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How I Won Homeschooling with Chad Sell’s Doodleville

May 25, 2022

(NB: I wrote this essay more than two weeks after the events herein described took place, to ensure that no one in my pod contracted Covid-19 in pursuit of this story. Thankfully, no one did!) Once upon a time, when Free Comic Book Day was rescheduled to August 2021, I visited my local comics ...

Comics, Crafts, Lifestyle

Cook Your Comics: Ash and Thorn’s Gingerbread is a Sweet Apocalyptic Treat

July 1, 2020

The only thing I love more than a delicious baked good is a great story about unconventional heroes fighting off the apocalypse, and Ash and Thorn, amazingly, comes with both.

Comics, Crafts, Zines

How to Make a One-Page Zine

April 17, 2020

Life is rough at the moment. With everything that’s going on it can be tough to find ways to distract yourself. That’s why I recently started a personal project making one page zines about films that I’ve watched during self-isolation. It’s been giving me a lot of joy, ...

Art & Design, Comics, Crafts, Interviews

Greetings of Love, Inclusion and Visibility: Meet J.Caress Studio

September 13, 2019

How many times were you told as a child to open the greeting card that came with your birthday or holiday present before you could open the present? For me, that greeting card was always a bit boring because sometimes, it just never spoke to me. Greeting cards weren’t always exciting and ...

Art & Design, Comics, Crafts, Style & Fashion, Television and Film

Knit Your Comics: Thanos Infinity Scarf

April 22, 2019

It’s April, and Avengers: Endgame will be released this week. In the year since Avengers: Infinity War, I know I haven’t recovered. Even knowing that some people are going to return thanks to the movie press machine that keeps on running (looking at you Spider-Man: Far From Home), every trailer ...

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