Losers Weepers #2 review on Poopsheet Foundation

Yet another kind review by Justin Giampaoli on Poopsheet Foundation, this time for Losers Weepers #2. Thanks again, Justin!

Although I have #3 written for the most part (and the general idea for #4), I'm taking a break from it to draw a collection of dreams I've had with celebrity cameos. I'm currently three pages into a dream featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sometimes even I have to take a little break from all the doom and gloom.

Losers Weepers #2 is here!

I can't believe I've finally finished it! I just got the pages and covers of "Losers Weepers #2" back from the printer. I'll be assembling and trimming them over the next couple of days, and they'll be ready for MoCCA this weekend.

They're available for pre-order on the Birdcage Bottom Books website. Here's a little synopsis for you:

This mini-comic continues the fictional narrative thread woven around real life found letters, notes & journals. In the first issue, a newly sober homeless heroin addict relapses after bumping into an ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend. Social anxiety causes him to act out and murder another drifter in a fit of rage. This second issue focuses on how the death affects the family of the murdered vagrant.

Nora Yost is two!

Still scrambling to get Losers Weepers #2 finished in time for MoCCA. I'm about four pages away from being done! Me n' the indomitable Victor Kerlow will be sharing a table again, and we are lucky enough to be neighbors with Supertalk Enterprises and Rabid Rabbit! All talented and somewhat hygenic individuals!

In other news, my little niece Nora turned two years old last week. I made her this little card:

Losers Weepers #2 cover

LW#2 is now all sketched out, and I'm beginning the laborious process of transferring everything from my sketchbook to bristol paper with blue pencil. I just finished inking & coloring the front cover, so here's a sneak peek. It'll be printed on colored cover stock like the last chapter.

Alright, I've gotta get back to work!

Lulu Speaks Hebrew

I'm closing in on the last few pages of Losers Weepers #2 (although I still have to ink and assemble it all before April 10th!), and Snakepit 2009 has been sent to the printer.

Meanwhile, please enjoy this video of Lulu caught speaking Hebrew (or may be Yiddish...I don't know how to speak either one).

Thailand comic journal

Loyal turncoats,

Sorry I have had radio silence for a while. I'm nearing the end of penciling the new chapter of "Losers Weepers", and I'm also working on a new three page comic for the upcoming "Supertalk 2" anthology. Plus, I'm readying the files for the new "Snakepit" book. All three will be available on April 10th at MoCCA here in NYC (or you can order them from www.birdcagebottombooks.com).

In the meantime, here's a couple of diary comics I drew in cars and planes on our honeymoon trip to Thailand. I kept a non-comic journal as well, and I've scanned it all in to send to a friend who is visiting Thailand soon. If any of you share my enthusiasm for monkeys, veganism and elephants and are planning a trip to Thailand, holler at me and I'll send you the journal so you'll have some good info (including how to order vegan meals in Thai!).

Tummy Time!

In an effort to ensure Lulu's future as a female body-builder, I insist on a regiment of at LEAST five minutes daily of Tummy Time. She doesn't like it, but I can see improvement in her neck muscles. In fact, just a week ago she didn't even appear to have a neck. Now she can get all sorts of nasty stuff festering in there!

Not to be outdone, Pony decided to show her how it's done. Look how far he can lift his head up!

Thanks to the good ol' Volkmars for the pink blanket (that so nicely offsets Pony's lustrous brown coat) and all the other great presents.

In comics news, I am very very slowly progressing on "Losers Weepers #2". I'm sometimes able to sketch out a panel in between diaper changes and whatnot. So far I've got about seven pages penciled in.