Building a practice, like compost. Time, patience, and layers.

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First post of my free substack. Hopefully after this one it will be easier for me and this more frequent! It’s free if you want to stay in the loop!

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Tomorrow, April 19th! Milwaukee Zine Fest and it’s my birthday, so be nice to this zine grandma! 👵🏻

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Detroit Zine Fest is this Saturday and I’ll be bringing zine joy to the Motor City! You’ll get me “fresh” at the start of a chaotic month of Midwest zine fest travel, a birthday, seeing Mount Eerie, and Easter (I guess?)

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It’s Aries season! Spring is coming! Independent publishing thankfully still exists!

Come see me across the greater Great Lakes area throughout April.

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I’m starting a free Substack newsletter like everybody now. It’s 100% free so feel free to subscribe and see what happens and keep up with my art and thought stuff in a more intentional way.

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Artificial Prehistory.

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It’s so funny when cats decide to do something new.

What prompted the change in the walnut brain? Or was this the warmest, sunniest spot in that moment?

Remember summer, full of flowers, sunlight, and fleeting dreams?

“Concrete Textures” from the Summer 2024 issue of Floral Observer by Taxonomy Press.

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Soooo good!

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Observing and classifying.

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It’s subzero in Chicago today, perfect for my comic from the Cellar Door comics compilation by Taxonomy Press.

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A focused moment like raindrops on iris petals.