All Good Things

Well, this weekend marks my return back to the school grind. The holiday break, like many before it, never lasts as long as we all wish it would. Granted, we had more time off than other districts, but it still flies by way too fast.

As to the title, I'm not mourning the passing of break so much as the anticipation of a few exciting projects I'll hopefully be involved with. Before I do, I guess I have to explain a few things to thosde who aren't in the know.

I write/draw/self-publish a little mini-comic called "Sa-Bom Jim". I've been working on it for a few years now, and am currently working on issue #7 as well as a few other projects I am involved with through a group called "The International Cartoonist Conspiracy". Yes, it IS international, being that we have a few "cells" located in Canada, eh. The group keeps expanding, and we have splinter groups that have been created in St. Paul, Rice, San Francisco, and a lot of other places.

Essentially we are a group of comic artists who get together to draw, drink, network, and collaborate on a lot of different comics projects. I've been busy this last year with two anthologies (with the third volume deadline looming), a memorial anthology, and a spotlight story featured in a spin-off series for another local artist.

Now, after that long-winded explanation.....The deadline for the next volume of "Muscles And Fights", a truly collaborative effort of artists doing short stories of characters with muscles, or characters fighting each other, "Muscles And Fights 3: Muscliest And Fightiest" is coming due on the 15th, and I am scrambling to get my submission done for that. There's another show/project called "Lutefisk Sushi C"coming up this Spring, as well as two release parties for the last two volumes of "Muscles And Fights" where I'll be appearing as not only one of the artist/collaborators, but also to do some Tae Kwon Do demonstrations for those parties as well. A lot of folks liked the one I did in July, as well as a few others that did fire-spinning and staff demonstrations.

I am so fortunate to be a part of this group, when I was living in Mankato, there was nothing like this to be found anywhere..hell, there's hardly ANYTHING of ANY SORT to be found in that town! Much like Duluth, but that's another story.....