Summer Art Lessons!

Hello! I am offering personal art lessons for students ages 8 & up through the summer.
If you know a young person who'd like to draw comics, animals, or have a personal self-publishing tutor, email me up! I have over a decade of experience in teaching all ages, from 7 year olds to the elderly.
Let me help you make a comic book, a pet portrait, or the art show of your dreams!

n.g.
 

New Dog, New Things.

Hello, reader friends. The last time I posted here, I was feeling so blue about losing Beija Georges. Losing Wishbone was no small feat, but B.G. leaving was just horrible.
I raised her and protected her for fifteen years, and in turn she raised and protected me.

 I realized the other week that I may never ever get over Beija Georges. Like ever ever.

And then I met this new animal, by chance. 
A chihuahua/shiba-inu whom I have adopted and named Ponyo, also known as Paw Paw.
She is a gentle and kind little fox with no personality defects to speak of.
She likes fetching, meeting new people, and being scratched under the collar.
She also happens to be a quick study at the art of the afternoon nap, which is an important quality in a young dog.
I hope you get to meet her. In drawings, at least.

Thank you for your ongoing support through this time, and thank you for your kind cards of condolence. They are all read and appreciated.

Sincerely,
n.g.


p.s. I am working on drawing my yearly diary comic RIGHT NOW.

p.p.s. I will be posting a Kickstarter to fund my senior citizen zine-turned-book Tell It Like It Tiz soon. I will post it here. Or you can see our tumblr here.

p.p.s.s. In the meantime, somebody used the name "Invincible Summer" for an IndieGoGo campaign to fund their love. No relation.

p.p.s.s.s. I will be at the Portland Zine Symposium this year.

p.p.s.s.s.s. I have so many comics floating around. I will surely be putting out a zine or SOMETHING very soon.

p.p.s.s.s.s.s. Thank you to everyone who BRIBED me to be in the 2013 diary comic.

p.p.s.s.s.s.s.s. I will have a few summer slots available for pet portraits and commissions. Contact me for details.

BIG NEWS:Fellowship at CCS

Hello hello, readers and friends and foes,

I have something new that I am honored and thrilledto report:
I have been appointed as The 2013/14 Fellow at the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont!
!!!

Next school year, I will pack up my polyester dresses and head to White River Junction for a snowy year of drawing.

BUT- You know I will return to Portland.
Because this is where I live. It is my home.
So what I'm saying is, don't worry- Clutch McBastard and I will be reunited sooner than you know it.

xoxo
n.g.

Missing Beija Georges

Dear Readers, strangers and friends,

It has been a very busy two months (with touring and everything) , and now that I am home the loss of the dogs is hitting hard.
If you have a request, or an order, and it takes me a little while to respond, please understand.
And if you are someone who generously donated when Beija had cancer this fall, thank you again so very much. We appreciated the extra time together.

Take care,
n.g.

LISTEN TO ME on my favorite podcasts.

Greetings, people of Earth. I write to you from slate-skied Portland, Oregon, where I am home from tour and absorbing the feeling of being in a dogless home for the first time in my adult life. It is heavy. 

Now that I have bummed you out, let me offer you a few things that I've done lately:

1. I was on my favorite podcast, "How Was Your Week" with Julie Klausner. 

You can listen to it here, or on iTunes.

2. I was on my other favorite podcast, Porchlight. I performed live at the Verdi Club with Michael Ian Black, April Richardson & Dave Hill  during SF Sketchfest, and while M.I.B. is not on the podcast, you have to just take my word for it. What a thrill! 

Here is the Libsyn link and the iTunes link to listen to the podcast.

3. THIS SATURDAY AT 9 p.m. 

you can listen to me on Livewire! radio on OPB, with guests The Dandy Warhols and basketball player Bryan Grant, who got a standing ovation in the theater. 

My 12 Hour Comic for 24 Hour Comic Day 2013.

Click to read!
I'm sorry if it is at all awkward or weird to cycle through these.
I am almost stubbornly un-web-comic-y.
I'm trying to deal with that.

Two Upcoming Events: Livewire! Radio & Sister Spit

NJG on LiveWire! Radio
with The Dandy Warhols & Ron Funches
at the Alberta Rose Theatre
Saturday, March 30 , 7:30 p.m.

NJG with Sister Spit
with Michelle Tea, Cristy Road, Ali Liebegott & More!
at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
Sunday, April 7th, 8 p.m.