New Store, and a Print for Sale!

Dear Readers,

I have my very own store now! Chuck is still selling some of my stuff. But in my store, you will see a couple new things.

One, some original art, of the daily strips that I have been posting,

and Two, this print (shown below) ! It's 8.5 x 11, full color (watercolor original). 12 bucks. If you order this now, it will be a little while before it comes, as I get it printed. But don't worry! It'll come!

I know this is the same time last year that Chuck posted his first amazing print, the Indiana Jones one. Basically, it's been a year, we've been to Providence and back (it didn't work out so well), and we are here in Hancock because we want to be cartoonists. Because that's what we love, it's who we are, all of that. We have a whole studio here, we're renting my mom's house, and there's lots of nature around which ruuuules. Chuck is working on his book, and I've been trying to be my own personal saleslady and the beginnings of a second Freddy book are in my brain.

So, to try and make our dreams come true, we are being our own bosses out here. But there's still rent and all of that, and I'm mostly selling this print to pay off some bills for a recent hospital stay.

So yeah! Also, if you buy a Freddy Stories in the next 2 weeks (by October 21), I will throw in a free little original watercolor drawing!

lots of love

Melissa

nibz

SPX 2010 and my new arm

My favorite thing I got at SPX. It's comic poetry, so beautiful and simple and inspiring...I'm going to read it again immediately.

Blurry Sean Ford, Alex Kim, and Yours Truly. Chuck Forsman is around somewhere! Photo by Jacie Anderson-Coovert.

Monster, put together by Paul Lyons, and he did the amazing cover too. It's full of incredible comics! I'm not sure where you can buy it now, when I know I'll tell you. Eventually I bet you can get it from Picturebox.

Monster at SPX!

Here's a sample for a REALLY EXCITING upcoming anthology (it'll be at SPX!) that I'm in (so are Chuck and other awesome people). It's a new issue of Monster, the comics anthology put together by the dudes of Fort Thunder (the last issue came out 9 years ago).

Chuck and I are moving to Providence in a month, which we're very excited about, so it's extra awesome and special to be included in this comic. Right now we're living at my mom's house in MA surrounded by animals and crafts and a giant inflatable dinosaur. It rules.

(also, this is all you need when you go to SPX )

hope to see you next weekend!

Fan Art

For my favorite coffee roasters in the world: New Harvest.

You can buy mugs, tote bags, and shirts with the monster on it too, on their website.

And also, COFFEE! It's amazing. My favorites are the Ethiopian.