I’ve done it, everyone. I’ve discovered what really happens when you split open a ping pong ball.
YOU’RE WELCOME.
Author: Lucy Bellwood
In this installment of “My Brain is Batshit Insane,” I discover Serge Gainsbourg’s secret stash of poorly-drawn Avengers pornography.
I’ll leave it up to you guys to decide what that means.
Bonus comic! This was one of the drawings in Serge’s sketchbooks that I actually remember.
Not appearing in these strips: the man wearing terrycloth harem pants who wanted me to inspect his bathtub. There’s only so much crazy you can fit on a page.
Another dream! This one is about…school? Stress? Repressed Catholic guilt? Needing to pee? I don’t know.
And a couple journal-y comics, since I’m getting in the habit.
Back to the drawing board!
As promised: today’s dream. Stress much?
The first in a series of comics for the Reed College Quest highlighting the challenges of living in a community governed by the Honor Principle. The Honor Principle (or, as it is often affectionately called, the “HP”) grounds itself in the idea that community members should take thoughtful responsibility for their own actions, always considering their impact on those around them. Of course, with something so nebulous there are always grey areas for free interpretation about what is and is not considered “honorable”. We’ve designed this series to spark discussion about what the HP means to Reedies of all stripes, hopefully resulting in a campus-wide conversation about how we can more effectively incorporate honor into our daily lives. Reedie readers (especially current students), I’m particularly interested to hear your thoughts on this one.
More dreams. Good thing I was practicing drawing tigers the other day, otherwise this would’ve been really tricky.
Fingers crossed my dreams stay interesting this week. I’d like to do one of these a day to get warmed up in the morning. We’ll see.
Oh blogitty blog how I’ve been neglecting you…
For those that aren’t aware, I’m in California for the next month churning out the latest issue of Baggywrinkles and working on some other secret comics projects. Comics vacation, if you will.
Freelance jobs have kept me pretty busy, so here’s a bundle of stuff from that plus some doodles to be going on with. I’ve got a Reed-related comic coming out for you later today or tomorrow, as well as an exciting conclusion to the Chacos saga, but those will have to wait until next week.
In the meantime, here’s some stuff!
Portraits for families and couples…
Logo designs for family…
Landscape sketching from a trip to Bellingham…
Reflections on leaving Portland…
And a mess of everyday stuff from being home, watching Game of Thrones for the first time, seeing ParaNorman in theaters (AWESOME, AMAZING, INCREDIBLE, GO RIGHT NOW), practicing tigers, getting stung by a yellowjacket, etc.
(My leg is STILL swollen three days later. Jerks.)
I think that’s it? Maybe? There’s a bunch of other stuff I don’t have permission to share yet, so this’ll have to do for now. Remember you can keep tabs on my less formal Internet movements on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr. In the meantime, have a lovely weekend!
I recently had the pleasure of doing some illustrations for my friend Justin Hocking, whose forthcoming memoir, The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld, will be released next September from Graywolf Press. Justin is the Executive Director of the Independent Publishing Resource Center, where I got my Certificate in Comics and Independent Publishing. If any of you Portland folk don’t already know about this fantastic resource, I highly encourage you to check it out. While the book goes through final revisions, Justin was kind enough to let me post these here on the blog for y’all to enjoy before they appear in print. So here’s some boaty goodness!
