want to read a Pam Bliss minicomic?
Lots of my minicomics and other Kekionga stories are now available to read online. Just click on "READ A COMIC!" right above this message.want to read a Kekionga story right here on the blog?
This blog is full of illustrated fiction set in Kekionga and featuring the same cast of characters you find in the comics. Click on "Kekionga FICTION!" above to find a table of contents and links to all the stories.looking for something? just type and click:
-
the last few posts
what manner of mysteries do I find here?
Tag Archives: Kekionga and the Knotted Rope Universe
the mister rock files
What am I doing in these troubled times? Loafing around on social media, glomming on to a random image that calls to be in a strange way, and spending way too much time turning the central figure into a character … Continue reading
the possum lady of old kekionga
(Our now traditional post for Christmas night, an invented-on-the-spot bit of Kekionga folklore, originally posted in 2013.) One Christmas night we got home late from spending the holiday out of town. Our dog sitter left the Japanese lantern on beside … Continue reading
christmas wolves, part 5
(Our traditional Christmas Episode comes to a traditional conclusion) “And they’re ours. Rudolph and the Grinch belong to everybody. But the Christmas Wolves are Kekionga’s.” Nobody had much to say to that . And so there, Iowa thought. Logic, mythic … Continue reading
christmas wolves, part 4
(The discussion of Kekionga’s official Christmas story continues in part 4 of the Christmas Episode.) “My guess,” said another voice, deep and with some kind of weird lilting accent Iowa could never quite identify, “is that the historical models were … Continue reading
Posted in art and culture, comics and cartooning, writing
Tagged drawing, Kekionga and the Knotted Rope Universe, story, writing
Leave a comment
christmas wolves part 3
(Every traditional Christmas story is open to debate … the traditional Kekionga Christmas story continues) Clap. Clap. Clap. Iowa heard the “slow clap” applause behind her and didn’t even have to turn around to know who it was. “Very nice, … Continue reading
Posted in art and culture, comics and cartooning, writing
Tagged drawing, FICTION!, Kekionga and the Knotted Rope Universe, story, writing
Leave a comment
christmas wolves part 2
(Our Kekionga Christmas story continues.) “I can’t believe you’ve never heard of the Christmas Wolves.” Iowa was slightly amazed. “It must really be a local thing.” “Sorry, never heard of them,” Jack replied, shrugging in an embarassed sort of way. … Continue reading
Posted in art and culture, comics and cartooning, writing
Tagged drawing, FICTION!, Kekionga and the Knotted Rope Universe, story, writing
Leave a comment
christmas wolves, part one
(Part one of our classic Kekionga Christmas Episode, the story of the Christmas Wolves.) Iowa Ginsberg walked through downtown Kekionga, enjoying the weekend-before-Christmas holiday atmosphere with the glorious smug relief of someone who had finished her last exam yesterday. Finals … Continue reading
Posted in art and culture, comics and cartooning, writing
Tagged drawing, FICTION!, Kekionga and the Knotted Rope Universe, story, writing
Leave a comment
public holiday decorations in kekionga
(The second introduction to the classic Kekionga Holiday Episode, which really does start tommorrow.) Yes. In Kekionga, they’d be wolves. One of the topiaries on the courthouse square in Kekionga. Starting tomorrow: Christmas Wolves.
Posted in art and culture, comics and cartooning, writing
Tagged drawing, FICTION!, Kekionga and the Knotted Rope Universe, story, writing
Leave a comment
“this halloween in Kekionga” : our classic holiday episode
(It has been quite an October. Inktober took a lot out of me, and some other stuff was happening too. The blog will be back to its usual abnormal normal soon. But today, as the early darkness gathers around us … Continue reading
inktober update
I can’t believe Inktober is almost half over. I gave myself a fairly steep challenge this year: to draw my entries at approximately the same size, using a template and to include both one or more spirit rocks and the … Continue reading
