Plaid to the bone

It’s been a snowy few days here in New England, and while I’m sure the students were waiting for this with anticipation, I was trying not to [snow] bank on it. But, the call came in before 6 so I guess everyone gets a break in what was already a 4 day week.

It’s been a while. But after a longer hiatus than I thought, I’d like to say I’m back to posting TEACHER. I have a few strips in the chamber and I am not sure how long I can keep it up for since I am teaching full time again, but I will do my best.

✨The Conosaurus convention database is live! ✨

Go here: www.conosaurus.com

Conosaurus is a database of indie & pop culture comic conventions and zine fests, built with exhibitors in mind. It’s still got a lot of growing to do, but John did an awesome job helping me build this cool thing over the course of the last 1.5 years. We’re very excited that it’s finally here!

Out of the shadows..it’s finally time to announce that submissions are open for the next volume in the Restless Minds Anthology series: 

RESTLESS MINDS: NIGHTMARES!

This year’s theme is Nightmares, Fear, and Suspense! I’m looking for comics and illustrations that have to do with nightmares, your fears, a scary story, or something suspenseful! It can be a personal story or something to simply send a shiver down your spine! 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: (UNDER THE CUT!)

Back at it again. This weeks strip was inspired by another teacher friend of mine and I asked if I could use his likeness (he agreed) because using my likeness all the time is a bit overly self-serving, I think. I’d like to start moving more in this kind of direction; I’d still like to use myself as a character, but I will do my best to highlight all different kinds of stories and experiences too.

Also hoping to do a bit of work on educational policy…could be very relevant or irrelevant come Thursday.

For the record, I am not this sports illiterate. There was a time where I watched games, and collected cards and such, but I ended up gravitating towards other interests for some reason. I tend to see sports fandom and other fandom as being one in the same, although some tend to be defensive that their fandom is not as ridiculous as some other fandom-it seems sort of contrived if you ask me.

Evening! Those who follow me here (though there may be few) may recall I took a hiatus from December till late January. I was actually working very hard on comics but of a different sort.

For past year, I’ve been co-curating an art exhibition at UMass Amherst for politically engaged graphic novels. We were even in the paper this week, check it out here. We have over 100 pieces of original artwork from very important comics!

Issue #1 is starting to make its way out into libraries, book stores, comic shops, and more! Follow along at http://www.instagram.com/ladybroadledger to find out where you can get a copy!

Built On Strange Ground is a non-fiction comic anthology of real cursed locations, haunted towns, eccentric neighbors and local lore.

Have you ever lived someplace odd? Is there a house on your block that everyone avoids? A place where mysterious disappearances keep happening? Have you walked in a forest where voices are sometimes heard from the trees? Does your neighbor receive letters in a language that no one has seen before? Is there a highway out of town that some cars never get off of? We want to hear your stories.

Personal experiences are best, but friend-of-a-friend stories or pieces of historical nonfiction are also welcome. We’re especially interested in stories about the strange and unknown, but they don’t necessarily need a paranormal element. We’re looking for any stories you have about weird locations and strange locals.

This is a non-fiction anthology, meaning we want stories based on real people, places and experiences. It’s all right if your submission is about something of dubious validity, like a local legend or rumor, but it should not be a work of fiction.

This anthology is a semi-sequel to Then It Was Dark, an anthology of personal paranormal experiences that is currently in its second print run.

Solo creators and writer-artist teams of all experience levels are welcome to submit pitches. Accepted stories will be paid $50 a page. If you are interested in contributing, send your pitches here.

The deadline for pitches is March 15th, 2017. You can submit more than one, but try to narrow it down to two or three at the most. We want to hear the stories you’re really interested in telling.

Have you ever heard of a better idea? The student who wrote me that letter was an honor student; I was so proud of this kid.