Author Archives: Jessica
Comics: Philosophy and Practice
I’ll be at the University of Chicago this weekend for this absolutely insane comics event. I mean, please don’t let there be a terrorist attack on the NATO conference (also in Chicago this weekend!), because we’d lose the entire top tier of American cartoonists. Here’s the lineup in (more or less) order of appearance: Art [...]
me at MoCCA 2012
Matt and I will have a table (B3) and are running a workshop/discussion on Saturday at 1:15. Come see us! I’ll have printouts from my new scifi epic Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars to show off, new postcards from my Kickstarter, and lots of books for sale.
Kickstarter progress report
I’ve been stacking up drawings, planning who’s getting which item of clothing, and then I realized that I can’t actually mail any of the drawings out until I get them all done and have the postcards printed. Oops.
Bookends, or, 40s are the new awesome.
Matt and I, and our kids, Aldara and Jasper, are picking up and moving to France in September, for a year. In some ways, the difficulty of shifting a fully adult life under full steam to a new track adds to the thrill. We will have been parents almost 5 years, in this house 10 years, teaching at SVA 11 years, in NYC 12 years. It’s more than time, beyond time, for a change.
Michigan this week
Anyone in the central Michigan area this coming week, I hope you’ll come out to see me at the MSU Comics Forum. I’ll be giving a talk on Friday night and then “tabling” as the comickers call it, on Saturday.
This is the 1%…
OK, I’m no genius, but if you replace “genius” with “art,” Edison was right when he said, “genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.” Case in point: Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars, my graphic novel-in-progress. How did I come up with this epic space opera? Well, back in 2006, I drew these illustrations for Chapter [...]
Kickstarter item #5: red T-shirt
Another vintage item for my Kickstarter supporters, a red t-shirt from the 70s. It’s simple, plain, but again, it’s the fit that counts. Wabi sabi ripped sleeve trim, very punk. I’d love to give this to someone my age in the picture below, or younger. (Below: Artbabe signing in at the original Quimby’s, on Damen, [...]
Kickstarter item #4: The favorite jeans
Not every one of my Kickstarter drawing subjects/gifts is some amazing piece of vintage fabulous. You know that one pair of jeans that you would have thrown out five years ago, but you just can’t bear to part with them? From left to right: Dean Haspiel, Josh Neufield, me and my favorite jeans at the [...]
Kickstarter Item #3: clingy polyester zigzag shirt.
For years, this was my go-to shirt when heading out to a party or to go dancing. Vintage 1970s, clingy, sexy, I’ve had it since about 1993, but I just CAN’T get away with it anymore, as much as I would like to. Are you a young, cute, smart-assed, vintage-wearing woman? Do you know someone [...]
Kickstarter Item #2: goatskin backpack
This… is a goatskin backpack. It comes from Guinea, West Africa. It’s made of an entire goatskin, in one piece. Lovely, very useful, and also a conversation piece! I’ll be doing a color drawing with this one. Want it? Check out my Kickstarter.