I’ve known about Tom Neely’s The Blot for a few years now, but for whatever reason I never got around to picking it up. After reading it in our hotel room the Sunday morning of SPX and now re-reading it this past week I can say with some certainty that I want to hijack a [...]

Jared Cullum was the first artist I spoke with at SPX (his table being conveniently located near the entrance I walked through) and I’m happy to say he amiciably set the precedent for my experience at the con.  Here was a dedicated artist selling his wares to people who care, shoulder to shoulder with a [...]

After Nick Abadzis made me feel good about myself I walked away with a copy of The Magic Skateboard, which is book 3 in his Pleebus Planet series. Honestly I bought it at random because I just wanted to buy something, anything from him, as a way of saying “Laika was cool and I want [...]

Tom Scioli comes off as a bit of a quiet guy, which as far as artists goes seems pretty normal. Still, once you find out what makes him tick he’s enjoyable to talk to and his artwork for American Barbarian, Godland and The Myth of 8-Opus is fantastic. The work he’s done and the work [...]