Hey friends! My next comic series, Backwood Folk, releases next month! It follows the residents -both living and dead- of a small Ozaks community named Po’Dunk, Arkansas. There’s currently a website up for it where you can explore tidbits of the town and its history. Check it out at backwoodfolk.com
The Tourist is still out there somewhere. We will see her again.
Hey friends! Backwood Folk’s first issue is now fully out in the world. It’s currently available in THE GIFT SHOP in both a big 9.6 x 9.6 handsome print volume and a much more budget conscious downloadable pdf. I’m really proud of this one and put really everything into it. Hope you guys dig it. Should be the perfect Halloween season reading if I do say so myself.
If you are in Northwest Arkansas you can even stroll into a couple locations and buy it off shelves! For those in Fayetteville, AR drop by Rock Bottom Comics! For those in Springdale it’s at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History (I also recommend just visiting the museum, it’s a wonderful resource of regional history)
I’ll be attending Spa-Con again this year down in Hot Springs, Arkansas from September 20-22. I’ll even be doing a drawing demonstration panel on Ozark ghosts and monsters. Should be a blast! One of my favorite events to attend (even did this year’s poster)
Hello friends! One of those much alluded to other projects is done and available NOW! Been working on this one over the last year with writer Tom Maringer of Shire Post Mint and I’m happy to say it’s available now in print from the Shire Post shop offline or otherwise. It was a blast of a book to make. It’s a tale of a far away future where all the otters are gone, and a little girl who is determined to find out where and why. Even if it means taking it to the people in charge of the cosmos itself.
It’s a 28 page story told almost entirely in double page spread. Tom’s writing provided me ample opportunity to do some absolutely wild illustration work. We’re very proud of this one!
You can order it now for just $12.95
Also you can visit Otterhead.net for more information in to Tom’s whole universe of Otters.
Always thought I’d escaped from ever having the title of podcaster, but here we are! Some close friends of mine got me on board with a little project where we discuss Ozark history and folklore. Probably no surprise from most of you that it’s a close topic for me. It updates every Sunday with a new episode! WE ALWAYS LIE TO STRANGERS is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. We also have an instagram. I think I said that all right. Brave new world composed of one of the few senses I never work with in comics. Check it out if you wanna learn more about more where I’m from.
Hey friends! Got a wild week of events coming up that’d I’d be remiss if I didn’t tell you about them. These are all up in Northwest, Arkansas. So if you’re up in those parts drop on by and say hi at any or all of the following!
First up! THEM THAR HILLS. OCTOBER 25th. THE AM/PM BAR.
I’ll be reading some spooky stories alongside Brandon Weston and Eryn Brothers around a campfire down in front of the AM/PM Bar in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Had fun rewriting some old folktale adaptations for this as well as a wholly original one about UFOs. This should be a blast, and a nice preview of where I’m at these days before jumping back into Ozarks comics.
Next! SHIRE FEST. OCTOBER 28th. SHIRE POST MINT.
Shire Post Mint is one of Northwest Arkansas’ coolest places. They make all the coins for all your favorite fantasy things. This year they are doing the second annual Shire Fest in West Fork, Arkansas. Totally free and you should drop on by! Heck maybe if you show up in costume you’ll win something!
Finally! DEATH RAY. OCTOBER 29th. MOUNT SEQUOYAH.
It wouldn’t be fall in NWA without another Death Ray show! As always you’ll be able to find me slinging comics at it. Also the Death Ray zine this year has the very first peek of some new comics I’ve been working on. Always a great time in Fayetteville Arkansas at Death Ray.
Well Spa-Con was a blast this year. Got to meet a lot of great folks as well as reaquaint myself with a whole other bunch of great folks. I forget how much I enjoy the bustle of a convention until I’m in the thick of one! Shout out to all the organizers down their in Hot Springs. They do some great work.
Even more exciting is to get to end your first proper Con back with an announcement that you did the art for the posters and branding for next year’s Spa-Con. They wanted retro aliens in hot tubs, and I guess I’m the go to guy for that in Arkansas after Backside Air! I’m pretty jazzed with how it came out. Gunna be surreal to see this on buildings and billboards. Exciting but bizarre!
Also serendipitously in my big week? A new appearance for me on Ozarks at Large. It’s been awhile since I popped up to the local studio and did a radio interview. I go on about Tourist Unknown: En Route, the future of Tourist, and also a bit about the oncoming return of my original comic, Backwood Folk. It’s a good listen thanks to Timothy Dennis doing a great job with questions and editing. Always does a good job making me smart on the air even if I don’t always in the studio!
