October 30, 2025 Shout-out to my fellow artists and illustrators. Hell, shout-out to all of my creative brethren and sistren. Musicians, designers, costumers, composers, cartoonists, filmmakers, choreographers, writers. We're all exhausted but... we're all persevering. Every idle doodle on paper, every frustrated fiddling-about with a sequence of notes, every slap of the clay, every ripped seam, every obsessive rearrangement of some stray words --is a pushback. And we're doing it together. We're looking after one another, which is the whole point of this. Solidarity my dears. If you need a break, take one. For as long as you need. If your energies need to be directed elsewhere, then do so. For as long as you need. Those of us with a little energy to spare can cover for you. Go take care of whomever needs taking care of; you'll know when it's time to pick up the pen again. We're artists; we always know. #keepmakingart #resist #creativeprocess #dothework October 18, 2025 "In short, monarchy and succession have laid --not this or that kingdom only-- but the world in blood and ashes. 'Tis a form of government which the word of God bears testimony against, and blood will attend it." "...[one] whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." #nokings #commitmentabby August 31, 2025 Just a handful more shows and other confirmed appearances to finish out the season: October 5 - Wicked Comic Con (fall edition!), at the Westin Boston Seaport District, Boston October 11 - In-store appearance at Jetpack Comics in Rochester, NH; pick up an autographed copy of The Monitor's Guild and a host of other goodies! Very much looking forward to seeing everyone; we've a lot to catch up on! July 26, 2025 Well, hell. And now we're living in a Post-Lehrer Era. Music itself has a lot to level up to. #heartsfullofyouth #heartsfulloftruth #sixpartsgintoonepartvermouth July 22, 2025 Okay, all you heavy metal musicians, composers, and performers. As of today we are in the Post-Ozzy Era. You have a phenomenal responsibility inherent in your music. Get to it. July 10, 2025 Happy birthday, not only to me, but to the 20th anniversary of the launch of this very website! Grateful thanks, as always, to Vicky and her stellar behind-the-scenes work at Satori Digital Marketing. And now for the bad news: Alas I've had to cancel or otherwise bow out from a number of planned shows this summer, but I promise you: the work continues. Have also been (perversely) enjoying a fresh surge of creative new work on the long-delayed Book III, which really has had to compete with Real Life these past few years. (I mean, come on: a fascist white supremacist theocracy rapidly on the rise in America? Who could possibly have imagined that kind of fiction?) Anyway. I hope you're all able to still have a reasonably pleasant summer, and that you're continuing to look out for one another. Check on your beloveds regularly; try not to isolate. That's very much a symptom of Complying In Advance, and that is something that we as artists and illustrators and nerdy creators have a responsibility not to do. Here's something: go drop in on your local comic book store and see that everyone's all right; ask them what local charities or benevolent causes they're supporting this summer, and then pitch in to help 'em out. #ihavefriendseverywhere June 19, 2025 Lotta trading cards going out for Juneteenth. I've had interested parties reach out to me from as far away as Tulsa, Oklahoma (appropriate!); Maine, and even exotic New Hampshire. Drop me a line if'n you need a few decks to share. In the meantime: you've got some summer reading to do. We all do. #juneteenth #dothework June 14, 2025 I dunno, it just seemed appropriate to re-examine the late Congressman Elijah Cummings's words this week: "When we're dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy intact? Did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing? Did we play games?" This illustration was not part of the ongoing trading card series, but it was definitely one of its starting points. #nokings #resist #teachtruth #blacklivesmatter #handsoff April 19, 2025 Drawn to mark current events and the general Boston-wide sentiment on April 19, 2025, at a phenomenally successful Wicked Comic Con. I have never been prouder of my beloved hometown. The spirit of Lexington and Concord (and Menotomy!) remains kindled. Precisely the message I've been trying to put across with The Monitor's Guild, I might add. What was that? "Woke?" Okay, I guess. Whatever that's supposed to mean. But it's precisely the kind of case Jen Walters would drop everything to tackle. And if you don't get that, then you don't get Marvel Comics. (And at this point, that's probably on purpose.) #patriotsday #nokings #iftheymeantohaveawarletitbeginhere March 1, 2025 Definitely a busy spring, coming up: I've a number of confirmed show appearances all across New England! At which one will I see you? April 19 - Wicked Comic Con, at the Westin Boston Seaport District, Boston April 26-27 - Vermont Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Expo at the Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, Vermont May 3 - Free Comic Book Day at Jetpack Comics, Rochester, NH More appearances to come; watch this space. (Oh, and: get your commission orders to me, sooner than later!) I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone. January 21, 2025 "Stay angry, little Meg," Mrs. Whatsit whispered. "You will need all your anger now."      --Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time November 9, 2024 Good god, people. I sure misjudged a hell of a lot of you; it is obvious more studying is called for. Way more. As in, "lessons-that-may-soon-be-illegal" way more. I have a lot more thoughts. Fascism is a hell of a drug, people. One really doesn't see it for what it is when it finally arrives --no concept of just what it is that you've invited into your lives, just because eggs are inconveniently pricey or because you'd rather your kids not be exposed to history lessons like this one. Fascism never merely visits; it takes up permanent residence. Anyway. I'm going to keep doing the two things I know I am legitimately good at: teaching and drawing. Therefore I'll keep providing this resource until I am forcibly stopped from doing so. Now get back to your homework. September 30, 2024 I was honored to be an ad hoc guest on the Everything Is A Primary Source podcast; a fascinating series on historical archiving through the lens of pop culture. This interview was recorded this past spring on Free Comic Book Day in Rochester, NH, a hugely important date in the Nerd calendar --which this year also just happened to fall on May The Fourth Be With You. Have a listen, if you like, to me and to our host Eric Paul, talk about the content of the 1977 Star Wars soundtrack album and other detritus from an era where "multimedia" was very much a thing... even if we didn't yet actually have that word. I was even permitted to make a brief pitch for The Monitor's Guild. Let me know your thoughts! September 7, 2024 Shan't be long now! In just two weeks I'll be tabling at my beloved old Granite State Comicon in Manchester, NH. Drop by and tell me all about what you've been up to! Amazing guests, god-tier cosplay, and All Things Nerdy. I'll be bringing along much art, illustration, and of course copies of The Monitor's Guild, Books 1 and 2 --with some sneak previews of Book-3-in-progress! I've missed this show greatly and very much look forward to it! See you all there! July 31, 2024 If all goes according to plan (fingers crossed), I'll next be seeing you at over the weekend of August 10-11 at Wicked Comic Con 2024, at the Westin Boston Seaport, Boston! The folks who run this show go waaaaaay above and beyond the call of mere fandom, and it's an honour working with them. Drop by my table and let's catch each other up! July 13, 2024 #blacklivesmatter #teachtruth #dothework You've another summer reading assignment. Yes, it's that important. Go study and familiarize yourselves with the lives and accomplishments of phenomenal names like researcher Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, civil rights activist M. Carl Holman, sculptor Selma Hortense Burke, educator Anna Haywood Cooper, or scientist Lucien Victor Alexis, Sr.. Learning about people such as these has managed to become an act of subversion --but then, that is simply what one does when imminent fascism is on one's doorstep. I said what I said. See you all in a week at my table at Plastic City Comic Con. We've a lot to talk about. July 2, 2024 I am a devout monarchist only when reading or watching The Lord Of the Rings. Otherwise, you may safely assume my oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution remains in full effect. #lotr #declarationofindependence #againstallenemiesforeignanddomestic #tompaine #commonsense older entries

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