illust_ratio 3 Show

This show ended on the 20th, but the good people of illust_ratio were kind enough to send along some links to pictures. It looks like it was a great event in a really unique space. It also looks like my Huge Suit strip (examined very seriously by some gentlemen in the above picture) was arranged in an order I can't immediately comprehend, which makes me wish even more that I could have have flown out for the opening. But I'm only on my second date with the TSA and I'm not sure I'm ready for all that heavy petting.

Huge Suit Visits Germany

Starting tomorrow, and for the next seventeen weeks, I'll be contributing a weekly strip in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.The strip is in their "Tragic Strip" slot of their political section, and has been previously occupied by a slew of artists, including one of my major idols and influences, Heinz Edelmann. My contribution will feature Huge Suit (who made an appearance in Fantagraphics' 2006 Free Comic Book Day issue and is inarguably one of my more Heinz Edelmann-influenced characters). The strips aren't apparently going to be available online, but a clip is above.

The entire run is completely wordless (as is usual for strips running in that spot) and features a cast of five main characters, each narrative interlocking, each narrative shifted by a single encounter/intervention by that doughy overlord, Huge Suit. Each week, in addition to the current week's strip, the previous week's strip will run reduced toward the bottom of the page, so that hopefully the continuity of the overall story won't get too lost... though I'm trying to keep each strip relatively self-contained as a precaution.

If you're anywhere within the paper's reach, feel free to pick it up, collect them all, make a paper hat.