My Favorite Things

A choice few of some amazing books Chuck and I got at MoCCA (we share books now, which is awesome, because we can get everything we want that way). From top left clockwise:

The Natural World # 2 by Damien Jay- Chuck introduced me to this guy, and he is one of my new favorites. His drawing is so consistent and beautiful, and looks so loose and easy like Quentin Blake or Jules Feiffer. (hint: damien jay is not Damian Jay)

Lazarus by Mardon Smet- Chuck got this from the Scandinavian table. It looks incredible, I haven't read it yet.

What is Hair?- funniest cover ever. Also from the Scandinavian row at MoCCA.

The latest Uptight by Jordan Crane!!!!

The Gigantic Robot by Tom Gauld, one of my favorite artists ever. This is his latest book. It's really simple, but every time I read it it gets better. Also it's made of this really heavy stock that feels amazing.

P.S. Comics by Minty Lewis, just came out from Secret Acres. Fruit and Yorkies are really cute and make you feel really uncomfortable at the same time. My favorite is the story about a relationship between a salt shaker and some sugar. (Is it called a sugar shaker?)

Department of Art #1 by Dunja Jankovic. I haven't read this yet, but it looks frikin awesome. And I got to meet her, and she is super nice.

My Boy by O. Schrauwen. Beautiful beautiful drawings, really really weird and hilarious. It was at the Bries table, one of the best tables at MoCCA, I thought.

Mourning Star #2 by Kazimir Strzepek!!! I love the way he draws so much.

The new Papercutter is my favorite Papercutter so far that I've read. Not only is the cover awesome, but all the stuff inside is awesome: Damien Jay, Jesse Reklaw, Minty Lewis!!!

And finally, Follow Me (or issue #3 of Backwards Folding Mirror) by Jesse Moynihan. Probably my favorite thing that I've read so far from MoCCA. Chuck introduced me to his work too. I loved reading this one especially...you move along his crazy world so easily, and the drawings are awesome, and I want to read it again already.

I had so much fun tabling with the Sundays crew: Alex, Sean, Chuck, and Joe. Sundays 3 looks amazing, you all should be so proud!!! I wish I had a good picture of it, but I don't...I'll find one.

Also, a little shout out!

MMMMMMMOCCCAAAAAAA

Here's a shitty picture of my eyeballs and some comics!

all the way to the left is a little peek at the book that Chuck

and I did for Sundays 3: "Good Morning, Dogburgh", then it's "Freddy", then a little zine I just made called "Guts", which is full of guts. It's also interactive. And cheap.

I'll be at table 807 with Chuck, Sean Ford, Alex Kim, and Joe Lambert.

They are all amazing, so come by!

NYC here we come!

Aaaaaaahhhh!!!!!

this is the cutest thing EVER!

I've always wanted to do a comic with things I make out of clay...this is amazing.  By Inhae.  

Read the whole thing here

Lookie

An illustration that I did for an article about "Doing Nothing" in the latest issue of 7 Days Vermont.

Sundays 3

My beau, Chuck Forsman (also known as Chuck McBuck) and I are working on a comic for the newest volume of Sundays, an anthology that he, Joe Lambert, Sean Ford, and Alex Kim are editing.  It's Volume 3, and it's going to be fabulous!  See it at MoCCA in NYC, June 6 and 7th.  

Jo Dery

I somehow managed to live in Providence for 2 years and never see any of Jo Dery's animation. It's beautiful.  So are her drawings and comics.  

MECAF

with my favorite tablers, Chuck and Joe. CCS totally owned a whole block of tables, also.

It was a beautiful space. And thanks to Alexis and Kristen for hosting us the night before, that was the lovliest.

P.S. email me at mendes.me@gmail.com if you would like to buy a copy of Freddy, or a print (see that one on the table all the way to the left?) Freddy is 4 bucks, prints are 10.

Freddy Number One

TEA-CALF

I mean, TCAF. Toronto Comics and Arts Festival. I rode up this past weekend with Chuck, Joe, and Alec, (and Namor) and we met up with Dustin and Alexis and his wife Kristen there, and Scott Campbell too. So much fun times! So many people! Thanks especially to Brett Warnock at Top Shelf, for giving Penina, Nick, Josh and I space at his table! Whatta guy.

It was at the Toronto Reference Library, which was beautiful, and Toronto is beautiful... I gave lots of copies of Freddy away, and got lots of sweet comics back, which I am still reading...and....we saw Michael Cera too! What a dream boat. He was filming Scott Pilgrim.

Next it's off to MECAF

and then MoCCA!

More pictures on my flickr

A project for this semester's Survey of the Drawn Story class. I'm not that happy with it, maybe I'll do it over someday. With more information and more quotes from other people in Providence that I know. Because I'm not really sure about a lot of this stuff, and I want to get it right.









Oh and P.S. the greatest interview of our time