Issue #16

Anyone want some new Rock of Pages? Cool, then check out this link here. Or go here if you'd like to start from the beginning. Otherwise just go back to facebook or something.

It's certainly an exciting time now as I'm approaching the final act of the series. I've been experimenting a lot with the art and the standard structure of comic book form. The stuff that I've come up with has been satisfying for me and hopefully you guys can dig it too. So stay tuned, dear reader! 

Also, big thanks to everyone who made it out to the Cincinnati Comic Expo this weekend. There were a bunch of people with great stuff and everyone I talked to had an awesome time. My bro Nate and I will definitely be back next year. 

If you're new to the site, take a look around at all the stuff I have on the menu to the right. Feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, or concerns you may have and I hope you'll come back again!

Cincinnati Comix Expo

That's right, fans, on Saturday, September 17, I will be exhibiting at the Cincinnati Comix Expo! I'll be there with plenty of copies of Rock of Pages: Volume 1, some full color 11x17 prints, plus I'll be doing sketches all day. If anyone is interested in buying a sketch and you know what you'd like, please email me. I have time now to get some done so you can just pick them up at the show. Since I'll be drawing in the comfort of my own studio, I'll also be able to show them a little more love than I will at the convention. 

Also, my bro Nate will be there with me, so check out his site here. Head over to the convention site here for any additional information about the show. I hope to see a bunch of you there!

Exposition Ahoy!

The Sad Skater has returned! Check out The Saga of Fred Lactus Chapter 4 here. And while you're at it, you should probably catch up on the story so far by going through everything here.

This issue is a milestone for a couple of reasons. First, weighing in at 30 pages, it's the longest issue thus far. And i'm usually happiest with the most recent one I finish, so there's that. But also it means I'm now more than halfway done with Fred's Saga. It's definitely a weird feeling to now be approaching the final act of my time-traveling epic. Don't think I'm winding down though. In a lot of ways I'm still just getting warmed up. There's plenty of crazy surprises still to come.

Chapter 5 will be issue #18. Check back next for more Xopher-centric adventures.

Issue #14

Check out the new issue here, and be sure to follow the special instructions for the first page. Go here if you'd like to start the comic from the beginning. Minor spoilers below. 

Okay, confession time: As a teenager, I used to write some dreadful poetry. I'm sure that comes as quite a surprise, given the literary masterpieces you see on display here. Anyway, I rediscovered a poem I wrote about my 20th birthday; essentially a statement on the time when adolescence gives way to adulthood, looking back and looking forward, blah, blah, etc. So it felt like a good time to check back in with my birthday reflections as I reached my 25th year. And what better way to do that than with our heroic narrator who happens to look just like me! 

In the spirit of full disclosure, I've got another confession, my friends: I've had two additional birthday's since the idea for this issue arose. The comic takes place in a sort of fictional universe based on my life, so it may as well be set in the past of said universe. It's an unfortunate part of growing older that every birthday is met less with excitement and more with trepidation and unfulfillment. Now at 27, I'm honestly not sure if I can justify my existence anymore than I could at 25. But I suppose the point is that time will tell. 

On a related note, it's possible that Cartoon Lee was just imagining his encounters with previous versions of himself. Or maybe some kind of temporal distortion takes place in the future that causes shockwaves to reverberate throughout time. Fred Lactus is next issue.

Issue #13

The next issue is up and it rocks! At least in theory. Click here to check it out, or here to look back through my whole setlist. 

More often than not when people see my comic book at conventions they assume it's about music. "Rock of Pages" is a play on the phrase "Rock of Ages," which is probably most remembered as that Def Leppard song with the German guy at the beginning. So then I have to clarify that it's about an actual rock that you could find on the ground. Then I have to tell them it's not really about that either.

In any event, music is actually an important part of my life, and thus far has not been represented in the comic in any meaninful way. The concept went through several complete overhauls before I settled on this story. It's another experimental metaphorical one, but don't worry. Your regularly scheduled Fred Lactus will return with #15.