New Pin-Back Badge

'Jessica of the Schoolyard' (aka 'Boss girl Jessica', aka 'Bitch Jessica') pin-back badge #2 (of 6) is now available from The ComicBook Factory webstore

World's Best at Everything Pin-Back Button
NZ$ 4.95 + pp
32mm Metal and plastic
Available HERE

Comic Book Spotting in the Wild

There's a cafe/shop in northern Japan called Amexica that has a selection of comic books (including Princess Seppuku and Boss Girl Jessica) from Toge no Jizo Press. Thank you Amexica!

AMEXICA（アメキシカ）

7-12 Matsukazecho Hakodate
Hokkaido Japan 040-0035

Website: Amexica

And here's Mangasick in Taipei displaying Jessica mini-comics. Thank you Mangasick!

MANGASICK
100, Taiwan, Taipei City,
Zhongzheng District,
Alley 10, Lane 244,
Section 3, Luosifu Road, 2號
Website: Mangasick

Old and New

Copies of Jessica's Good Deed are available (first published in 2001) again with re-prints of the rest of the series coming, purchase it and other comics HERE. I'm working on a couple of new comic stories, some potential animated projects and stupid fun stuff on Instagram...

 Robots and laser guns from a new sci-fi comic coming

Oooh la la, new 'Art' on Instagram

切腹姫とスケ番ジェシカ - Princess Seppuku and Boss Girl Jessica

Toge no Jizo Publishing has created a beautiful 96 page book collecting Princess Seppuku (2 mini-comics) and Jessica of the Schoolyard (12 mini-comics, note "Jessica of the Schoolyard" didn't translate well into japanese hence the slightly different  and I think slightly better "Boss Girl Jessica"). There's new cover art and a free postcard. Buy it directly from the publisher (if you can read japanese) HERE or from The ComicBook Factory shop HERE. I only have a few copies so grab one while you can... 日本語を練習する必要があります!

切腹姫とスケ番ジェシカ

Princess Seppuku and Boss Girl Jessica

96 pages - Japanese - Black and White

ISBN 978-4-990-53454-7

Click HERE to visit the shop

Collected Comic Coming

Finally something worth mentioning, a complete collection of Jessica of the Schoolyard (12 mini-comics) and Princess Seppuku (2 mini-comics) is being published overseas as a 96 page book. I'm currently working on the front cover and will post some more detailed information about the book soon. The image above is from an unfinished third Princess Seppuku mini-comic (no idea if I've posted it before).

The Mammoth Book of Cult Comics

From the back cover:
"22 Long lost masterpieces of underground comic strip art. A compelling selection of some of the very best of the genuinely underground, counter-cultural phenomenon that is CULT COMICS! What were mostly photocopied and stapled pamphlets, in short runs of anything from a couple of dozen to a few thousand issues, are collected together here in a single volume."

Features reprints of 3 Jessica of the Schoolyard comics.

The Mammoth Book of Cult Comics

Edited by Ilya - 448 pages - Black and White

ISBN 978-0-762-45468-6

Click HERE to purchase from Amazon

Fan Tattoo

Reviews of Treasury of Mini-Comics Vol.1

"...the book stands as a remarkable repository of modern art." - Publishers Weekly
"...a meaty, entertaining volume." - Robert Boyd, The Great God Pan is Dead

This big little book (over 800 pages) came out October last year and included some of my comic work. Here are some reviews - The Comics Journal HERE The Publishers Weekly HERE The Great God Pan is Dead HERE The Poopsheet Foundation HERE

Volume two should be available January 2015.

Treasury of Mini Comics - Volume One

Edited by Michael Dowers - 848 Pages
Black & white with some color

ISBN 978-1-60699-657-7

Click HERE to visit the Fantagraphics shop

Treasury of Mini Comics Volume One

Coming in June 2013 Treasury of Mini Comics Volume One edited by Michael Dowers in which there'll be a few Jessica of the Schoolyard reprints included, I forget which ones. Check out the list of contributors to this one: Ron Regé Jr., David Lee Ingersoll, Matt Feazell, Molly Kiely, Carrie McNinch, Fiona Smyth, Mark J. Palm, Peter Thompson, David Lasky, Jim Woodring, Colin Upton, Marc Bell, Nate Beatty, Ronald Russell Roach, Leonard Rifas, Justin Green, Gary Arlington, Brad Johnson, Eric Reynolds, Travis Millard, Tim Corrigan, Kelly Froh, Max Clotfelter, Mark Campos, Andy Singer, Lilli Loge, Noah Van Sciver, Chris Cilla, Mark Todd, Esther Pearl Watson, Onsmith, Leela Corman, Steve Willis, Laura Wada, John Porcellino, Tom Hart, Jeffrey Brown, Roberta Gregory, Pat Moriarity, Edd Vick, David Heatley, and many more.

Order it from Amazon HERE

Animated ComicBook Factory Logo - Update

I've finally had some time to fix the pony tail following through and dropped in some sound effects. Does it need music? Almost finished...

New Jessica Tattoo Discovered

On my recent trip to Wellington I was pleased to discover someone with this Jessica of the Schoolyard tattoo, he'd never read the comic but a friend of his had the image lying around and tattoo gun. The image is originally from an early comic strip that appeared in Lava magazine. I'll post it if I can find it.

Ethel Mania - Title Sequence

ethelmania

Here's another one from the archives, the title sequence from Ethel Mania another project that wound up on the shelf to complete 'at a later date'. The theme music was done by the talented Katy Cable