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November 20, 2008 | No Comments

Harvest Tour Reports

Over at Trees & Hills, Daniel Barlow describes our excellent trip to the Boston Zine Fair (and includes photos!), and I report on the Winchester Pickle Festival (with a sketch because I don’t use a camera). I’ll post about my trip to the Philly Zine Fest soon, and post more Doodles (I’m behind in my scanning).

November 13, 2008 | No Comments

Purchase SEEDS online!

I am making a slight change to the way I update this site. For a while now, I have been posting comics and/or news on Mondays, and installments of 99 Doodles on Thursdays. This worked pretty nicely, but I now hope to take the slightly harder path of posting comics every Monday, and news or Doodles on Thursdays, to give the comics the priority they deserve – starting next week. Today we have news!

At long last, Seeds is in stock at Trees & Hills Comics Distro! Themed around FOOD with an emphasis on its social aspects, the latest Trees & Hills anthology comes with a booklet of cartoonists’ favorite recipes and a packet of organic lettuce seeds from High Mowing Farm in Vermont, all wrapped in an earthy brown cover with a red apple print (an organic heirloom apple from a local farmer’s market, of course). I co-edited, contributed a 4-page comic (sample here), and wrote the afterword. We’re especially proud of this one, and it has been selling like hotcakes (appropriately enough). We are pretty sure the initial printing will be sold out by year’s end (!), so get your copy while the getting is good! Makes an excellent gift.

November 10, 2008 | No Comments

Before Sleep #3

Before Sleep #3 by Colin Tedford Before Sleep #3 - More of the doggerel, abstractitude, silliness, & surreality you’ve come to love in these sketchbook comics. “There are a lot of really original ideas … plus a lot of LIFE!” – Alec Longstreth. “I love BS#3!” – Marek Bennett.

5.5″ x 4.25″, 32 pgs. Out of Print

November 6, 2008 | No Comments

99 Doodles 13: Pirate Parade

October 23, 2008 | No Comments

50 States Jam

Here’s another comic I have work in, and it’s quite an unusual project. JB Winter sent his “Izzy the Mouse” character on a tour of the United States with the help of one cartoonist from each state. Each artist received a card with a drawing of Izzy in some pose, with instructions to fill in the action, background, and a caption describing what Izzy did in their state. There are some pretty creative interpretations (all quite “family-friendly”). It’s only $1.00 postage paid for a 16 page, 5.5″ x 8.5″ tour of the U.S. – vacations don’t come much cheaper! For more info, follow the link to Izzy Challenge #5: 50 States Jam: Izzy Tours America.

I haven’t read the other Izzy Challenges, but they sound interesting. I have read Winter’s solo minicomic Noodle (issues #1 & 2), and it is worth checking out.

October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment

99 Doodles 12: Bigfoot vs. the UFOs!

October 16, 2008 | 1 Comment

Always Comix “Activity” Issue out now!

The Always Comix “Activity” issue, featuring a page by me (sample) and many other cool activity comics, is out now! I got my copy at the Philly Zine Fest; you should get your copy here. Contains 2 recipes, 2 paper doll things, 2 spiritual practices, a mad lib comic, a maze, and so much more! Contributors include Falynn Koch, Jeremy Tinder, Will Kirkby, Josh Blair, Colin Tedford, Matt Wiegle, Alvaro Lopez, Colleen MacIsaac, Amanda Kirk, L. Nichols, Ed Moorman, Box Brown, Alisa Harris, Josh P.M., Joe Decie, Erin Griffin, and Sarah Wahrhaftig.

I also co-edited and have a piece in the new Trees & Hills anthology Seeds, which will appear for sale online soon. And coming soon to an online shop near you: Before Sleep #3 & #4, now back in print.

October 13, 2008 | No Comments