here’s a litte pin-up i did for a print version of benny comics, the very best comic on the whole internet. it’s about a little man who dresses like a caterpillar. his best friends are a tiny elephant and hedgehog who are married. why don’t you just go read it right now?
I know that you are all like, “enough already with the to teach stuff” but i am learning about the rules of the internet and self-promotion and stuff and im pretty sure that one of the main ones is that you have to make all these pieces of information and media formats point to each other all the time. with that in mind, here is a collection of interviews and reviews and stuff:
Podcasts:
me and bill on inkstuds, a really good comics interview podcast.
me and bill on portlands kboo public radio show, words and pictures.
we were on indie spinner racks mocca festival episode, along with our amazing editor, meg lemke.
Interviews and Articles:
me and bill interviewed in smithmag.
bill’s daily crosshatch interview part 1. part 2. part 3. part 4.
my daily crosshatch interview.
bill’s graphic novel reporter interview.
bill interviewed by real change news.
an article that ran in time out chicago.
a scene was used as an example on a blog called “stuff white people do”
Reviews:
and here is one from the huffington post.
heres a lousy one we got on bookslut. dang!
heres one from a blog called syndicate product covert hq.
and a really nice one from a blog called the long and shortbox of it.
im sure i left some stuff out by accident… ill be sure to update if i did. anyway, since i kind of think its a rip-off to just post a bunch of promotional materials, heres kind of a fun thing that didnt make it into the final version of to teach. we were coming up with ideas for the frontispiece and backispiece and i thought it might be fun to show some comics that were supposed to have been made by the kids in the book. the results were pretty weird, which is why youll only ever see them here:
oh! i have not blogged in forever! sincerest apologies! i was working on something unbloggable (knock on wood for that one) and teaching a comics class to 11 year olds. my kids call me mr. ryan because there’s no way im gonna make them call me mr. alexander-tanner and they dont know how to process just calling me ryan. one thing thats funny about teaching kids is when they make something thats inappropriate and you have to scold them and then you take it home and laugh your ass off. heres a good example:
now that class is over i will be a better blogger. see you soon!
xoxo
mr. ryan
i got a piece accepted by the covered blog, one of the coolest comics projects on the internet in which artists of all kinds do renditions of comics covers.
this was a lot of fun and everyone should try it! i think ill do another one sometime soon…
bill and i are giving a talk at the museum of comic and cartoon art in manhattan. what an honor! Thursday, June 17, 7 PM. 594 Broadway, Suite 401 (btwn. Houston and Prince) New York, NY 10012. $5 or Free for MoCCA Members. i made a little flier for it and i posted it below:
Hi friends!
A couple of bits of news:
The Portrait Project will not be reaching its goal so everyone who bid will be getting their money back. The good news is that the Portrait Project is now an Etsy shop, and you can get the same exact deal by clicking right here. Many thanks so everyone who supported this project and I hope to see you on Etsy! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions/concerns.
The other big news is that the To Teach tour starts next week! Come see Bill and I at the following dates and places:
Tuesday, 5/18: University Press books, 2439 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA. 6 PM.
Wednesday, 5/19: Modern Times, 888 Valencia st. San Francisco, CA. 7 PM.
Friday, 5/21: The Green Arcade, 1680 Market st. San Francisco, CA 7 PM.
Sunday, 5/23: Floating World Comics, 20 NW 5th ave. Portland, OR 6 PM.
We got to make a cool poster for the Floating world signing:
There should be free copies of the poster at the signing. We’ll also be premiering the Dave’s Killer Bread Coloring and Activity Book, which I think came out really great!
Hope to see you there! Stay tuned for more tour dates, already in the works!
an old friend of mine asked me to draw the hulk for her 10 year old kid. how could i say no???
at long last, ohyesverynice.com has been updated! a million thanks to the lovely and talented devin chalmers for making it happen (and working for drawings!).
also, today is the official release date for To Teach! it should be appearing in stores over the next few weeks, starting today, and can be purchased online here and here.
and finally, please contibute to my kickstarter portrait project! it’s a very inexpensive portrait commission project in which i will draw whatever you want! if it doesn’t reach its goal in the next few weeks i don’t get anything! please help by spreading the word on facebook and twitter and any other outlets you have access to!
thanks, friends! hope you like all this new stuff, and stay tuned for lots more neat stuff in the near future!
i’m doing a large-scale portrait commission project on kickstarter.com. you can check it out by clicking on this sentence. please support me!
