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HEY PALS! We’re comin up to about that time again, and by “that time” I do of course mean MARKET SZN is once again upon us!! I’m still finalizing my fall/winter lineup but I do know two things for sure:
- I will be doing significantly fewer events than I did last year, because wouldn’t you know it, 5 shows in a month is simply too much for me.
- First on the docket is PRAIRIE COMICS FESTIVAL yeehawwwww
You will find me in Alloway Hall at the Manitoba Museum on September 5th and 6th, 10am-6pm on Saturday and 12pm-5pm on Sunday. Many of my excellent and talented friends will be there. I’m speaking on a panel later on Sunday afternoon, and I will also have a new comic out! I’ve it had up on Patreon for a little while as a PDF, but will actually have printed copies at my table, courtesy of my friends at Inservice Comics, a micropress here in the city run by my pal Nicholas Friesen.
I just got my hands on my copies last week, and they turned out SO NICE! Up The Duff is 30+ pages of cartoons and comic strips I drew when I was pregnant back in 2021 and I have been promised that they are very good and funny. Of course, I’ll have a whole pile of prints and stickers and a handful of zines at my table as well, as usual! PCF is one of my favourite events of the year and I am very excited for it. I hope to see you there!!
New Mural Ahoy!
In the way of new art, I’m VERY excited to share that earlier this month I painted a new mural for the Assiniboine Park Zoo!! You’ll find it over at Aunt Sally’s Farm, next to the goats. They wanted something interactive (like a selfie wall) for both adults and children that matched the colours of the “rainbow park” as my 4yo calls it. I think I did a pretty fun job!!! If you’re interested, I took a bunch of progress photos as I went and I plan to do a little writeup at some point on here.
I admit, as someone who has very fond memories of going to places like the zoo and interacting with the installations there, like sitting inside the little eggshells, there is a part of me that is really excited to have a little piece of permanent public art up for kids! If I’m lucky, there will be some kids who grow up liking the peacock painting at the zoo, and that is a bit of an honour, I think.
If you take any photos with it, I would LOVE to see them!
Comics comics comics!
Also, in case you missed it, I launched a new ongoing webcomic a few weeks ago!
Pip + Gunko is a series of short episodes about two sweet little dumbass bunnies who quickly become best friends through the power of bickering and threats of affection.
It currently updates one page a week on Wednesdays (tomorrow!), but each episode goes up in full on Patreon the day the first page drops online. Also, with enough readers/subscribers/feedback, I’d love to be able to change that to twice weekly at some point in the future!
That’s all for now. I hope to see you this weekend!
Cheers,
Alex
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