super late post-TCAF wrap-up

man, i cant even tell you how much fun i had... two weekends ago.

TCAF was pretty much the best weekend in the history of time.

it started off with collecting our houseguests and pals phil mcandrew and ryan pequin from their arrival points friday night, and off to a par-tay immediately, where i met scott c, dustin harbin, david huyck, jason turner, and about a thousand other people for the first time, and went on to meet people like anne koyama, michael deforge, kc green, aaron costain, john martz, ryan north, the one percent press dudes, and about a bajillion other name drops. and man. it was a goddamn pleasure you guys. all of you. you made that weekend the bestest weekend. so full of dancing and karaoking and thrusting and yelling and love.

on top of that, i almost sold out of ted bear, which totally blew my mind. i was really happy with it, and i guess it showed in the work. so, yay!

look at me go.. makin spock dollas...

photo cred of my hungover 2 hours of sleep face goes to madéleine flores

and i traded so many comics, with so so so many amaaaazing cartoonists. one bunch of dudes in particular, the handsomes from one percent press. they are the most talented sons-a-bitches, and i cant get over how great they write and draw and put together the books and smile. oh the smiles...

finally, i did a super awkward interview with alice from tdotcomics. she was totally sweet and made me feel like less of a creepy pervert shut-in who draws animal/human intercourse for fun, despite those things still being true...

this is the only photo i took all effing weekend.

the one, the only, the stunning and the loudmouthed:

kate beaton.

(i love her)

i miss you dudes like a bear misses honey, which leads me to my next point...

to spx or not to spx... that. is the question...

TCAF 2010

hey guys! are you ready for a lot of images and stuff?

if you said yes, you're in for a treat. if you said no, shut the hell up and let me get on with it, okay?

as you probably know, me and my straight life partner/roommate/fellow uterus parade-er britt have a table at TCAF this weekend, table 122 to be exact, and BOY, are we excited about it. look at my face. cant you see the monsterous levels of happy in and around my face?

you should check out THIS INTERVIEW that got posted on the national post site about it!

first of all, i have made a new minicomic that will be exposed for the first time at this years tcaf, and i'm pretty excited about it! it's called "ted bear in bare season", and it's about a bear who's never experienced.. uh... lets call it, the taste of fish...

here's a peek at ted as a wee baby:

and dudes! we put together a mini of the weeklies we have been writing and posting on the UP blog since the fall! seriously, i'm not even kidding...

we've also made up these wicked matchbook style notebooks smothered in terrible drawings by britt and myself, and let me tell you they are SWEET.

i also have a bunch of 5x7 and 8x10 original paintings if anyone gives a damn. mostly they are for decoration cus i suspect no ones wants these things.

but wait! there's more!

(no way)

yes way! vinyl stickers, aint that swanky...

and of course, i've reprinted everything in my minicomic cavalry, laminated more bookmarks, and squeezed out more love all over these things in hopes that someone will take them home with them. sorry if some of them are a bit sticky. my love is viscous.

so hopefully i will see you guys there! it's gonna be a swell weekend of hanging out with friends, some of which i've never met before, and drinkin beers. oooh the beers...

ps- we have a couple of buds staying with us this weekend: our good pal phil mcandrew and a mister ryan pequin, whom we've yet to meet. lets hope we dont end up dead in our own freezer before the weekend is out. #foreshadowing

what is "sleep"?

TCAF is a short 3 weeks away, and i have begun to dramatically cut down on my sleep in preparation.

here is a peek at what my main project is for the festival, a brand new mini!

i dont want to give too much away, but lets just say, this bear doesnt catch many fish.

and whoa now! did you say you wanted vinyl stickers?! you didnt? ... oh... well it's too late now cus i already bought them...

shit.

not only am i looking forward to sitting at a table all weekend while people give me disapproving looks, i get to hang out with a TON of people that i have grown quite fond of, some of which i havent even met yet. perhaps poutine bot will stop by to say hello...