Sometimes I Make Stuff

Figuring out what to make next

Hello, Joy Surfers!

I just finished the last illustrations for Chad Ellis Boykins’s Kaiju Haiku. This project was a big creative challenge for me. It taught me a lot about who I am as an artist, visual storytelling, and has left me wondering where I go from here.

This is an unsettled season for me, and I’m working on seeing that as a call to adventure. Some days I succeed, and some days my anxiety wins. But most days I’m closer to the adventure side than the existential doom side of things.

Today, instead of a new essay or set of poetry comics, I’m sharing some comics, illustrations, and t-shirt designs I’ve made over the years that never went anywhere. I may still do something with these odds and ends, but I feel like they deserve to see the light of day.

But first, I want to share a few of my double-page spreads from Kaiju Haiku, which will be coming to a bookstore near you very soon!

Now for some really goofy stuff:

Here is set of comics I was once flirting with called Zip: Tales of an Interdimensional Guinea Pig

Here are some t-shirt designs I never got around to actually making:

That’s enough nonsense for today!

Thanks for reading!

Be the weird you want to see in the world!

Cheers,