Bikes, Babes, Happy Days

bonjour babies

I actually did a quick diary comic!  I never do those anymore… oh well.

So last week my bike was stolen, and I found out by gettin all ready to run errands and then BAM not there. i. was. furious.

 

Its totally true – I would have ripped into ANYBODY that day, even if they just looked at me funny.

The good news is I found a lovely new peugeot bike this week – i still miss my old bike (aka Miss St.-Clair)  but my new lil lady (aka Margot Marguerite) has already taken me to some beautiful places.

 

 

 

 

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

So ALSO – CAKE 2013 was last weekend! And it was a BLAST!  I only did half as well as Zine-Fest, but I met a lot of awesome people and got to see old CCS friends and it was just a great weekend in general :)

My beautiful table and my books!

 

Comics DREAM-TEAM Sarah Becan and Lucy Knisley!

 

Artist Sarah Morton holds up our Makeup Anthology (which sold out at the show!)

Zine-Fest and Comics=Babes: Jaclyn Miller and Leslie Perrine!

MINDBLOWINGLY TALENTED ARTIST: Luke Howard, CCS 2013 Grad!

And I think I am official cross-country-comics-bff babes with Lucy Bellwood!

The guy who took these photos is either terrible at photography or a genius

 

I’ve already read all the comics I got because they’re SO GOOD and all the artists there were very talented

 

 

WHELP that about wraps it up

Thanks for checking in, and thanks to everone who came by the table and thanks to those who support me on a regular basis – you’re all beautiful and I love you.

keep it real

 

 

 

 

New Diary Comic about SAD TIME! WHAT A SURPRISE!

It’s been a while since I did a for realz Diary Comic and today when I went to grab coffee and sit and draw one… i realized i forgot my pencil box!  I borrowed a ball-point pen and drew a whole comic without erasing for the first time – I am actually pretty proud!  This comic is my first AS IS comic, no erasing, no white out and the only photo shop is the coloring.  It doesn’t look anything like what I normally do, but I hope ya’ll will enjoy it!

 

 

Some notes about this particular comic…

I have this program where you get an email that tells you what happened on that day on Facebook a year ago, and this week was when I first heard this song.  All of us remember, there are over 300 MILLION views on Youtube, and maybe we loved it so much because it was so unfortunately realistic.

I normally wouldn’t put so many words in a comic, but I needed to say it – I’ve always wanted to say it.  And maybe some of you who know me are thinking “OMG WHY IS SHE STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS IT WAS A YEAR AGO” well… sorry, but it happened and  it was rough and hard and it’s a part of me now, and probably always will be.

I like writing about real things and real things aren’t always good, and most things don’t work out, and that’s ok!  We all have dark times but it gets sunny again :)

 

I love you all!  <3

 

 

 

 

Aren’t We All Hot Messes Sometimes?

Bad Language!

Today’s diary comic is only HALF-sad, and with a happy ending! YAY!

Mostly a Good Day – April 2012

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Gee Im Glad It’s Raining

I have a couple of back-logged diary comics, so I’m going to try to update twice a week for now and when I catch up it will be once a week.  We’ll see  how long that lasts.

So… just so we’re clear and there are no surprises, there’s quite a list of sad-sack comics ahead.

Sorry bros.

i tried to do this one in the style of Julie Delporte.  I love how beautiful and  emotional she makes her moments look, like these:

Speaking of Julie – she has completed her fellowship at CCS and is now back in Quebec.  I am sad because I miss her but i look forward to visiting her in Montreal!

<3

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –