Shout-out: J.T. Dockery

DIGESTATE CONTRIBUTOR:

J.T. DOCKERY

J.T. Dockery, a native Kentuckian, currently resides in White River Junction, Vermont.  He is the cartoonist behind the art book meets graphic novel, In Tongues Illustrated, as well as collaborating on the work-in-progress, Spud Crazy, with infamous music journalist and novelist, Nick Tosches.  As a musician, he is most well known for his band the Smacks! and performing on the final studio album ("Night Life") of Hasil Adkins.  His work has been exhibited in many art shows internationally and has appeared in various anthologies of comics.  He is currently working on several projects, including the forthcoming three volume series, "J.T. Dockery's Despair."

http://jtdockery.com

http://covertlyandbysnatches.tumblr.com/ 

From "In Tongues Illustrated"

Also, here's an interview of Dockery (focused on his "In Tongues Illustrated" book) by Bob Levin for The Comics Journal:

Sketchbook drawing

Editor's note: Although I've yet to meet J.T. Dockery, I'm fairly certain we'd get along well. Besides being ashamed enough of our given names as to use initials, we seem to have a shared taste in music. Judging from photos found on the World Wide Web while searching for an artist photo, he likes Bill Monroe (enough to visit his grave, anyhow), Tom Waits (my all-time favorite/desert island pick) and played with Hasil Adkins (says so right up there in the bio blurb!). 

What's Happening? Good TImes.

The aftermath of MoCCA has left me mostly doing boring stuff like updating my mailing list, sending out review copies of new books and sending out lots of orders.

I've moved my mailing list to MailChimp.com which will allow me to send hi-faluttin' fancy-pants email blasts that look like webpages. The only drawback is that they're not keen on my manually entering contact information (they want the recipients to do it themselves to avoid being accused of spamming), so help a guy out and sign up here, even if you were on my previous list: link to mailing list form
I'm also working on a new comic that will collect some of my dreams involving celebrity cameos (Roseanne Barr, Arnold Schwartzenegger, Henry Rollins, MC Hammer, Tom Waits, Dick Cheney, (sort of) Bill Cosby, Chris Ware, The Golden Girls, and yes, another appearance by Snoop Dogg!). If you liked "Tales of Good Ol' Snoop Doggy Dogg", you'll probably like this one, too.

Otherwise, we're just kickin' it with Lulu Mae-hem over here at the Yost household. She got her first kiss(es) last week, which was documented and is available for viewing on FaceBook. It's an understatement to say that she was into it. Here's a photo of her giving you the finger.