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THE APRON STRINGS

Thursday, January 10, 2008

I’m so ashamed at the low output of this blog that I’m posting a couple of sketches, hoping they will somehow make up for it. (My Tumblelog has been bustling with activity, but it doesn’t really count.) The sketches are for a design to go on an apron that Meg wants to sew.

I’ve got a couple of posts in mind for next week, most notably my thoughts on David Michaelis‘s Schulz and Peanuts, which I’m finding to be an utterly exhausting read. I’ve got about 150 pages to go. Here’s the fine stack of books I’ve got waiting for me once I finish:

AIRPLANES ARE FLYING PETRI DISHES AND NEPHEWS ARE AWESOME

Friday, January 4, 2008

ONE YEAR AGO…

Sunday, December 30, 2007

It’s been an awesome year. We celebrated with lunch at Dairy Queen.

ON THE CHRISTMAS LEGEND

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

If we focus on Joseph, as Matthew does, and make this a legend of salvation, then Joseph becomes the second Adam. He is given a second chance, as we all are, constantly, a chance to reenact a life drama that we have wretchedly botched at least once before, and to do it right this time.

—Stephen Mitchell

Happy Christmas to everyone: here’s Stephen Mitchell from his book, The Gospel According to Jesus, on the Christmas Legend, Joseph, and the true meaning of Christmas: forgiveness.

Today I hope you’ll forgive yourself, and then forgive those who have wronged you.

Peace on earth!

JOHN PORCELLINO’S PERFECT EXAMPLE: REMIX

Sunday, December 23, 2007

I scanned a bunch of drawings out of John Porcellino’s memoir of his teenage years, Perfect Example, to share with you…and then I realized that if I put all the drawings in a certain order, they told a little story:

I don’t think I’ve talked a lot about Porcellino and King-Cat on this blog. He’s definitely one of my favorite cartoonists. It’s amazing to read the King-Cat collection King-Cat Classix and watch his drawings evolve from punk-zine scribbles to zen-like elegant lines. At their best, his comics are pure poetry — nothing extraneous, perfect and simple. Looking forward to his adaptation of Thoreau’s Walden.