2007: "Red Eye, Black Eye" (304 pages, B&W, comics, nonfiction) (Alternative Comics). My first solo graphic novel. Epic ramble around the United STates, hearing stories and getting into trouble. Click here to buy.

2007: "The Lost City'" (6 pages, B&W, comics, fiction) collected in "Elfworld" #1 (Family Style). Segar-esque adventure with a party of dungeon-crawlers investigating a long-lost city that may not be what it seems. Click here to buy.

2006: "Punchin'" (10 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "BAM!" #1 (Vanity Press). Two lumpy individuals, grotesquely distended, have hijinks on the border between life and death. Inscrutable at best, hilarious at worst. Click here to buy.

2006: "KSOFM" (32 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), Self-published comic. A lone swordsman sets forth to conquer a giant atop a mountain. Results are not what he expected. Click here to buy.

2006: "Of Course, Of Course, Of Course" (4 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "You Ain't No Dancer" #2 (New Reliable Press). Hideshi Hino-inspired art and batwing noses pasted onto a story of childhood fantasy and being bullied right out of said fantasy. Click here to buy.

2006: "Old Country Buffet" (4 pages, B&W, comics, fiction, story and inks only), collected in "House of Twelve's Heavy Metal" (House of Twelve). Pencils by Kevin Colden. The mysterious Loc Nar drives a restaurantload of obesitude into a cannibalistic frenzy. Click here to buy.

2006: "In Space, No One Can Hear You Shit" (4 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "The Crap Your Pants Anthology" (Monkeys Might Puke). An astronaut struggles with explosive bowel movements... in space. As dumb as it sounds. Click here to buy.

2006: "Wrestling Postcards" (5 cards, color). Set of five full-color postcards depicting impressionistic portraits of professional wrestling. Click here to buy.

2006: "Hush Hush Tango" (1 page, color, comics, fiction), promotional postcard for "Hush Hush Tango" party (E Entertainment). Full-color promotional comic designed to communicate the atmosphere and style of a tango party.

2006: "Nipple Boy" (9 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "Unlucky" #2. A young man enters into a tryst with a Russian beauty and comes out with a pus-squirting man-tit. Click here to buy.

2006: "Queer Gaspers" (24 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), Self-published mini-comic. Strange creatures inhabit a world below the clouds. One sets forth on an adventure. Click here to read.

2005: "Batman: Trapped In The Closet chapters 1-5" (5 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "Roctober" #42 (Roctober). Black & white reprint of previously published color mini-comic, reformatted for magazine size. Click here to buy.

2005: "Sarah" (5 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "Blurred Visions: New Narrative Art" (Blurred Books). First in the "Monster High" series of short stories. Click here to buy.

2005: "1995J: Sound And Distance" (6 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "You Ain't No Dancer" #1 (New Reliable Press). Autobiographical story of first love, loss and regret. Click here to buy.

2005: "Business Plans" (4 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "On The Other Hand" (Attempted Not Known). Selection for an anthology of cartoonists drawing with their non-dominant hands. Naturally, a tale of drunkenness and self-destruction. Click here to buy.

2005: "Untitled (framing sequences)" (4 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "Rashomon" (House of Twelve). Framing sequences for an anthology based on the Kurosawa movie with a modern twist. Click here to buy.

2005: "Batman: Trapped In The Closet chapters 1-5" (16 pages, color, comics, adaptation), Self-published mini-comic. Adaptation of the popular R. Kelly R&B opus, re-cast to feature your favorite corporate comics underwear revenge characters. Click here to buy.

2004: "Finish Him" (7 pages, B&W, essay, non-fiction), collected in "Gamers: Writers, Artists and Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels" (Soft Skull Press). Examination of the development of narrative process and endings in arcade games, with digressions. Click here to buy.

2004: "The First Koan" (24 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "24 Hour Comics" (About Comics). Drawn in 24 hours, this examines the thought processes involved in Zen meditation. Click here to buy.

2004: "Seamus O'Sodomy, The Gay Irishman" (3 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "House of Twelve" #3 (House of Twelve). Two short gag comics about a homosexual Irish trickster. Click here to buy.

2004: "Untitled (Checking Out)" (3 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "Mauled" #2 (Manual Comics). Silent true story of a doctor becoming pre-occupied during spinal surgery and leaving the hospital to go cash a check. Click here to buy.

2004: "Teen Modok" (5 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "The Journal of Modok Studies" #3 (Second Period Industries). Examination of the possible teenage years of a mental organism designed only for killing. Click here to buy.

2004: "Ghost Cats" (2 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "Boy's Life". A young man has adventures with his ghostly pets.

2004: "Supremacy: Four Paths To Power" (12 pages, color, comics, fiction, layout, plot and script only), (Black Hammer Game). Promotional comic for turn-based strategy game released by Matrix Games in 2005. Art by Dustin Winthal and Jake Kim. Click here to buy.

2003: "Achewood" (1 page, B&W, comics, fiction), published on Achewood.com. Second guest strip for popular online comic, telling an imaginary story of the not so distant future. Click here to read.

2003: "Ghost Animals Of The Afterfuture" (3 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "House of Twelve" #2 (House of Twelve). In a post-apocalyptic world, the ghosts of many endangered species learn an erectile secret. Click here to buy.

2003: "Burn Kiss" (13 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), "Breaking In" (3 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "Fear". Two adaptations of the diaries of Lord Rexington Fear, one a Chris Ware pastiche/homage/parody/swipe, the other an over-the-top rant. Click here to buy.

2003: "Teenage Symphonies" (6 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "True Porn" #1 (Alternative Comics). Autobiographical story of doing mushrooms in a van down by the river. Click here to buy.

2003: "The Unholy Three" (28 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), Self-published mini-comic. Three dirtbag friends hit the roads of America on a quest for booze, catfish, and ghosts.

2003: "Untitled (Panther Attack In Vienna)" (3 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "Mauled" #1 (Manual Comics). Silent true story of a pair of panthers attacking zoo employees. Click here to buy.

2003: "Achewood" (1 page, B&W, comics, fiction), published on Achewood.com. First guest strip for popular online comic, following Philippe as he attempts to squire a drunken squirrel home. Click here to read.

2003: "1999" (6 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction, French language), collected in "Stereoscomic" #4 (Stereoscomic). Short story originally presented in Dipshit Epiphanies. Translated to the French by Alban Rautenstrauch.

2003: "cover" (B&W, illustration), collected in "Roctober" #36 (Roctober). Partial cover illustration (with other artists) of Sid Laverents. Click here to buy.

2003: "A-Train Monologue" (1 page, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "Matte" #3 (Matte). Overheard slice-of life/rantings on the New York subway. Click here to buy.

2003: "Scumsquat Farewell" (B&W, illustrations), collected in "Scumsquat Farewell" (Tim Hall). 5 illustrations for satirical chapbook about a homicidal zine publisher by Tim Hall. Click here to buy.

2002: "All True Music Funnies" (1 page, color, comics, non-fiction), collected in "Pulse" (Tower Records). Sunday newspaper page parody with several strips about popular musicians.

2001: "Citadel of the Night" (8 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction, art only), collected in "9-11: Emergency Relief" (Alternative Comics). Story written by Chris Knowle about Attica prison riots. Benefit book for the American Red Cross's efforts after the attacks of September 11th. Original artwork for this story is now in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. Click here to buy.

2001: "A Short And Happy Life: Zen and the Art of Your Mother" (64 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), Self-published minicomic. Collects the "A Short And Happy Life" weekly strip from the Stranger.

2001: "Dipshit Epiphanies" (48 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), Self-published minicomic. Collection of various short stories drawn between 1998-2001 and not published.

2001: "Rat Fink Rocks" (1 page, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "Roctober" #31 (Roctober). Biographical comic about the music of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (actually made by Gary Usher, etc). Click here to buy.

2001: "On Dying" (4 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "Bogus Dead" (Jeroman Empire). Story about a zombie grad student who aims to rise above his existence and fails, naturally. Click here to buy.

2001: "Spicy Huge Balls" (1 page, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "Legal Action Comics" #1 (Danny Hellman). One-page gag strip about a monkey with spiced testicles on an island of pirates. Click here to buy.

2000: "California Stars" (4 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "Shiot Crock" #3 (Shiot Crock). I barely remember what this is about and my copy of the book is lost. I think it's about sleeping in the aisle of a Greyhound bus.

2000: "Glassbrows" (24 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), Self-published minicomic. Strange dream-logic fable about an ogre and a fisherman's wife, drawn in 24 hours.

2000: "Rock & Wrestling 2000" (2 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "Roctober" #27 (Roctober). Examination of more music/wrestling cross-overs, including the Misfits, Master P and others. Click here to buy.

2000: "Rock & Wrestling 1999" (4 pages, B&W, comics, non-fiction), collected in "Roctober" #26 (Roctober). Examination of music/wrestling cross-overs, including KISS, Chad Brock, the Misfits and others. Click here to buy.

1999: "Superstar" (7 pages, Internet, essay, non-fiction), Published on Charged.com. Prank attempt to get on ABC's "Making The Band," with dancing, singing, and more. Click here to read.

1999: "Flat Rock" (5 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "Shiot Crock" #1 (Shiot Crock). Deep water and broken brains combine in a well-intentioned but ultimately forgettable story currently resting in history's dustbin.

1999: "Love and Afferications: The George Kotolaris Story" (8 pages, Internet, essay and archival material, non-fiction), Published on Word.com. Biographical investigation and excerpts from the writings of subliminal diarist and mental patient from Seattle history. Click here to read.

1999: "A Short And Happy Life" v2, #2, (24 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), self-published mini-comic. Velvet silkscreened cover mini-comic about a young car stereo thief and a secret organization of masked patriots.

1999: "Ghosts" (5 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "Top Shelf: Under The Big Top" (Top Shelf). Two former friends wander the streets at night trying to come to terms with it all. Click here to buy.

1997: "A Short And Happy Life" v2, #1, (32 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), self-published mini-comic. Six residents of a New York City apartment building intersect and disentangle in this textbook example of biting off more than you can chew.

1998-1999: "A Short And Happy Life" (64 weekly strips, B&W, comics, non-fiction), published in "The Stranger" weekly newspaper v5 no. 50 - v7 no. 6, (Bear Bones Press). Weekly continuity/gag strip about my senior year of high school. Later collected in "Zen and the Art Of Your Mother."

1996: "A Short And Happy Life" v1, 0-1, (total 56 pages, B&W, comics, various), Two self-published mini-comics. Created for the 1997 San Diego Comic-Con. Contents of issue #1 were latter rewritten and redrawn to run as the "A Short And Happy Life" weekly strip.

1995: "The Robot" (6 pages, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "Top Shelf" #5 (Roctober). The story of a mad scientist, his robot, and his wife. Click here to buy.

1995: "Untitled" (1 page, color, comics, fiction, color art only), collected in "Classical Pulse" #8 (Tower Records). Story and pencils by Jon Lewis. Watercolor painted comic about mysterious events in the life of Harry Partch and Claude Debussy.

1995: "Kingfisher's Diversion" (6 pages, B&W, comics, fiction, art only), collected in "True Swamp" #5 (Slave Labor). Story and layouts by Jon Lewis. Epilogue to the events collected in the "True Swamp" graphic novel.

1994: "The Robot, Kidnapped, (unknown)" #1, (total 72 pages, B&W, comics, various), Three 24-page self-published mini-comics bound in steel printers plates with electrical tape and sealed in a box made of printer's plates. Edition of 10. Made for Christmas presents for my close friends. "The Robot" was later redrawn for "Top Shelf" #5.

1994: "Complex Planet Illustrated" (1 page, B&W, comics, fiction), collected in "The Comics Journal" #172 (Fantagraphics Books). Incompetent parody of David Greenberger's "Duplex Planet Illustrated" comics. Click here to buy.

1992-1994: "Posthumous Warnings" #1-15, Special (total 436 pages, various formats, B&W, comics, various), Self-published mini-comics. Vast and thankfully mostly destroyed clearinghouse for high-school juvenalia.


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