Different People, One Neck

Two variations on how I've sounded in public over the years, to differing degrees of embarrassment: the first is the above video from the good people of Quimby's of my recent reading/signing there, where I read some voice overs for non-existent movie trailers. The second is me yelping with my old band Arks on the Inkstuds radio program, played as part of their latest funding drive (that episode features tons of music written and performed by cartoonists... Arks is around the 49 minute mark).

Inkstuds, Insect Porn, and Vancouver's Economy

Thanks to everyone who braved the soggy Portland weather for the opening last night. It was a pleasure meeting you and seeing those that I don't see nearly often enough.

Today I (along with my as-of-yet-not-frightened-of-comics girlfriend) will head northward to Vancouver, to give a slideshow/reading at Lucky's.

Last night, through the wonder of pre-recording, I was both at the opening in Portland and on the airwaves in Vancouver, on the venerable Inkstuds radio show. You can listen to the conversation I had with host Robin McConnell (ranging from porn comics to Spiderman's costume to Fletcher Hanks to the economic crisis to Buck Rogers) on the Inkstuds site.

(I didn't realize I had made the same beaver pelt joke in this interview that I did on Guttersnipe. What a comedic faux pas (though in my defense this really was a running joke when I was working for a Canadian printing company, so it's an old standard for me).)

"Natural Born Mope"

Thanks to the crew at Inkstuds for tolerating my rambling and music choices for an hour. And thanks to those that listened and made efforts to decode my mumbling. For those that missed it and still want to immerse themselves in sentence fragments and false starts, the show is perma-linked (right word? probably not.) here.

Another Hour of Noise Pollution

This Thursday, February 7th, at 4pm (CST), I'll be doing that verbal ping pong between narcissism and self-deprecation, courtesy the interrogation of the gentlemen at the Inkstuds radio show/podcast. The podcast is available on iTunes or through their site.

Listen intently: see if you can guess the liquid volume of my sweat.