Kitties! Bug Bites! Subways!

A smattering of tiny comics:









-m

Summer, summer, summer-time...

I wish I was at the beach today...To be fair, the beach in the background was photographed two years ago up in Maine at Pemaquid Beach. Not that I haven't been to the beach this summer though. I am proud to say that I have swum in both the ocean and freshwater, as well as camped a whopping 3 times! And yes, there will be much more swimming and much more camping. Long live the summer!

A bunch of comics...

...in no particular order:



A big thanks to Tim Finn (and his raucous birthday party) for making this next comic possible...


Though not drawn within the panels, this act was committed in front of more than three people...

The past few weeks have seen me grumpy (codename = gunther) on several occasions (which is mostly a problem for Joe - sorry Joe!)..







A couple of weeks ago, when it was really hot, I came home from work and rocked out to David Bowie in my underwear. Sometimes that's all you can do when it's 95 degrees outside:

And last, but not least...this drawing was inspired by one of those "Jesus Saves" road signs that caught my eye on the bus ride down to NYC a while ago. Only I mistook the sign to read as:

There will be more soon, and possibly some color to spruce up this drab bolg. I promise.

-m

When the computer's away...

...the watercolors come out to play! I went to Maine last weekend for some lo-fi tree-time (and to visit my family). Right before I left, I looked in the magical drawer of mystery art supplies and though "ooo, watercolors!". This is the only thing I managed to crank out, and I obviously wasn't up for the challenge of painting my surroundings (sorry, pine trees). I've been drawing comics everyday, even when there are no seats on the subway! But I'm still trying to catch up with the scanning and the posting (I'm not doing too great a job, but whatever IT"S HOT OUTSIDE!). Here's a few about bugs, cats (specifically Professor Rufus Devious), and the wonders of the morning:

The great outdoors...

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to camp out on one of the Boston Harbor Islands (thanks to my awesome job!). I had a swell time with my new (and not-so-new) co-workers. There aren't many things in this world that I love more than camping; I wish I could do it more often.




Yes, that ocean was mighty cold. Still not as cold as Maine, though. Speaking of which, that's where I'm headed for the weekend! Yay! Maine! Hopefully I'll return with some rugged, outdoors-y comics for you to look at!

-m

Lightning, pizza, dinosaurs and donuts.

Due to the hotness and humidness (note: "humidness" = not a word) of the weather, we've had some pretty rockin' thunderstorms. This one was witnessed on my ride home from work; it's a view from one of the bridges that connect Boston to Cambridge (the one the red line goes over). Subway patrons remarked that the coulds were "apocalyptic" in nature.




Ah, Pinnochio's pizza. One of my favorite places to get pizza in MA. Boston's pizza selection is tricky for a pizza-snob like myself...after living in Providence, RI for years, you get pretty picky about your pizza (Providence pizza = delicious).

They gave me a free slice seeing as how every guy who works there saw it happen (I'm sure the look on my face was of sheer terror post-pizza plunge).




Let's hope these are somewhat recognizable..Any guesses as to which movies they are from? The last one might be a bit tricky.




I worked a Saturday a few weeks back. There's nothing quite like donut holes and coffee on a Saturday morning, even if it only happens once a year!

About two weeks ago...

A (somewhat) work-related comic:

I've been toying with the idea of making a "Tide Pool Exploration" Guide in the form of a mini-comic...it'd be about animals from the northeast U.S. - sorry all you west coasters; I know you've got some sweet marine animals out there.

Right before I left for Heroes Con:


And on the plane ride home...


Does anyone else ever get EXTREMELY gassy when they fly? I think it has something to do with the pressure in the cabin, or maybe I'm just getting old (and you fart more when you're old, right? Isn't that what the term "old fart" is all about?). Enough about flatulence. Hope every one had a nice long weekend...

-m

Catching up...

I'm still a few weeks behind in posting one of these a day...I've been drawing three or four on average. I don't like to post them all at once (::ahem:: ), but I'll try and do a few a day until I get caught up, and them I'll try and post what I've done for the day, on that day. I'd also like to start coloring these every once and a while; I've been felling a little rusty since the completion of the themes.


I don't have headache now, but I did when I drew this.

-m

More comics...

Since I haven't been posting regularly (mostly due to the not-being-home-because-I'm-at-a-comic-book-convention situation), I'm going to go ahead and post a bunch of the notebook-y comics I've been doing. Most of them are still drawn on the subway, but now I ink them afterwards. I'm just not so great at doing "sketchy" or "on the fly" comics. Hopefully I can get on a schedule where I post one of these each day. Here goes:











Date-wise, these are all out of order. I just want to catch up. SO I CAN POST MORE COMICS...bwahahahaha!

HEROES CON 2008! ZOMG!1!! NAME-DROP/LINK-O-RAMA:

Where to start...where to start. Ah! Last week. So, last Thursday, Ms. Liz Prince and I flew to Charlotte, NC to attend Heroes Con 2008 (Mr. Joe joined us a day late due to prior commitments). On our connecting flight, we ran into a Mr. Kaz Strzepek, and, once on the ground in Charlotte, we were greeted by a Mr. Greg Means and Mr. Alec Longstreth (thank you thank you thank you for carting our bum-bums around!). Liz and I parted ways, for I had a rendez-vous with a Mr. Paolo Rivera. I settled into my temporary abode and topped of the evening with some CABLE TELEVISION (le droolz).
The next morning, I awoke to sunny downtown Charlotte. But first things first: I completed my daily ritual of rigorous calisthenics and cleansed my body (with complimentary hotel toiletries, of course) in preparation for the big day that lay ahead. As I stepped into the sweet, Southern air, I let my eyes fall upon the concrete wonder that is the Charlotte Convention Center. This would be my semi-lucrative day-time dwelling for the next two and a half days...

OK ENOUGH WITH THE WRITING!! WHERE ARE THE PRETTY (<---somewhat subjective) PICTURES?!?!?! AHHHHH!!!

I SAW LOTS OF PEOPLE!!!11!!

I"M SORRY IF I FORGOT ANYONE/MADE ANYONE LOOK NOT OK!!!1!1
But really, I had some time to kill sitting at my table, so I tried to draw everyone I knew (or knew of) within eyeshot. Also, some peeps I hung out with afterwards (I can't say that I wasn't inspired by Mr. Matthew Reidsma's SPX drawings of yesteryear). What I wouldn't give to be marooned on the Indie Island...

TOO MANY WORDS!!!

I SAW IRONMAN!


THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!!!

I had awesome neighbors! Mr. Jim Ottaviani on my right, and Ms.MK Reed and Ms. Liz Baillie on my left (see above for rough interpretations of the actual people I just mentioned).

On Saturday, WE WENT TO DAIRY QUEEN!!!!! THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. GREG!!!

All I had for dinner on Saturday was BLIZZARDS AND BOURBON! Let's just say it was a good night, and leave it at that, all right?

Heroes Con was AWESOME! (Did I already say that?). I had an AWESOME TIME! Are you feeling the AWESOMENESS yet?

But then, Mr. Joe and I tried to fly back to Boston. Here's us waiting in the Charlotte Airport:

FOR SEVEN HOURS.
Luckily, we ran into Mr. Brian Ralph (who was waiting for the same flight to Baltimore) and convinced him to watch our bags, eat at Chili's and draw comics with us.
Once we FINALLY arrived in Baltimore at around 12:30 AM, there were no more flights to Boston (le sadz et le tiredz). The next possible flight we could take was at 6:30 AM. AWESOME (<---that one is sarcastic, not to be confused with the three previous "AWESOMEs"). Brian kindly offered up his place (thank you, again), but we figured it'd be better just to wait it out:

IT WAS COLD, BRIGHT, AND LOUD (no thank you, rude, evil swearing night workers who blatantly KNEW that we were trying to catch a wink and didn't give a flying FUDGESICLE). Regardless, Mr. Joe and I made it safe and sound back to Beantown around 7:30 the next morning.

In short, I would totally do Heroes Con next year (if Charlotte would have me again, that is). A super-duper thanks to Mr. Dustin Harbin for alerting me of this con, and making it a great show. And for looking ultra-swanky in that hawt white suit. YOWZERS.

Oh, and I do realize that this might just be the weirdest blog post on Dots For Eyes yet. heh heh

-m

Let's watch the sun rise...

...or not. It really does feel like I'm stuck in a giant butt crack, especially when it's muggy outside.

Taking my work home with me...

inadvertently.


No matter how much I was my hands after work, I generally have an "ocean" flavor to my skin. Yum.

MoCCA?

So, last weekend, Joe and I attended the MoCCA. It was the hawt. It was also the fun.

I meant to mention that we were going on the bolg, really, I did. But somehow I never got around to it. Some of the highlights from our trip to NYC:

1. Saw lots of people (yay for internet friends who actually "exist" now!)
2. Had Red Vines for the first time...PLUS I drank Sprite using a Red Vine as a straw (thank you, Alec)
3. Lost my voice (and supposedly sounded like a eighty-year-old tranny...thank you, Greg)
4. Sweated constantly (thank you, heat wave)
5. Bought some comics
6. Saw some AWESOME lightening in Chinatown after consuming the most delicious vegetarian Dim Sum

Here's everything that I ate on Saturday (the day before the Dim Sum):


For some reason, this MoCCA wasn't as fun as the last year's, but last year was our first time. And this time, I was bogger-y. And covered in sweat. And farting (uh, like that doesn't happen ALL THE TIME...). And completely unable to talk on Sunday. Eh, it was still awesome.

Speaking of convention-type thingies, Joe (and Liz, and like a butt-load of other people) will be attending Heroes Con this coming weekend. Boo-yah!!! I'll have the same-ol' stuff (stuffed super heroes, t-shirts, assorted mini comics), and I'll be selling my wares some where amidst the shore of Indie Island. Come by and say "hi". I guarantee that I will be wicked tired.

Back to the past few weeks. I've been drawing lots of comic on the no-no paper (you know, lined paper that is for note-taking, not comic-making) while on my way to and from work. So I'll be posting those now and then. But since this post is pretty much about MoCCA, I might as well post the ones I drew while I was there. Here we go!








So, yeah, more comics soon.

-m