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All Knowledge is Strange

One of my favorite comics oddities, Daniel Merlin Goodbrey's All Knowledge is Strange, came to a close today. A bit reminiscent of comics such as Wondermark or Dinosaur comics, while still maintaining Goodbrey's unmistakable voice. Worth a read.

by Danner & Grug

Archive Update

When I launched http://www.picturestorytheater.com/ as an archive for my fairy tale/YA comics, I included all of the archived stories from my Picture Story Theatre collaboration with Bill Duncan at the new site. I did not, however, immediately remove them from the WebcomicsNation archive linked through TwentySevenLetters.com. As part of my effort clarify the branding and organization of my work, I have now done so.

A more thorough redesign of TwentySevenLetters.com is also in the offing, at ...

Bring Your Daughter to Work Day reviewed in TCJ

My original collaboration with Grug, Bring Your Daughter to Work Day received a fantastic review from Rich Kreiner in The Comics Journal yesterday:

The office dynamic is vividly captured by a cast that distinguishes itself quickly thanks to Alexander Danner's sharp dialogue. Each character fluidly plays their part, either knowing or unknowingly, relative to the young protagonist, as the unpredictable tale wends its way.

Edward Grug keeps the proceedings moving smoothly with a loose yet...

Inbound 4 Book Signing

I'm not in this issue, sadly, but I will definitely be at the event, along with the many very talented folks who did contribute to this lovely anthology.

Join Porter Square Books and the Boston Comics Roundtable for an evening with contributors to Inbound #4, A Comic History of Boston. Writers and Artists will be presenting their process and research from the individual stories. Signed copies will be available for purchase.

Location:
Porter Square Books (map)
25 White St
Cambridge...

Gingerbread Houses Returns With a New Website and a New Chapter

Gingerbread Houses begins its fourth chapter tomorrow at its brand new home on the web, PictureStoryTheater.com. 2010 promises many new trials for the unfortunate family, as we enter into the next phase of our story. Gingerbread Houses is a self-contained graphic novel, and is now halfway through its two-year run in online serialization.

PictureStoryTheater.com will serve as the primary home for Alexander Danner's comics inspired by fairy tales, fables, and children's literature, and is aime...

Hey! A Press Release!

A Multiplicity of Minor Milestones
For Immediate Release

After enduring famine, parental abandonment, forced labor, compelled gluttony, and the brutal death of their wicked captor, Hansel and Gretel made their way home, to the loving embrace of the parents who sent them out to die in the first place. Now, all that remains is to restore that feel-good familial harmony…

This Thursday, December 10th concludes the third chapter of Gingerbread Houses, and brings to a close the first year of our...

Updates

My semester is officially over, which means that, aside from finishing up my grading, I have the next few weeks off. I expect to get lots of comics related projects done in that time. In fact, I've already started, and will have a few minor announcements to make in the coming days. Here's what I have in the works for the coming weeks:

Launch a new website. This will happen in the new year, but I've been busily developing it for the past few weeks. More on that when the time comes.

Plan a...