Beija and the Calendar

Good Day.
Things I want to tell you:

1. Calendars are here! I am about to bag them up for stores and stick them in envelopes for humans.

Here is a picture of every month's image. Just so you know.
Everything is (c) Nicole J. Georges. What a drag.

Secondly and more importantly,
here is a photo of Beija Georges, taken by Carli Davidson.

Image (c) Carli Davidson. Do not download.

Wonder who Carli Davidson is? WELL. She is an animal photographer (she has worked both with wild animals and pets).
One of her specialties, and my personal favorite, is her "Pets with Disabilities" project, which must be seen to be believed.
You will find on her page a photo of a chihuahua and his seeing eye pug.
With her permission I drew them for this year's calendar.
Look at her page! Get your pets over there! Get some prints!

That's all I'll say.

Did I post this yet?

It's the cover of a practice zine we did with students at the IPRC Comic Certificate Program.

I drew the picture. Jesse Reklaw did the lettering.

I think that's all I have to say. Since I am unabashedly procrastinating right now instead of finishing the final final edits for my book.
EXCEPT:

Do you know who Julie Klausner is? Check out her podcast.
She has saved me from a world of man-driven podcast listening.
It gets so hard to keep a giant block of salt in your mind in order to digest the comedy of the Adam Carolla podcast without consuming the horrible horrible politics.
Thank God for her.
And her beautiful hair.

Beija Stars in a Halloween comic

This originally appeared in Good Dog by Nomad Editions.

Calendars Are....

Almost Here!

Here is a photo of them from the printer.
They're in the process of being cut, folded, and stapled now.

I'll post as soon as they are here and ready to be sent.

n.g.

New Senior Citizen Zine, Dog Comic

Thanks to everyone who came out to the library reading last night!
There should be a podcast of it up on the library's website soon.

I've got a skill that I'd like to share with you.
That skill is procrastinating really hard by burning up time on the internet.
Anytime you see a blog post by me, please be assured that it was never on my to-do list. Just a semi-productive diversion from whatever I was actually supposed to work on that day.

In line with that, here is a photo of a drawing I did for the IPRC once. Don't mind the rippy tape spot at the bottom. There were green heathered ringer shirts with this dude on them. I can't find mine for the life of me.

This photo is on this "Muss My Hair" blog.

Also- I have a few copies of the new "Tell It Like It Tiz" zine that we do with the seniors at the Marie Smith Center.
Snag one off Etsy if you like reading sassy conversations.

Also, Beija is now partially deaf. Did you know? Here's a comic about it that originally appeared in the online magazine Good Dog

. Now you do.

p.s. Wishbone can still hear.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

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Portland- Save on calendar shipping. Everyone Else- save on other stuff.

Hello! I realized this morning (thanks to Felice), that I can figure out a way for Portlanders to not pay shipping on calendars.

If you live in Portland and would like to pre-order a calendar, I can offer you free shipping by offering a pick-up location, and also hand delivering some by bike.
If you live within 5 miles of North Portland (give or take), I will deliver your calendar by bike.
If you live outside of that, or are able to pick up, I believe I'll have your calendars ready and waiting at either The IPRC or Reading Frenzy downtown (9th & Oak). I will email you when the time comes and let you know where and how to pick up.

SO:
If you go to Etsy , you can put in the coupon code "Portlandprice" to get your free shipping.
BUT PLEASE include in the notes section whether you'd like pickup or delivery.

P.s. Note- All of the animal dudes you see in this post will be in the calendar. The tapir, the piglets, and the dogs.
Now about those dogs- This is a drawing of Diego and Kona, which was inspired by & drawn from a photograph taken by Carli Davidson.
Diego lost his eyes at age 3, and had Kona as his seeing eye pug for eleven years.
I am very appreciative to Carli for documenting their story and allowing me to portray them in ink.

Invincible Summer 2012 Calendar Images.