Tag Archives: Kekionga and the Knotted Rope Universe

mister spit on a paper towel/ all hail the doodle

Posted on November 9, 2018 by

Yesterday I drew Mr. Spit on a paper towel while I was refilling my fountain pen*.  It’s a tiny little drawing, about an inch and a half or so long (the round bits in the background are the absorbent nubs … Continue reading →

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once again, our classic halloween episode

Posted on October 31, 2018 by

(In celebration of the holiday, please enjoy a “rerun” of A Cartoonist in Kekionga’s classic Halloween Episode, “This Halloween in Kekionga” originally posted on this date in 2015 …) You know that guy who lives in the double house down in … Continue reading →

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bone joan and the black chicken in inktober

Posted on October 9, 2018 by

This is probably my favorite Inktober drawing so far.  Bone Joan is an important character in Kekionga’s history, and although she has been referred to any number of times, this is the first time I have actually drawn her.  Bone … Continue reading →

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it’s inktober again!

Posted on October 5, 2018 by

Where have I been all week, you may ask.  Getting started on Inktober, among other things.  For those who might not be familiar, Inktober is a worldwide art project where artists take on the challenge of making a finished drawing … Continue reading →

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the day after the fourth of july

Posted on July 5, 2018 by

I actually had an image ready to post on the Fourth of July, and it never got posted for two very different sets of reasons.  One set involves two terrible storms, a badly timed batch of clean laundry left hanging … Continue reading →

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gale, with eraser crumbs

Posted on April 23, 2018 by

If you don’t hear much for me this week, it’s because I wrote an entirely new 8 page minicomic early last Thursday morning, and I hope to be folding and stapling it this Thursday for SPACE this weekend.  It’s about … Continue reading →

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convention banner!

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

At last,  my convention banner is finished and ready to go.  Here is the final product set up in the kitchen as a test of the mechanism.  (Sorry it was a bit dark.)  My first impression is it is huge!  … Continue reading →

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“happy buddha bud”, the new cover

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

The new cover for Happy Buddha Bud is finished, and the reprints are printed and even partway folded.  This is one of the most important stories in the Kekionga canon*, and one of my all time favorites.  I’m very excited … Continue reading →

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on naming owls

Posted on March 30, 2018 by

Edison, Kekionga’s Radio Inventor, has been lurking around the edges of the cast for a while, taking part in stories yet to be drawn and making one cameo appearance a year or two ago.  He is finally appearing in continuity … Continue reading →

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the ghost catfish of kekionga : a twenty minute fiction

Posted on March 28, 2018 by

Ghost animals.  Spirit animals.  The People Who Lived Here before us called them that, the all white animals you see down in the Woods sometimes.  Grandpa Berry tells stories his grandma told him, and she said she heard them from … Continue reading →

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