"Mark" and Criminal Records

Above: a page from Lindsay's script I was writing feedback/doodling on.

Anyway, onto what I actually meant -- "Mark and the Aliens" is now available at Hub Comics in Boston and Criminal Records in Atlanta! (click to read the comic.)

Below: cellphone snapshots from Criminal Records' displays.



Note the copies of "Inbound" to the upper left corner of "Mark". You can't read "Inbound" online, but you can buy it here, or at Criminal or Hub. Criminal Hub Comics. Million Year Criminals Picnic at Hub. What's with the names of comic book stores.

Speaking of which, I like how “The Flash”, “Lords of Avalon”, “Reign in Hell” “The Remnant” “Runaways” and “Ant-Man” surround “Mark and the Aliens”. It's a slight change from the familiar indie neighbors, like “Geraniums and Bacon”, “Sordid City Blues” “Lummox” “Distracula” “Paradigm Shift” and other fellow self-published books.

And having mentioned that, I should note that Criminal Records staff took down "Inbound" and "Mark" before I left, to put prices on them. So I don't know where the books are actually shelved. Criminal Records has a full-fledged indie section, so I have a feeling that's where the books will be.

....If "Mark" gets shelved next to "The Flash" and "Ant-Man," I'd like to be there when a customer starts browsing superhero comics and picks up "Mark".


Also, minor updates to my website - some JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) illustrations compiled, and an updated “About Me” page.

My recent work with Journal of Visualized Experiments

“This procedure begins by removing any debris from the Influenza A viral solution by centrifugation. The viral membrane is then disrupted with eggnog, and tiny Santa hats are introduced to the solution….”

Note: JoVE may have received a version without Santa hats.



Happy Holidays, everyone!

Snow. Also a lab mouse.

Boston is still cold, but at least it's snowing. (I think it's the first snow this season.)



Unrelated, but here's a graphic I was working on for freelance work.

Conversation with my Housemate

"Hey Sam, thanks for letting me draw your feet last night."
"No problem."
"I've created my schematics graphic directly from sketches of you and Lauren's feet, actually. So your foot is going to be on the internet!"
"Ah."
"Also, I had to study images of feet with symptoms of gangrene, and recreate those symptoms on the foot graphic. Want to see what your foot looks like with gangrene?"
"Um, maybe sometime later."

Apple picking and Limulus polyphemus and 24 hour comics!

Apple picking in New England!






Above: the author of this blog, trying to sneakily snitch an apple from the pile. Unbeknownst to her, the person behind her has just put an apple on her head.

~ Update! My aunt Kate has posted a blog entry about the apples too! (Click to read). ~


And now, for something completely different.


So I previously mentioned making graphics of horseshoe crabs and amoebocytes. And now I can officially say that it's for the Journal of Visualized Experiments. JoVE is sort of a scientific YouTube (with an editorial board and peer review) -- videos for scientists trying to do lab experiments. Or for anyone who wants to know how to window a chicken egg, or in this case, how to properly bleed a horseshoe crab.

Click here to see the JoVE video where my graphics are used: "Blood collection from the American Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus"



And finally --


Next Saturday (Oct 18) is 24 hour comic day! Draw 24 pages of comics in 24 hours! Local art museums and comic stores across the world have registered as hosts; one can also try the event solo.

Anyway, I will be at Hub Comics at Union Square around 11 am or noon or whenever it starts. Come by and draw comics or share the madness.


And I leave you with this photo, from the farm we visited: