November Bullshit Round-Up
In spite of the days getting shorter and darker in November, I did, bravely (heroically!) manage to make some art. Here it is. No applause needed (but it is welcomed)
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ESSAY: A Motherfucking Bad Ass
Content Note: This writing describes medical injury on my reproductive organs.
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I managed to wait until the clinicians left the room before I doubled over on the exam table sobbing.
In the last dozen or so years I'd already gone through multiple IUD insertions and removals. It sucks, sure. It hurts! But it's not "the worst" and I...
2024-12-08 01:08:38 +0000 UTC View PostPROJECT/ESSAY: A Stitch in Time
Oh dang, so archaeologists in Wyoming found 13,0000 year old sewing needle fragments and I am just marveling at their hypothesis that humans probably couldn't migrate into North America until they'd figured out how to sew&nb...
2024-12-06 06:09:20 +0000 UTC View PostOctober Round-Up
We're halfway through November so that's probably my cue to give y'all my October project round-up! Here's the stuff I made and did in the best of the fall months.
🔒 Letters From Space Camp 🔒 <... 2024-11-19 06:52:53 +0000 UTC View Post
PROJECT: A Crowning Achievement
Halloween was upon us and I didn't really have a costume. But I did have a hand-me-down technicolor swimsuit, black tights, a weird kind of mini-top with long sleeves, and stretchy gold fabric.
My destiny was obvious:
I am... a background character in a cheap sci-fi movie!
2024-11-18 04:51:35 +0000 UTC
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Just a little
Over on the Comics Tier, I shared the full pencils for this comic commission I'm doing for Dr. Emily Nagoski- adapting a concept from her newest book, Come Together, into some easily-digestible comic pages that she can ...
2024-11-14 06:49:45 +0000 UTC View PostProject: MOMS ON MARS
As a comic artist-- one who specializes in sex education and autobiographical stories- I was honestly confused when two scientists approached me to design functional clothing for pregnant people to wear on Mars.
What?
Never one to let my lack of experience or knowledge hold me back from getting involved, obviously I said YES. 2024-10-30 00:59:19 +0000 UTC View Post
September Bullshit
Here's what I made in September: a ton of comics, a revamped wagon, and a patched up jacket.
🔒 Letters From Space Camp 🔒 (Patrons/Buyers Only)
🔒 Pages 2024-10-12 00:35:43 +0000 UTC View Post
PROJECT: New Wagon, Who Dis?
Listen, I made a whole tiny (1 minute long) video about this which Patreon won't let me embed here but you can go watch it on my Instagram:
Matt and I inherited this wagon from our neighbors. Obviously, it is part i...
2024-09-24 06:14:33 +0000 UTC View PostPROJECT: A Patchwork Coat
My friend Ben Coleman has a jacket that he wore daily for ten years. It served him well! But you wear something that much for a decade and it's just a matter of time before it accrues some battle damage.
You guys already know where...
August Bullshit
The month was primarily focused on comics but I also made some time to reupholster my couch and get emo about the end of summer.
Letters From Space Camp
🔒 Pages 2024-09-03 21:43:44 +0000 UTC View Post
PROJECT: Couch Makeover
Sometime around 2010ish, Matt and I bought our most expensive piece of furniture- a brand new couch from Ikea.
This noble steed has served us well. In addition to normal couch duties, she's also served as a guest bed to many a visitor over the years, as well as an impenetrable fortress wh...
What if I wasted it?
Hey so we’re like at the end of August. My friend’s twins started school this week (Not even September! I think it should be illegal to have school start before September) and I’m like lowkey panicking because the summer is almost over and I’m scared I haven’t Made The Most of these sweet hot months before the rain and the gray starts up again. I didn’t go on trips (the few we had p...
2024-08-30 04:42:41 +0000 UTC View Post
COMIC: Zippity-do-dah! (p. 6)
Ho-hoooooooo! DONE! The boot zipper repair comic that I started about eight months ago is now, at last, completed!
As before, I started with a digital mock-up of what I wanted the panel to look like:
2024-08-05 00:01:45 +0000 UTC
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COMIC: Sew Through Pre-existing Holes (p. 5)
You know the drill: I'm making a comic out of collage to explain how to replace the busted zipper in your boots. Great news, I'm up to panel 5 out of 6! This is the part of the process where you secure your new zipper replacement into place, sewing through the pre-existing holes fro...
2024-07-22 07:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostCOMIC: Position New Zipper (p.4)
Panel 4 of my Boot Repair Comic! To recap, here's the first three panels:
Panel 1 : How to Replace Your Broken Boot Zippers.
Panel 2: You will need: Thread, New Zipper, Binder cl...
2024-07-19 23:54:16 +0000 UTC View Post
COMIC: Rip Out the Original Stitching (p. 3)
A million years ago (December 2023) I started a comic on how to repair the busted zipper on a boot. Because comics don't take nearly long enough to make normally, I decided to do this six panel project in collage. Well, I'm happy to report that that choice is paying off bec...
2024-07-18 22:55:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Wisdom at Forty-One
You know what?
Four days ago I turned 41 years old (June 25th!) and, while I do believe I am still a wide-eyed idiot baby, I do also recognize that I do know a thing or two about a thing or two.
I'm such a sucker for birthday essays from people who are like "Here is what I have learned in my 30/40/50/60/etc years on Earth..." because, like, yes, please, t...
2024-06-30 07:24:42 +0000 UTC View PostHigh School Art
A selection of my art from the high school years, 1999 - 2002. Actually, I think these may have all been around 2001, when I was 17-18?
The featured image above was an image map I drew for one of my hand-coded-in-Notepad-with-HTML websites. Each word bubble was a clickable link, with Peachy Keen the title of my small kingdom of sites.
2024-06-29 05:12:31 +0000 UTC
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TONIGHT! Book chat with Lindsay Ellis in Cedar Hills Crossing, OR (Also an embroidery post, I guess?)
Tonight I have the immense honor of chatting with Lindsay Ellis about her newest book, Apostles of Mercy-- and I'd love to see you there!
Book + event info, 7pm
Powell’s ...
2024-06-14 18:29:41 +0000 UTC View Post
COMIC: Space Camp, page 10
Letters From Space Camp is my memoir about going through a mental hospital program and for my pitch to publishers I am revising the Day Two chapter, which covers my second day in the program. This is my third draft of this chapter, you can read ...
2024-06-13 07:35:45 +0000 UTC View Post
May Post Round-Up
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver... defends our book???
So, uh, John Oliver praised Let's Talk About It on his show? He called our sex and relationship book for teens "...a long, thoughtful discussion..." & "...good advice!" and his graphics team illustrated a line from our boo...
2024-06-06 01:54:26 +0000 UTC View PostCOMIC: Space Camp, Page 9
Letters From Space Camp is my memoir about going through a mental hospital program and for my pitch to publishers I am revising the Day Two chapter, which covers my second day in the program. This is my third draft of this chapter, you can read ...
2024-06-05 22:23:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Rip Out the Original Stitching (comic in progress)
Oh-ho-ho! I got some more work done on that Boot Repair comic I started last year! (Recap: Panel One and Panel Two)
2024-05-31 21:25:50 +0000 UTC
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ART: Magic Wand Illustration #10
Matt and I spent the last couple months working with Magic Wand (Yes, that one) to illustrate ten of their product testimonials into... well. Illustrations.
The client assembled a spreadsheet of full quotes, like this one:
"Huge power in a tiny package!! Honestly, my wife and I did not know ...
2024-05-31 00:06:27 +0000 UTC View Post
"Draw me like one of your French girls..."
Wow, my health has been super not good! It's making me real sad! Yesterday I dragged myself off the couch to go sit on a different chair for a few hours, but in my garden instead.
I am enjoying letting myself be messy with these last few garden sketches. You saw these ones i...
2024-05-27 19:14:24 +0000 UTC View PostListen. This post is a whole lotta bullshit but there are some garden before-and-after photos, so you might like that.
Now, to be honest,
my brain is really fuzzy right now. Fuzzy and distracted, like in a chemical-y way. Oh, the above photo is from January this year.
This photo is also from January, when the sno...