I am delighted to announce my THIRD cold in four weeks. I’m really hoping the worst of it ebbs before my final class of the semester, tomorrow. In the meantime, I’m using my scraps of energy to inch forward on redrawing some digital pencils for my
#wipIt's not a spoiler if no one follows me here! These are the comics pages I just finished (don't ask me when I started them) for my
#GraphicNovel #wip #SovietJewishThing I pastiche a different artist/art style for each interviewee (the pencil crayon panels are the "present day" framing story). (Pages are not in sequence)
I am here to corroborate what you’ve heard about colds and flus being way up, especially among school kids. I got hit with a sudden head cold last night and it’s my second in three weeks. Bleh. (Also I REALLY hope I’m better before my desperately needed hair appointment this weekend)
#introduction I was cold-emailing someone two days ago, and linked them to my first, self-published graphic novel on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.ca/Jobnik-Miriam-Libicki/dp/097842770XI was tickled by the "customers also bought." I think it's good company to be in! I haven't read the two prose books, but all the comics are really great.
It feels great to start finding people on here! I want to share an event I'll be at in
#Vancouver, and I hope you'll retoot and spread the word! I will be in conversation with my coauthor and Holocaust survivor, David Schaffer, and our Editor, German professor Charlottte Schallié, moderated by arts reporter and author Marsha Lederman, at the central library!
https://vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/635bfc8540b9a165488ce21f
But I Live: Illustrating Holocaust Survivor Stories
We are currently witnessing a global rise in anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, while fewer and fewer suvivors of the Holocaust remain. How can we preserve the history of the Holocaust and educate young people about it? And can a book help to push back against disinformation and hate? Come to a conversation about But I Live, and new book that collects the stories of four Holocaust survivors, illustrated by three graphic novelists. It received a Canadian Jewish Literary Award in 2022. The presenters will be graphic novelist Miriam Libicki, Holocaust survivor David Schaffer, and the book’s editor Charlotte Schallié. They will appear in a panel moderated by writer and reporter Marsha Lederman.
We cooked a pot of ramen, fully scratch (except the noodles), from
@sarahbecan LETS MAKE RAMEN! It was amazing. It’s def not a beginner or “easy weeknight” sort of cookbook though. I was ready to give up but my 10-year-old pushed us through.
One soothing ritual I like to do after overly-interacting-with-people days (such as in-person teaching) is dress in black. It makes me feel like I don’t have to be on display. And then the Fantagraphics t-shirt is to remind me that I have a nice publisher and I should try to draw today?
#IntrovertPersonalityDisorderI’ve been keeping a secret for months. I feel like I can tell you, Mastodon, because the targeted advertisers aren’t here yet.
I’ve been… jogging. It started as walking a circuit around my neighbourhood during lockdown for mental health and I gradually started moving my legs faster. Sometimes.
Then we had that 5-month summer in BC, and I was going out 6 days a week. The last 3 weeks, in a move I feel is very bad luck, I bought a dedicated jogging headwrap, gloves, and jacket. Please don’t tell
Anyway, hello I’m an adjunct illustration professor, a semi-professional Jew, and a very slow cartoonist. Here’s a random photo of unfinished pages from my
#interminableopus aka
#sovietjewishthing
