I found a late night student place in University City and got vegetable tempura. Half of it is just fries and the seasoning is amazing. Bless the two stoners outside who recommended it.

My food hot take is that "late night food" had to be open to at least midnight. 10:30, your kitchen closes at 10, that's not late. That regular evening.

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My life hack is never cut up a squad to roast it. You don't even need to cut holes in it. It will not explode. Just wash it, dry it, and stick it in the oven.

I bought a bunch of vintage dip pen nibs and I'm determined to make the next Sexy Cryptid with ink wash.

“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”

Related Women in their 40s-50s: I thought this was about a cat, I am swindled, goodbye Women in their 80s: ahahaha, yes, life goals, take my money

patrons are literally the only viable options creators have to survive right now. literally. myself included. and we're punished for panhandling, essentially. sponsoring artist for the art they want to make, not for the art they CAN make for YOU, has to be normalized and encouraged.

There are a lot of people masking at this show but it's still below 50%. I cannot stress enough how much creators should mask, I haven't gotten sick after a con since I started.

I can tell who is and isn't my target demographic by their reaction when they open a comic to the elderly tiddy sphinx. Not everyone wants an ancient hag.

Someone buy my giant vampire print, I spent so much time making it!

Doing an eight hour drive and then immediately going to the reception is a test of my willpower.

I have NO insider info on this yet but enough ppl have been hitting me up about it that I figure it's easier to just give my read on the situation in 1 go: Humanoids has a Paris branch & a Los Angeles branch. The LA branch is closing, but Paris (while also in a French version of Ch.11) is staying.

You ARE hot enough to wear this.

We have business cards! I kinda hate the print quality but you would not believe the turnaround time for better paper.

I got a self inking stamp with my contact info, I will stamping hither, thither, and yon.

Paperbacks are meant to be destroyed. Write in the margins, underline, highlight your favorite passage, break the spines. It's one of the ultimate failings of audiobooks that they cannot be defaced with love. You will be amazed rereading your notes at who you were when you first read this.

My goal is to get to 1500 miles before I have to put my bike away for winter. We are, theoretically, getting a winter this year. It's been a while.

This issue? All crowds.

Is it a coincidence that my entry into this book coincides with the book releasing in hot pink/black, my favorite and most frequently used color combo? Who can say. This launches tomorrow though and I'm in it.

I can tell I'm made of different stuff because I'm still doing my morning bike in the same gear I've used all summer (light zip up, leggings), and I passed 4 people with balaclavas and winter gloves. I am a stoat.

It's cold at last! So I made soup. Butternut squash with a swirl of olive oil and smoked paprika, topped with pink oyster mushrooms.

Spooky print night as I get ready for SLICE 2025. I found one more deck of casino cards so I'm making another round of Vermin Totems. Back to using the Caligo ink because, honestly, I just like it more than the speedball. Even the speedball black, which is the best one.

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Comics have too many words. It's a visual medium, there's so much you can do with silence, art needs to breathe. Sometimes it seems like writers are just adding more words to prove how much work they did. Also SFX will always look better drawn into the page by the artist.

I am designing a business card right now so it will be printed in time for the next show, and I'm holding myself accountable by posting about it. It's gonna have a knife on it.

Talked to a conservator today who was put on furlough, so he sat in front of his museum and watched families get turned away.

Happy 1st day of October. I celebrated in the usual way, by getting a pumpkin muffin at the bakery, rolling my windows down, and cranking Season of the Witch. youtu.be/GU35oCHGhJ0?...

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Willem Defoe is someone I sometimes have trouble recognizing in stills but as soon as his face moves, I know exactly who he is.

I think one of the major problems with making "Alien" a franchise is that a significant number of entries in the oeuvre don't need, and would in fact be better, without the titular alien. All they want is to ape H R Giger and tell stories about androids and sometimes, oh no, scary alien. Yawn.

The 87th consecutive show where I have forgotten to bring business cards.

Road trip had an auspicious beginning when local station played the entire Empire Records soundtrack.

I made a zine to introduce my new cryptid. I am putting in the actual legwork.

Dropping a new cryptid this weekend. Be the change you want to see. #MarteaniArt

Watching other countries lock up their crime presidents reminds me that Merrick Garland is a coward and I lay a lot of the last two years at his shriveled coward feet specifically.

In defense of starting yet another project, this one is supposed to be a silly little wind down between projects.

We should be creating our own cryptids. Too many are either "dog" or "some kind of Bigfoot."

Tim Sale is one of the reasons I bothered with comics at all. I can't imagine looking at his work with anything other than absolute glee. One of those artists who could throw a massive pile of black into a page.

I am Lantern Upset.

Blowback dropping a season right before a road trip. 😌

Also I forgot just how much I despise the speedball textile ink.

Denim test on the lino prints is...mixed. A lot of the detail is lost in the process. I think the rat is the most successful, and the pigeons are way too delicate to even try. If I make patches, I think I have to carve blocks just for that. #lino #MarteaniArt

I have reached a zen state of "this comic will get done when it gets done."

Lettering is the most annoying part of comics. Why is every font $500?

Sitting in my car with the radio on and some trash food to sooth my nerves. Weird the things that brains like.

Works on wasps. Haven't built a nest in my window since I put a charm up.

More days than I would like to about, I stare at this comic and have the hardest time getting anything done on it.

Sometimes the algorithm has ideas for my life. I've been getting a lot of old spice, horse snacks, and jeans lately, so I'm guessing it's time to give it all up and be a cowboy. Yes really. Horse snacks. Snacks for horses.

I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a folder of mostly Redford in my reference pile, for whenever I need inspiration for a sexy lean. The man could lean on *anything.*