This is the advance reader copy of my new graphic novel that I’m sending out to the media. You can see that it’s got little tags in it where my copy editor Pamela and I have spotted a few tiny bloopers that need correcting before I create the final. But I want to show you […]
Don’t You Love End Papers?
Originally published in April 2024 in Blog, Books, Books on Grief, Books on Parental Grief, Cartoons, Comic, Gift Ideas, Graphic Novel, Grief, Pen Jar Productions
The Power of Daily Journaling & Doodling
Originally published in April 2024 in Blog, Books on Grief, Books on Parental Grief, Cartoons, Comic, Doodling, Graphic Novel, Illustration, Pen Jar Productions, Toronto Illustrators, Visual Notetaking
Are You My Mother & I Miss My Mommy: Two Books About a Search
Originally published in April 2024 in Blog, Books, Books on Grief, Books on Parental Grief, Cartoons, Comic, Grief, Toronto Illustrators
Remember when we were toddlers and we got scared every time our mothers left the room, went to the grocery store, headed to the office, or just left the nest? As orphaned adults, we’re back to square one, searching for our mothers and fathers through faded memories and old photographs. And what’s this? A whole […]
Bookmarks for Orphaned Adults
Originally published in April 2024 in Blog, Books, Books on Grief, Books on Parental Grief, Cartoons, Comic, Grief
I Miss My Mommy: a graphic novel to help orphaned adults through grief
Originally published in April 2024 in Blog, Books, Books on Grief, Books on Parental Grief, Cartoons, Comic, Graphic Novel, Grief, Illustration, Toronto Illustrators
Coffee Talk
Originally published in January 2024 in Blog, Cartoons, Comic
Long for yourself
Originally published in July 2023 in Blog, Illustration, Toronto Illustrators
Spot Drawing Love
Originally published in March 2023 in Blog
Archetypes
Originally published in November 2022 in Blog
Lois played the zany-kooky card because that’s what women in showbiz (who looked like her) did in the early 1960s. Men called her a “character,” but never a “creature.” Only femme fatales were creatures. These were the two choices for women who put themselves out there. The lack of range felt inside both camps was […]
Practice Makes Better
Originally published in November 2022 in Blog