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New comic about a dirty duck, Ed Gentleman, on a new blog

You can read the full comic on my new blog. All updates and new work will be there from here on out (not to mention my twitter and sometimes on my tumblr). Old posts will remain up here. Thanks for reading, happy new year, and I hope to see ya there!
xo and all my best,

ed

New print for SPX: A Xenomorph and a queer duck on a date

Brad told me to draw this while we were eating dim sum in Chinatown with our friend Kirsten. He also appears as the bartender, as he was studying antiquated drink recipes (mostly with eggs) at the time. The Xenomorph is, of course, the alien from that movie, y'know, Star Wars.

This will be available as a 11x11" print on fancypants Classic Crest paper at SPX this weekend at the North Bethesda Hotel & Convention Center. I'll be at the Grimalkin Press table with Dave O'Shell. Also enjoy seeing a bajillion other talented cartoonists: Corinne Mucha, Richard Thompson, Kate Beaton, Kevin Huizenga, Tom Kaczynski, JAIME HERNANDEZ, Gabrielle Bell, John Porcellino. A laundry list, if you have amazing laundry.

Thanks to Allegra for the last-minute edits on the cartoon.

Instuds doodle + SPX news

This is a doodle of Robin McConnell, host of the great comics interview show Inkstuds, which runs on Canadian radio and as a podcast. I was listening to the show and drew his "Dirtybird" mascot version of himself, originally designed by Robin Bougie.

I drew it as a break from a new color print I'm making for SPX - BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SPX! I'll see you at Grimalkin Press's table, and that's literally all I know. Stop by and say hello! You may regret many things in life but you won't regret that. That's the ECM promise.

New comic: "Mommy's Secret Helper" + Minneapolis Indie Expo - panel talk & more fun

Click for full version:To appear (in slightly different forms) in Grimalkin Press's anthology HIVE 5 and as an insert on purple paper in the new edition of Decorum.

Also: How do you like this format for reading comics online?


MIXI will be appearing at the first annual Minneapolis Indie Expo at The Soap Factory at 518 Southeast 2nd Street on Saturday, August 21 from 9AM-5PM - free to all. I will be speaking on the panel "Paranormal Activity in Comics" at 11AM with Tim Sievert, Sarah Becan, and Will Duff from a show called Ghostbustin' 911.
All weekend's FREE programming busts with fun, including a 6-8 Friday night signing at Big Brain Comics (1027 Washington Ave. S.) with hometown heroes Zak Sally and Will Dinski, and Chicago's Aaron Renier; after, the MIX kick-off party continues at the 501 Club (501 Washington Ave. S.) with perennial accordian & musical saw favorites Dreamland Faces, my sometime collaborator Reynold Kissling's Robots from the Future, and a group I've heard good things about called The Great Confinement. The next day there will be an actual comics event which should be good. Renier, Kevin Cannon, and minicomics godfather John P. all give talks.

2D Cloud will appear with the fourth and final issue of their anthology Good Minnesotan, in which me, Renny Kissling, Maddie Queripel, and other buds appear.

MIX is co-organized by buddy and former MPLS Zinefest organizer Sarah Morean and St. Paul Craftstravaganza organizer Andy Krueger. Having tabled at Zinefest, I expect a lot of fun, and I believe there will be coffee and treats for sale by The Donut Collective.

I hope you can stop by at MIX and say hello. I'm real happy to be stomping by my old stomping grounds, and I look forward to seeing you.
Best,

Ed

Warning: Land Shark

The Land Shark is a little 4x5" print made by "Li'l Ric" Schuster and myself for the Good Minnesotan #4 (in which we both appear) Kickstarter fundraiser. Click the link below for info.



My inks/tweaks.

Ric's original drawing. I saw this in his sketchbook at Springcon in Minneapolis, and asked if I could ink it. I believe he drew it for his young cousins.

In other news, expect a new 4-page comic by this time next week.

Scrabble for Dad-le

My dad's furiously passionate interests can be listed on one hand: Scrabble, biking, sailboats, antique watches, and grilling.

Poppa Moorman blogs about biking and trips at Mike's Random Travels.

A collection of vintage people's parents photo fun.

...A burning question remains. Who ARE parents?



ALSO.
Happy engagement to my good friend and often-convention tablemate Sean Lynch, and his special lady and our blessing at cons Mako Homura.
Sean posted on Facebook their engagement last night, and I assumed it would be the typical coupla months thing... imagine my surprise when I got a Facebook invitation for the wedding (happening in all of three weeks) this morning.
Sean has been a constant source of encouragement and inspiration since I met him, and Mako can brighten any day. I wish them the best.

PLUS. Happy birthday, Vincent van Gogh.