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August 27, 2015
NEW TCJ TALKIES PODCAST
John Porcellino and Caitlin McGurk...
John Porcellino and Caitlin McGurk discuss I Never Liked You by Chester Brown and The Summer of Love by Debbie Drechsler
Caitlin McGurk is the Engagement Coordinator for the Billy Ireland Museum and has also worked for The Center for Cartoon Studies’ Schulz Library, the Bulliet Comics Collection of Columbia University, and Marvel Comics.
John Porcellino was born in Chicago, in 1968, and has been writing, drawing, and publishing minicomics, comics, and graphic novels for over thirty years. His celebrated self-published series King-Cat Comics, begun in 1989, has inspired a generation of cartoonists.
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Rules For Dating My...
Rules For Dating My Daughter
“Feminist Father” - I like the sound of that. My daughter isn’t dating yet. She’s six. She’s smart, she’s funny. She’s capable. She’s independent. I never want her to lose those qualities. I worry about her being held back in this world just because she’s a girl. I assure myself, not on my watch. I’m going to be a different kind of Dad.
What role should a father play in his daughter’s dating life? Is it his job to intimidate would-be suitors, with his shotgun and his attack dog, or should he be informing them that the rules are set by his daughter and her alone? Is the popular “Feminist Father” She Makes The Rules t-shirt really as progressive as we think?
Pre-order the book, Rules For Dating My Daughter, a collection of comic essays which examine fatherhood and parenting through humor, politics, and philosophy.
“Rules For Dating My Daughter”, the comic strip from Gag’s new book collection of the same name.
Pre-order a copy here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/264311413/rules-for-dating-my-daughter-by-mike-dawson
August 26, 2015
Rules For Dating My Daughter
“Feminist Father” - I...
Rules For Dating My Daughter
“Feminist Father” - I like the sound of that. My daughter isn’t dating yet. She’s six. She’s smart, she’s funny. She’s capable. She’s independent. I never want her to lose those qualities. I worry about her being held back in this world just because she’s a girl. I assure myself, not on my watch. I’m going to be a different kind of Dad.
What role should a father play in his daughter’s dating life? Is it his job to intimidate would-be suitors, with his shotgun and his attack dog, or should he be informing them that the rules are set by his daughter and her alone? Is the popular “Feminist Father” She Makes The Rules t-shirt really as progressive as we think?
Pre-order the book, Rules For Dating My Daughter, a collection of comic essays which examine fatherhood and parenting through humor, politics, and philosophy.
Update 1: Sweet · Rules For Dating My Daughter, by Mike Dawson
Rules For Dating My Daughter - Kickstarter Update
Click through to see an image from a new comic I’m working on
Thanks to those who’ve backed me so far!
The Ink Panthers Show! Summer Special 2015
The Summer of 2015...
The Ink Panthers Show! Summer Special 2015
The Summer of 2015 is winding down, and The Panthers are creeping back from the beaches, shaking the sand out of their fur, and gathering inside Panther’s Lair where it’s air-conditioned. Expect the usual “two (or three) guys bullshitting” humor you’ve come to love and miss, plus some Very Big Book Announcements.
Mike’s Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/264311413/rules-for-dating-my-daughter-by-mike-dawson
Alex’s new book: http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/our-expanding-universe/921
And be on the lookout for Tony Consiglio’s Double-Cross Collection!
August 25, 2015
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ANNOUNCEMENT: A brand new book and a...
ANNOUNCEMENT: A brand new book and a Kickstarter campaign!!
Back “Rules For Dating My Daughter” HERE
Help publish a brand new book from Mike Dawson, the Ignatz award winning cartoonist behind Freddie & Me, Troop 142, and Angie Bongiolatti as well as the host of the TCJ Talkies comics podcast.
“I loved these so much!“ - Lisa Hanawalt, My Dirty Dumb Eyes, BoJack Horseman
“Interesting, and worth a read” - Zainab Ahktar, Comics & Cola
“(Mike’s) comics are just blowing me away!” Keith Knight, The K Chronicles
“Weird and vaguely sociopathic” Kim O’Connor, The Hooded Utilitarian
Rules For Dating My Daughter: Cartoon Dispatches from the Front-Lines of Modern Fatherhood is my new book of comics about marriage, parenthood, politics, and raising two small children in present day America.
The comics in this collection examine a wide variety of topics, from after-school pickup and Disney’s Sofia the First, to gun control issues and impending environmental collapse. Simultaneously political, philosophical, and humorous, these first-person cartoon essays all seek to answer the book’s central question, Am I Good?
The comics expand outwards from that premise. Am I good because I try to be an engaged father? What does being an engaged father mean? What does it mean to respect my children as separate individuals apart from myself? I like the sound of being a “Feminist Father”, but what does that really entail? Can it even be considered ethical to have brought children into such a terrible world?
Please check out the campaign page and pledge $16 to get a copy of this new book.
I remember discussing my first-born with my brother, and saying, I don’t know if it’s right to have a second child, just because of the planet etc, and being instantly embarrassed (he bullied the shit out of me as a kid, and got a masters in English, so I feel a shameful need to seem not stupid to him, which usually means I stick my foot in my mouth when he’s in the room). As if I was considering the planet when I made my baby, much less what the baby might make of the world. Morally, people who have such ideas/doubts are more obligated to parent than people who couldn’t care less, since they have consciences about living on this planet, and they are the minority. That sounds so snotty. Sorry. I worked at Toys R Us for five years, and have taught in the Japanese school system for ten years, and I really wish parents cared what went into their children’s head more.
Anyway, Dawwwwwwwwwson writes heart-on-his-sleeve works with sincerity, I enjoyed Angie Bongiolatti, but I think I enjoy his short pieces a bit more. They have a strong theme and point to them, a good rhythm and sophistication. They really resonate. And I love his inking. It creates a depth within his stylised world.
If this looks interesting to you, it probably is. He’s a good writer/artist.
#drawing for the cover of my new #comic Rules For Dating My...
#drawing for the cover of my new #comic Rules For Dating My Daughter, which I need your help to get funded https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/264311413/rules-for-dating-my-daughter-by-mike-dawson #kickstarter #drawing #process #guns
ANNOUNCEMENT: A brand new book and a Kickstarter...
ANNOUNCEMENT: A brand new book and a Kickstarter campaign!!
Back “Rules For Dating My Daughter” HERE
Help publish a brand new book from Mike Dawson, the Ignatz award winning cartoonist behind Freddie & Me, Troop 142, and Angie Bongiolatti as well as the host of the TCJ Talkies comics podcast.
“I loved these so much!“ - Lisa Hanawalt, My Dirty Dumb Eyes, BoJack Horseman
"Interesting, and worth a read” - Zainab Ahktar, Comics & Cola
“(Mike’s) comics are just blowing me away!” Keith Knight, The K Chronicles
“Weird and vaguely sociopathic” Kim O’Connor, The Hooded Utilitarian
Rules For Dating My Daughter: Cartoon Dispatches from the Front-Lines of Modern Fatherhood is my new book of comics about marriage, parenthood, politics, and raising two small children in present day America.
The comics in this collection examine a wide variety of topics, from after-school pickup and Disney’s Sofia the First, to gun control issues and impending environmental collapse. Simultaneously political, philosophical, and humorous, these first-person cartoon essays all seek to answer the book’s central question, Am I Good?
The comics expand outwards from that premise. Am I good because I try to be an engaged father? What does being an engaged father mean? What does it mean to respect my children as separate individuals apart from myself? I like the sound of being a “Feminist Father”, but what does that really entail? Can it even be considered ethical to have brought children into such a terrible world?
Please check out the campaign page and pledge $16 to get a copy of this new book.
August 21, 2015
I’m missing SPX again this year, which always makes me a...
I’m missing SPX again this year, which always makes me a little sad. Sad like Sad-Boy. There was a decade-plus stretch there where I’d not missed a year.
I intend to go again in 2016, as I’ll have a new book out, more information on which I will be sharing next week.
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