seems antiquated. Some passages have very meanings now (just a month later)— specifically, a central theme on the urgency of sustained physical protest in a new reality that virtually removes its possibilty.

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Stay vigilant, stay mindful, think of your neighbors (in the biggest, worldly sense possible)— and we will get through this.

Bloomington IN: talk/Q&A/art exhibit on February 20th!

Bloomington friends: on Thursday, February 20th (John Lewis’ birthday!), I’ll be giving a talk/Q&A about my work at the I Fell Gallery (415 W. 4th, next to Rainbow Bakery). There will also be a one-night-only exhibit of my original artwork spanning the last two decades!

Here’s a link to the same info on my events page.

7pm, free, all as a part of the Indiana Remixed series. See you there!

(Adding this note here, because I know that a certain local crust-punk with a long history of sexual assault, domestic violence, and physical intimidation keeps tabs on me via the internet: you are not welcome at my events. Ever. Do not show up.)

new photozine-- PARTING SHOTS #1

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I’ve always wanted to release a collection of my amateur band photography, so I finally made it happen as a zine— here’s Parting Shots #1, featuring a bunch of photos I took between 1995-2018. This mostly documents underground punk-related bands, but also branches out into a few mainstream artists I’ve had the privilege of seeing. All point-and-shoot, from the hand-me-down 110 camera I started with to my current Sony RX100 II.

Volume One clocks in at a whopping 84 pages, and I expect to release a second volume in a few months. You can order it here, or in combination with Fluke #17 here. This is a super-limited release, and I doubt I’ll make more than 100 copies total.

One Reason. Caravan, Memphis TN, 2003.

One Reason. Caravan, Memphis TN, 2003.

Fugazi. Malcolm X Park, Washington DC, 1996.

Fugazi. Malcolm X Park, Washington DC, 1996.

Haim. Egyptian Room, Indianapolis IN, 2016.

Haim. Egyptian Room, Indianapolis IN, 2016.

Fat Shadow. Bloomington IN, 2011.

Fat Shadow. Bloomington IN, 2011.

TWO DEAD book release & video of panel discussion!

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Thanks to everyone who came out in Little Rock and Bloomington to make the release of TWO DEAD such a success!

Writer Van Jensen and I had a panel discussion (and “Anatomy of a Scene” walk-through) on book release day, moderated by Jay Jennings as a part of Oxford American’s “South Words” series— here is video of the whole thing.

Thanks to everyone who braved the cold and rain last Saturday to grab books from colorist Erin Tobey and me at Vintage Phoenix Comics— Erin and I have worked on-and-off with each other for almost 20 years, and we’re both proud to’ve been a visual team on this book.

You can order signed/sketched copies of any of my books directly from me here.

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MARCH makes A.V. Club's "Best Comics of the 2010's" list!

It’s an honor to find the March trilogy included in A.V. Club’s “Best Comics of the 2010’s” list!

“The March books became even more relevant in the midst of the shifting political tides of the decade’s latter half, and with its presence in schools, March gives future generations an accessible, poignant look at why they need to stand up to bigotry in all its forms and continue the fight for human rights.”

TWO DEAD is here-- mailorders shipping!

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The first shipment of Two Dead has arrived, and the books turned out great!

Gallery 13 will be releasing Two Dead on November 19th (writer Van Jensen and I will be doing a discussion/Q&A/signing on release day in Little Rock, Arkansas, and then colorist Erin Tobey and I will be doing a signing in Bloomington, Indiana at Vintage Phoenix Comics on Saturday, November 23rd).

I’ve already started shipping signed mailorder copies, which means many folks will receive the book before release day— order here.

You may also order Two Dead from your local comics shop, your local indie bookstore, or Amazon.

As always, thank you for your support!

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SOOPHIE NUN SQUAD musical family tree!

For those interested, I’ve taken it upon myself to translate the musical relationships of my flagship band Soophie Nun Squad into a convenient flow-chart style family tree! (It’s fairly exhaustive, but by no means complete— I had to snip the connections the further out I went, usually stopping at band relationships one step out from direct SNS membership.)

Many of these bands may be explored further here at Harlan Records (a DIY punk record label I operated from 1994-2010).

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Now taking direct pre-orders for TWO DEAD, out 11/19/19!

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My new graphic novel Two Dead (written by Van Jensen, drawn by me, color by Erin Tobey) will be released on November 19th from Gallery 13— if you’d like a signed/sketched copy directly from me, you may order here!

* Due to our evil, fascist regime backing out of an international postal alliance, international shipping has skyrocketed in the last few years, making foreign orders unrealistic— so I’m only taking direct US mailorders. I’m sorry— yet another reason to get this wicked criminal syndicate out of power.

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You may also pre-order from your local comics shop, your local indie bookstore, or Amazon here.

Here’s an exclusive excerpt from Oxford American!

Here’s another excerpt from Paste!

On release day, November 19th, Van and I will be having a discussion/signing in Little Rock, Arkansas, in cooperation with Oxford American’s South Words series. Get tickets here!

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