Trans Atlantis

Tag: Fantagraphics

  • Momed

    Mome 11 panels
    panels from Mome 11

    The term ‘Momed’ was coined by Gabrielle Bell (if I remember correctly) and it refers to MOME contributing cartoonists who, in an effort to meet their deadlines, forgo normal social behavior and lock themselves up for extended periods of time in a desperate attempt to make comics at a highly depressing rate of speed… In short, I’ve been Momed over the last few weeks, which is why this blog has been very quiet lately. But my next MOME contribution is done and so this blog can resume it’s semi regular posting schedule.

    MOME 10 panel
    panel from Mome 10

    Speaking of MOME, the current issue (MOME Vol. 10, Winder/Spring 2008) is out now. This time I contributed a four page story called Phase Transition. It’s a kind of a prequel for the story I just finished. It wasn’t intended that way originally. As I worked on the MOME Vol. 11 story it slowly became clear that the main character from Phase Transition should play a role in it.

    In addition to the story, I’m also the subject of an interview conducted by Gary Groth. I was very nervous before this interview because I’ve read so many of his interviews over the years and he’s definitely one of my favorite interviewers. It turned OK in the end and the conversation was pretty interesting even if I didn’t always give a good or coherent answer. Apparently Fantagraphics will be putting up all the MOME interviews online at some point, so look for it to appear there soon. I’m sure I’ll link it here when it goes up.

    MOME 10 Cover by Al Columbia

  • Mome 9 Fall 2007

    mome 9 panel backyard paranoia

    Here’s yet another item I should have posted sometime ago, but I have a new story in the current issue of Mome. It should be in stores already and can also be ordered directly from Fantagraphics.

    A couple of reviews of the volume have already been posted by Jog and The Comics Reporter.

  • MoCCA 2007

    communist zombies
    Panel from Mome 8

    MoCCA Art Festival is this weekend and I’ll be there. This year I have an actual schedule there. First I’ll be signing copies of Mome at the Fantagraphics table:

    Saturday 12-1 with Jonathan Bennett and Kurt Wolfgang
    Sunday 11-12 with Jonthan Bennett

    Here’s the full Fantagraphics signing schedule.

    Also on Sunday (12:55-1:50) I’ll be on a panel with some of my local cartoonist pals. The full panel schedule is here.

    At other times I’ll be hanging out at the table (A50) I’m sharing with Alex Holden, Damien Jay, Melanie Lewis, Jon Lewis, Karen Snyder and Robyn Chapman. Stop by and say hi!

  • Mome 8 Summer 2007

    mome 8 panel karl marx

    As I write this the new issue of Mome should either already be in stores, or will arrive shortly. It’s already available via Fantagraphics here. My story in this issue is nine pages long and is titled 10,000 Years. Unlike the story in the previous issue, this one is brand new and created explicitly for the anthology.

    mome 8 cover

    A lot of themes you may have seen in my Trans books have been sort smashed into a single dream like narrative. Zombies, Mars, Psychoanalysis, Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto, Advertising, Consumerism, the Future and the (im)possibility of utopia, they’re all in there one way or another.

  • APE 2007

    old man with a briefcase
    I will be at APE this weekend. I’ll be at the AWP table along with Alex Holden, Vanessa Davis and others. I will also be part of a couple Fantagraphics signings. Details here.

  • MOME Spring 2007

    MOME 7 Cover

    My blogging frequency was never great, but it has slowed to a glacial crawl in recent months. One of the reasons for the slow-down is MOME, the quarterly comics anthology published by Fantagraphics. I’ve been asked to become a regular contributor so now I spend most of my free time working (or thinking about working) on comics for the publication. The quarterly deadline has been a difficult adjustment. Time for all sorts of other activities (like this blog) has pretty much evaporated. I’ve heard some say that I’ve been MOMEd… But I’m not writing this to complain. I’m honored to be included in such good company!

    MOME 7 Cover

    The MOME 7 (Spring 2007) story is actually a reprint of a story that first saw the light of day in The Backwards City Review #4 a few months back. This was done to give me a little bit extra time to develop new stories for the subsequent issues. All future MOME stories are going to be new, and created specifically for MOME. One thing MOME has allowed me to do is use color. I ended up converting the graytones (roll over the image above to see comparison) to a second color.

    Anyway, the book should be in stores now. You can also pre-order it on Amazon, or get it now from the source itself: Fantagraphics.