The Man in the Crime-Master’s Mask!

Bring Back My Goblin To Me!

The Menace of the Molten Man!

Never Step on a Scorpion!

The Claws of the Cat!

If This Be My Destiny…

Just a few weeks late posting this one. Anyhow, enjoy the St. Paul cell’s offering: Robocop vs. Bears vs. China vs. GM: The Battle for Detroit (Rock City!)

Click image for pdf — a modest 6.2 mb.

You know what, I just realized that I haven’t posted on this, at all, which is quite strange, since this has been a big part of my life lately.

You see, artist/writer/blogger Bill Prendergast approached me back in April about helping him out with a book that he was cooking up. It was a story on Michele Bachmann’s rise to power and all of the tricks she’s used to get herself there. It seemed like a story I could really get on board with, after all it’s all about that maniac Republican up in the sixth congressional district of Minnesota. I’m originally from that district and my folks and siblings still live up there, so needless to say that I have a vested interest in her tirades and unintelligible views on government anarchy.

I got the gig, because I happened to be smart (lucky?) enough to bring some copies of Super Fantastica Comix 2009, which I had just produced to an open studio meeting at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Bill was nice enough to purchase one and then ask me about working with him. I was stoked! In fact, I still am stoked!

There has been quite a bit of press on this project, both good and bad. The coverage has stemmed from the awesome City Pages spread that Bill and Lupi Miguinti collaborated on to the actual comic that became available for purchase last month at Biased Liberal Media dot com.

Read some of the reviews here:

Talking Points Memo

Newsarama

Wonkette

Extended credits for the book (to the best of my knowledge):

Writer: Bill Prendergast
Cover Art: Ken Avidor
Interior Front Cover: Pencils: Lupi Miguinti; Inks: Daniel Olson
Pages One - Four: Pencils: Prendergast; Inks/Letters: Danno Klonowski
Pages Five - Ten: Pencils: Prendergast; Inks/Letters: Miguinti
Pages Eleven - Thirteen: Pencils: Prendergast; Inks/Letters: Klonowski
Pages Fourteen - Fifteen: Pencils: Prendergast; Inks/Letters: Klonowski; Letters: Olson
Page Sixteen - Nineteen: Pencils/Inks/Letters: Prendergast and Olson
Page Twenty: Avidor
Page Twenty-one - Twenty-three: Pencils: Prendergast; Inks/Letters: Klonowski
Page Twenty-four: Prendergast
Interior Back Cover: Klonowski
Post-production Olson and Prendergast

Well, this weekend is another convention. Although this one is a bit different than most. This weekend is the Twin Cities Zinefest at the Stevens Square Center for the Arts. I can’t say that I get overly nervous about conventions, but this one does intimidate me somewhat. Here’s why…

I attended last year to visit my good buddy Ryan Dow and check out the scene. It was a DIY fest. There were zines, mini-comics, handmade pillows, I mean this show has it all a DIYer could want! Well, fast forward to now. I’m sitting here looking at my merch box. My stuff isn’t necessarily high-brow, I mean really, a flying maxi-pad? Some of it isn’t even really DIY. I’m intimidated because I saw what was on display last year and I just don’t know if I “fit the mold.” I mean, for crying out loud, I’ve never made a zine! However, I was told that a one page story I put together recently will be in Sean Lynch’s Zine Supreme, so I guess I’ll be making my zine debut!

Besides the uncertainty surrounding this whole event, here is what I DO KNOW. I will see a lot of neat stuff. I will meet some new people. And maybe, JUST MAYBE, someone will get a chuckle at AJ’s Super Maxi-Pad Girl dolls.

Admission is free. Doors open at 11 AM. Get the rest of the info here: Twin Cities Zinefest 2009.

I conducted an interview this week for the Twin Cities Daily Planet about this weekend’s Zinefest 2009 event. Being a first time exhibitor, I didn’t have too much in way of insight for the event, but I did get quoted. So that’s pretty cool. Make sure to visit me and my other friends this weekend, it’s FREE!

Check it out here: TC Daily Planet Zinefest 2009 Preview