No Pants Revolution 5!

 

No Pants Revolution 5 is here! In case you don't know, No Pants Revolution is my autobiographical, diary comic zine series. It started in 2014 when I tried my hand at drawing a daily comic and has evolved into a collage of comics, diary style writing and sketches from my sketchbooks. No Pants 5 is stacked. At 32 pages it's beefier than the last couple books and this one comes with a FULL COLOR STICKER SHEET! I'm super proud of the book and I can't wait for people to see it. You can get it at my online store right now!

 http://www.apearsonart.com/2019/08/store.html

Sticker Sale!

For now my store is closed, but that doesn't mean you can't get one of these sweet, sweet stickers. For the next few weeks I will be selling my stickers and shipping them out snail mail. Prices for the stickers are listed on the images below. If you are interested in purchasing one you can email me at apearson@ymail.com with the subject line "sticker sale"; let me know which stickers you want and don't forget to let me know your address. I am accepting payments through Venmo (Saturn2169) and Paypal (Saturn2169@yahoo.com). Because I am shipping them snail mail, in a plain envelope with a stamp, please allow extra time for shipping. US only, sorry.

B-b-b-b-Bonus!

I am also super excited to say that I was interviewed for an article in the Chicago Reader about zine culture during the quarantine. It's been a crazy few months and although it's been paralyzing and depressing in many ways, I have been fighting and trying to continue to stay healthy and create. The article highlights my efforts to sell zines online as well as dropping off zines in free little libraries around Chicago. The article even included a picture of me. The Chicago Reader is a paper that is super special to me. It's been a part of my life since childhood and it's one of the top ways I find out about different arts and cultural events around town. It was so special and emotional for me to be a part of it. You can read the article online here. Below is the image from the paper which included a picture of me next to a free little library in Rogers Park.

The Year is 2020

It's March! Boy, has it been a year already. Some good stuff, some not so great things and some great things! I don't feel like getting into all the details right now. What I do want to do is tell you about some of the awesome shows I got lined up this Spring!

I'm so excited to be a part of these amazing shows! I have a new No Pants Revolution coming out as well as some other fun stuff that I can't wait to show you. Below are a few more details about when and where they are.

April 4: Milwaukee Zine Fest 10:30am-4:30pm at The Central Branch of the Milwaukee Public Library Milwaukee, WI

April 18: Detroit Zine Fest 11am-7pm at Light Box Performance in Detroit, MI

May 16: Chicago Zine Fest 11am-6pm at The Plumbers Union Hall Chicago, IL

June 13-14: Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) 11am-6pm at The Broadway Armory Chicago, IL

So, what else have I been up to? This past December I did my first ever comics reading courtesy of Meanwhile and Saturday Night Drink and Draw. I gave out and mailed over 100 copies of my 2019 Holiday Card (which due to some computer issues I don't have access to right now. That will be for another post soon, promise). Also, for the first time ever, I actually completed all 31 days of #inktober! I was inspired to do inktober illustrations based around the loose concept of fashion. Some of the drawings are of me in outfits inspired by characters, old photos or real life outfits I wear and a few are fan art drawings of characters wearing fun new outfits. Check them out!

Here they are all over the floor. This is fun right?

If you can't make it out to any of the shows I'll be at, then considering grabbing some of my comics from my online store. New stuff coming soon. Link.

Also, if you don't already, go follow me on Instagram and or Twitter for up to date art stuffs. 
Instagram: @Saturn2169
Twitter: @Saturn2169 

Choose Comics

Sometimes life is overwhelming. I've been writing this blog for over ten years with over 200 posts. If you've followed this blog, which I don't blame you if you haven't, you'd see how my life has changed, how my art has changed, the things that I've wanted have changed. I've drawn comics off and on since I was a kid. I was constantly inspired by newspaper strips and then manga and then indie/alt/and autobio comics. But for some reason my idiot brain never realized that comics was my favorite way to express myself. I think for too long I thought that if I was going to make art, then I had to make it my career. And for most of my life comics didn't register as a career. In September 2008, in my seventh ever post, I talked about how I started taking a cartooning class and posted my first ever autobio comic. Ivan Brunetti taught that class. Everything I learned in that class and all of the cool comics I was exposed to was so inspiring. I continued to scribble comics in my sketchbooks and for fun even doodled a daily comic just as a drawing exercise. It wasn't until almost six years later, inspired by the awesome artists I met at NYC Comics Jam, that I finally realized that I could share my art with people through my comics. I printed my first ever No Pants Revolution and tabled at my first ever convention. This post is already getting too long. Long story, short: I'm so inspired by all of the artists and amazing people in my life. I love being able to share my art with people. If you factor in time and materials and table fees, I don't make any money from making comics. But sharing my comics and zines with people give me this weird human connection that I, as an awkward, anxious, depressed person, have a hard time doing in person. Last weekend was Chicago Zine Fest. And even though I've tabled at several cons and zine fests in the past, I still felt really nervous. Just as the show opened, the first person to walk past my table was Ivan Brunetti. He was the first person to buy my No Pants Revolution 4, eleven years after encouraging me to draw journal comics in the first place. 

There are so many people in my life who support me and inspire me and encourage me to continue. Thank you guys so much.  

Oh, so, Chicago Zine Fest was a great show, as always. I debuted my two new books: No Pants Revolution 4: Who Am I? and Mito and Me #3. If you didn't get the chance to see me at Zine Fest guess what?

I got into CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo)! I'm so excited and honored to be able to table at such a cool convention alongside so many amazing artists. 

Poster design by Marnie Galloway

So, I'm also tabling at Comicopolis and Grand Rapids Zine Fest and hopefully have a couple other shows for the last half of the year. I will keep yous guys posted. 

Thanks for reading.

Like All Good Things, Another Sketchy Magee Comes to an End

I know you are all here to see the shit sketches that come out when no one is looking, but before that, I have a bit of business. As you may know, the Kickstarter for Northside Comic Artist's complete comic compendium "Northside Comics Volume 1" did not reach it's goal. sad face. However, the little money we make from conventions is going toward printing a small run for their fifth anthology "Memories". So the comic I drew for it, "Bound", will still have a home. happy face. Keep an eye on my Instagram, @Saturn2169 for more info about when to expect that. Hint: it should be sometime this fall. 

Now back to the reason why you are here! Actually, I have no idea why you are here. If you accidentally stumbled across this blog because you thought there were some boobs, don't leave yet! I promise there are some boobs. Just scroll down to see all the sketchyness that I've been up to for the past couple months. Enjoy!

Drew a couple of mermaids for MerMay this year.

Bang! Boobs right off the bat!

A lot of fan art. It's just so much fun to draw!

Kitty Pryde I drew for Terry at Third Coast Comics.

Sketchy Fiona and Marshall Lee.

Can't get enough of that Bubbline.

Not sure if there is a fun 'ship name for Blue Beetle and Booster Gold.

Bluebird sketch for a comission.

Another Bluebird sketch. She was fun to draw.

Drew some Seaman fanart for the Jackbox Games live stream.

Another one for Jackbox Games. It's for the best that you don't know the context.

 A few things from this sketchbook made it into No Pants 3!

A few things did not make it into No Pants 3.

A comic about the time John and I ate too much.

A comic about how I don't look good in joggers.

 As per usual, some embarrassing self portraits.

Couldn't decide whether to put this in the "mermaid" section or the "self portrait" section. I think I made the right choice.

Other miscellaneous sketchyness.

Some concept art for "Bound".

Drawing from a fun figure drawing session at Grotesque Burlesque.

Charles in charge!

Quick sketch of Zazie Beetz.

I've been having fun recently really trying to fill up my sketchbook pages. Here are some of my favorites.

Page of gestures from figure drawing.

I really like the look of drawings on top of drawings. I do this whenever I start drawing something I don't like. Instead of scratching it out or erasing it, I just draw on top of it.

More drawings on drawings.

Filling up the cracks.

Super secret concept art for a comic in a Halloween anthology.

Bonus sketchbook page! I finished up my sketchbook, but I'm still waiting for my new sketchbook to arrive in the mail, so I've been drawing in one of my side sketchbooks... sketchbook.

Have a good day!