Hourly Comic Day 2016!

Its my favorite day of the year!!!  February first around the world is Hourly Comic Day, where we are challenged to draw a comic with a panel for every hour of our day.  I've been doing it for about 6 years now.  This year was kind of a short one:

Wrestling psychology explained:

shaking up the Suburbs

Hello, gentle readers!  I've been working on drawing out some events from last summer that were pretty much lifted from a bad Rom-com movie, the night I met a solid half of Davin's family for the first time.  We went out to the beachside suburb of White Rock, where Davin spent his adolescence.  It's also about 15 minutes from where I grew up, so we had shared experiences there, night swimming in the ocean and general teen shenanigans:  

mushy stuff.

I can't believe its been a year since I started dating Davin- long enough that I've learned the details of his features that make him Him, things about the way he talks and stands and how to read how he feels from the faces he makes.  this is really exciting territory for me as a cartoonist and an emotive person!
Early February was his 32nd birthday (just a baby!) and I decided to make him a little book of 32 things about him I've noticed I like.

that's not the first time I've drawn a mini gun.  

I had a lot of fun drawing this, except some of it I had to slam my sketchbook shut quickly when kids would come up to my desk at work.  

new cover for new comic!  contents:  New Life, Old Life.

I like this little juxtaposition.  only a few pages apart in my sketchbook are the last drawing I did of Colin while we were togther, followed by the second drawing I did of Davin.  I liked how the drawings were so similar, and they bookend this comic that bridges the two chapters of my life.  I'm not done photoshopping the drawings in so don't mind the gross eraser marks.  please.    

New news!!

So exciting news!  I am going to be showing my comics at Rose City Classic Comic con september 20-21 in Portland!  I do so love me some Portland.  

guests of my table can expect to find a new comic, not quite the Finger, not quite Dear Diaryaahh, so I am calling it "Dear Digest".  There's going to be 8 new pages of the Finger, plus some new diary strips.  

Also, guests will receive free, yes FREE stickers just for visiting!   and admire my banner!

check it ooouuuut!!!

Undateable

In September, Ivanhoe, a good friend of mine and Atli's, moved permanently to Vancouver from Lincoln, Nebraska.  He's been living with me since May, and also legally changed his name to Ivanhoe Ivanhoe.  To celebrate we went out drinking at a divey bar in Chinatown called The Ivanhoe, and afterwards slithered into a nearby McDonald's where the following happened:

The Dealbreaker