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I know. I’ve been remiss in blogging of late. Partially because my site was malfunctioning slightly, so I just wanted to keep the updates mainly about events and news. Now that it’s fixed I aim to return to some more frivolous blogging. I also plan to post a lot more artwork and works in progress so you can see what I’m up to.

Things I’m currently into: BBC America. I’ve grown obsessed with Doctor Who (LOVE David Tennant), Torchwood (took some time to grow on me but I love it now), and The Mighty Boosh.

The Boosh has been an obsession for over a year now and BBC America is showing it at 1am on Friday nights. Vince Noir is awesome! Also I like Hex. So, suddenly it seems I have a favorite channel.

Also catching Yo Gabba Gabba (funny clip in link) on Kids on Demand / Nickelodeon. Totally excellent kids show. One of the creators is also the singer of The Aquabats (who Matt and I have been longtime fans of). Yo Gabba Gabba is very dance oriented with lots of songs and the music is great, the visuals strongly remind me of the old Japanese show Kure Kure Kure Takora. That’s a good thing! Even if you don’t have kids you’ll like it.

I’m currently reading Ubik by Philip K Dick. It’s riveting!

I’ve been nominated for Lulu of the Year award! Please vote for me here by June 30 2007!

http://www.friends-lulu.org/awardsVote.phpÂ

An interview I did with Justin Jordan just went up on Comic Book Resources. Enjoy!

What a fun weekend! The signing at Jim Hanley’s was great (I love that store) and it was wonderful seeing all the other cartoonists as usual. Kudos to Ivan Velez for getting another cool event together! Then the MOCCA Art Fest, which is pretty much the main comix event of the year in my opinion. Great crowd, as usual, and so many talented folks! My minis were popular and I got a lot of positive feedback on Tough Love. All the touring has paid off, people have really been noticing the write-ups I’ve been getting as well as the great job on distribution Manic D Press does. I’ve gotten reports of Tough Love sighted in bookstores everywhere! Here are some pics from Hanleys and one of Alison Bechdel and I at MoCCA. It’s been so great talking with her at the events I’ve attended the past year. This has been a very special year for comics and Fun Home is a big part of that! Also, the anthology Life Meter 2 that Matt and I are in sold out on Saturday! Woo-hoo! It’s got so many great people in it and is helmed by Zack Giallongo, Dave Roman, Stephanie Yue. Awesome people all-around!

July 9 5:30-7:30
Once again, I’m guest speaking at the D.I.Y. Comix & Zine-making Workshop Series with Fly! We’ll be covering developing story ideas & scripting.

It’s part of a 5 week series at MoCCA.
MoCCA - Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
594 Broadway (between Houston and Prince) - suite # 401
call to register 212 254 3511
www.moccany.org

MOCCA Art Fest is this weekend (11-6 Sat and Sun at Puck building 293 Lafayette at Houston, NYC) $8. and the excitement is building! Matt and I will be at table A6. Last year was special because I debuted Tough Love there. This year is special because Matt and I are award-nominated (he for a Harvey Award and I for Lulu Award!). This year there will be a mini-comic explosion at my table! I posed my comix luxuriously on sexy fabric for your enjoyment.

This is the mini of Passing Notes, part of which was published in XY Magazine as “Pop Secret”. 12-pages of rock n’ roll teen gay romance goodness! I experimented with different ink colors and papers for the covers. These are very limited I am only bringing 20 so come by early if you want a copy. It’s $2

These are reprints of some “Abby Classics”. S.P.O.L. (Sweaty Pit of Love) a gay teen romance taking place in the suburban hardcore scene, this also ran in XY Magazine and was published in Japan and Italy as well. Rock Guys, my only “erotic” comic. I did this one on a dare and it has my sauciest scenes by far! It has only been previously distributed in Italy and Japan! (very limited quantity on this one). And Deadsy Cat and Kissy Kitty, the first adventure of my all-ages comic about a grumpy ghost cat and his friend, the cute and upbeat Kissy Kitty! They all have glossy color covers.

In addition I’ll have Tough Love, Dolltopia, Night Club (limited quantities), and the anthologies Young Bottoms and Love and the 2007 Prism Comics Guide!
If that isn’t enough for you remember to pick up the new Life Meter anthology as well! It’s going to be a great event!

Check out this Pre-MOCCA Art Fest Pride Signing! Fri. June 22 7pm!
FEATURING :
ALLAN NEUWIRTH; Chelsea Boyz
IVAN VELEZ JR. ; Ghost Rider (writer), Dead High Yearbook (editor, writer, designer), Tales Of The Closet
ABBY DENSON: Tough Love, The Powerpuff Girls Comics
TIM FISH: Young Bottoms In Love, Cavalcade of Boys, I Heart Marvel
JOSE VILLARRUBIA: The Mirror of Love w/ Alan Moore, Ultimate X Men, Midnight, Army @ Love (colorist) and
ROBERT AGUIRRE SACASA: Spiderman, Nightcrawler, Marvel Knights (writer).
Come get your stuff signed in rainbow colors, get the dirty lowdown on the big companies, and find out which character ‘is and isn’t’ in your favorite mainstream Universes.
JIM HANLEY’S UNIVERSE; 4 West 33rd St. , New York, NY 10001,
(off 5th Ave. - opposite the Empire State Building)
Tel: (212) 268-7088

So the garden is in summer mode! Lots of roses are in bloom, green tomatoes are starting to grow, and strawberries too! Enjoy!

I’m in the new video game inspired anthology Life Meter 2. My story is about “Bust A Groove!” It will be debuting at the MOCCA Art Fest June 23-24 and features art by lots of great folks. Here’s a list:

Original comic stories debuting in LM2:
METROID by Joel Carroll (Flight)
GUITAR HERO by Jacob Chabot (Mighty Skullboy Army)
DOUBLE DRAGON by Debbie Huey (Bumper Boy)
SPY HUNTER by John Green (Teen Boat)
LINK’S AWAKENING by Dave Roman (Astronaut Elementary)
JET SET RADIO by Miguel Sternberg (back cover artist for Scott Pilgrim 4)
NIGHTS INTO DREAMS by Dave Roman, Bannister (Flight), & Stephanie Yue (Novasett Island)
SUPER MARIO BROS. by Josh Lesnick (Girly)
ELEVATOR ACTION by Sang S. Kim & Jeremy Arambulo (Let’s Do This)
PARAPPA THE RAPPER by Corey Barba (Nickelodeon Magazine)
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 by Zack Giallongo (10th Life of Pishio the Cat)
MARIO KART by Alisa Harris (Girls’ Guide to Guys’ Stuff)
PIKMIN by Edward J. Grug III (Those Scurvy Dogs)
THE WIND WAKER by Christopher Hastings (Dr. McNinja) & Carly Monardo (Venture Bros.)
RIVER CITY RANSOM by Michael Vega (Radio Comix)
OKAMI by Jennifer Moore (Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends)
& Miss Monster (missmonster.com)
PHOENIX WRIGHT by Eric Kim (Love As A Foreign Language)
BUST A GROOVE by Abby Denson (Tough Love)
KIRBY by KC Green (Droop)
Q*BERT by Dave Roman & Shelli Paroline (Malarky)
PHOENIX WRIGHT by Alison Wilgus (Kids Next Door)
MEGA MAN by Matt Loux (Side Scrollers)
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA by Queenie Chan (The Dreaming)

New art debuting in the book:

NINJA GAIDEN by Allan Norico (Kappa Mikey)
GABRIEL KNIGHT 2 by Faith Erin Hicks (Zombies Calling)
PANZER DRAGOON RPG by Dave Roman
WIZARDS & WARRIORS by Raina Telgemeier (Baby-sitters Club)
EARTHWORM JIM by Steve Hamaker (Flight)
POKEMON by Jacob Chabot
ICO by Alexei Martins
ALEX KIDD by Elio (Sketchy Five)

Classic stuff that appeared on the Life Meter website:

SUPER MARIO BROS. and THE LEGEND OF ZELDA by Dan Schoening
CASTLEVANIA: CIRCLE OF THE MOON by Derek Hunter
TETRIS by David McGuire
TOAD by Jake Parker
DRAGON QUEST 2 by Lamar Abrams
KATAMARI DAMACY by Jacob Chabot
KID ICARUS by Alexei Martins
DUCK HUNT by Zack Giallongo
SUPER MARIO BROS. By Jeffrey Rowland
PACMAN by Jess Fink
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA by Queenie Chan
GOLDEN AXE by James Mar
CONTRA by Jeremy Arambulo
KID ICARUS by Miss Monster
PACMAN by David McGuire
CAVE STORY by Joseph Bergin III
STREETS OF RAGE by Curt Franklin & Chris Haley
SUPER MARIO BROS. by Jose Garibaldi
KOOPALINGS by Zack Giallongo
KIRBY by Stephanie Yue

Afterward by Matthew Hawkins.

All profits of the book will be donated to Child’s Play, a charitable organization that holds an annual toy drive for children’s hospitals.
www.childsplaycharity.org

Here are some pics Ivan sent me from last Saturdays event. It was fun and it was also my first time wearing a cape ever!