LIFE

I'm out of White River Junction. And I have to say - it's been nice. Really nice. The only thing bad about being back home is the lack of a car, but I don't need to waste money on gas anyways.

But anyways - long time no update, so here's some stuff!

First off, I was randomly going through stuff on my computer and found some sound recordings I had made while playing Lucy's copy of Electroplankton, which is a game for the DS where you make music and stuff like that. It's a ton of fun!

Anyways, I was using the part of the game where they lay a beat down for you and then you can tap stuff to make music and what-not, so, it's pretty much just me messing around with that.

Behold the Electroplankton music!

Secondly - you may or may not remember when I started a comic about my experiences with videogames throughout my life. 1-UP. Well, I've got the next page finally! But, if you need to catch up, here's the links to the other pages.
1-UP pg 1
1-UP pg 2
1-UP pg 3
( 1-UP pg 4! )

Last, here's some random sketches.

This is stuff doodled while hanging out with my friend Tiffany.


And these are me trying to figure out a character for a comic

Hey all,

So, Lucy told me that as payment for taking me back and forth from the airport that I should draw her a comic. So here it is - I tried to do it in similar style to that way she does her comics about this kind of stuff. whee!

A fabulous song written by Lucy Knisley, performed by Lucy Knisley, and yours truly, Mark Thisse about Valentina, the first woman cosmonaut. Enjoy, by clicking on this beautiful link

Whoo! New song!!

So, Lucy and I need a band name. Any ideas?

Hey everyone,

First off - MoCCA was awesome! I'll be posting some more about it later, along with (hopefully) a short little 1 page comic thingy. whee!

First off, though, I recently listened to the song "Old Cars" by Lucy and it really touched me a lot. It's a really beautiful song about the passage of time, age, and love...it really gets me every time I listen to it.

Anyways, I keep singing it to myself, and doing harmony while I'm listening, so I decided to record myself doing said harmony along with the song. Hopefully she doesn't mind, and hopefully it sounds ok. I really really love this song, and it really really makes me emotional about family and friends and stuff...it's fantastic.

Old Cars Duet by Lucy Knisley and Mark Thisse!


So, my roommate got Wii Fit recently. Here's how that went down...



As for MoCCA - it was a ton of fun! I was so wore out after both days. And NY was so hot. SO HOT. It was my first time both to MoCCA and to New York city, so it was pretty interesting! I think I'd like to visit it again when I
a) don't have a comic convention
b) don't have to deal with ninety-some degree weather

lucylou was kind enough to let me have some space at her table, which was a lot of fun. We kept pretty busy!

I got to meet up with some LJ people, and that was cool! piratecore and joshpm stopped by a few times, and they were absolutely rad.

I also got to talk to Lynda Barry some. I missed her! So I gave her my comic and got a big hug...she's so great! It was really cool to see people that I'd met through friends or at the shcool and to be able to chit-chat with them!

Let me see if I can remember all the comics I got (I took a picture, but it came out terribly. I didn't get that many, so I should be able to get this)


LifeMeter - Videogame anthology
An Army of Lovers Will Be Beaten - Bernie McGovern
Phase 7 #11 - Alex Lonstreth
Sweet buttons and minis and stuff from piratecore
HxC Dan, buttons and CD from joshpm
Chiggers Bandanna from Hope Larson

Umm...I know there's more...but it's 3:12 am, and I still haven't really recovered from MoCCA. Maybe more list later? Yeah. I'm gonna go to sleep now...

Oh wait. Sketches and stuff that I found.
( sketches )

Peace!

In case anyones interested, here's the schedule for the next few days.

Today (Thurs) - finish greyscaling/lettering the main comic. Take it to Kinko's by 5 pm
- Finish website by 9ish
- If I have time, finish 1-UP 9-ish to when?

Fri - pick up main comic from Kinko's around 9 or 10
- Collate, cut and staple said comic
- Leave for MoCCA at 2pm
- Go see Lynda Barry at 8:15

Sat - MoCCA!

See you all there!