it’s been a while, we know, and we’ve missed you, and we’re sorry. we’ve been busy moving into our new digs.

we hope you’ll come join us in our cozy new sketchbook ‘blog. sure, there are still boxes piled up in the corners, and the utilities aren’t really hooked up just yet, and, like any landlord, we’re probably not being entirely forthcoming when we assure you that everything will be sorted out in a week or so.

but we’ve got pretty pictures on the walls and witty banter around the dinner table (metaphorically speaking, of course, since the table’s still in storage and we’ve been eating on the floor (and honestly, that thing is too bulky for this space anyway)), and nothing would make us happier than for you to come sit on our stereo and keep us company while we paint the walls and build the shelves and get the rest of everything in order.

please forward links, bookmarks, and feed readers to http://www.underthehaystack.net . this site will still be around, but it’s likely to begin gentrifying. i don’t know about you, but i don’t plan to be here when the breeders start moving in.

we’ve just completed a video of terry champlin’s the earth below, a song for soprano and guitar quartet. (it’s available as a quicktime on our video page and streaming over at youtube.) the warm light and narrow depth of field are the work of cinematographer joseph victorine, whose site we’ve just thoroughly revamped [...]

odds and ends:
1. a.p.e. ruled. check back for a roundup (with, as always, recommended reading) later in the week.
2. i’m on my way to denver for election day g.o.t.v.’ing. if you volunteer for obama on election day, i will send you a free comic. actually.
3. you should head on over [...]

i’ve just finished illustrating and designing i love the moon, the forthcoming record from hudson valley singer-songwriter helen avakian. the covers and liner notes include some new drawings based loosely on helen and her songs. the album is scheduled for june 27 release from the artist’s own highwater music imprint, and can be [...]

check it out. i got my first review from the fine folk at optical sloth.

so i went to my first mocca festival last weekend, and it was just so awesome. folks were overwhelmingly down-to-earth and interesting and interested, and instances of rockstarism, while unavoidable, were few and far-between. i traded comics with lilli carre, and came home both days with a bag full of minis, sketchbooks, and [...]

1. the books are in. they’re big and pretty. if you want one to call your very own, you can get it online or see a list of retailers carrying it here. if you know of someplace else where it should be sold, tell me about it.
2. i made a tick store [...]

1. tick is at the print house. it should be back, bound and beautiful, by the middle of may. if you’ve got any fingers you’re not using, you should cross them for me.
and then we’re gonna have a party. you should come.
2. the website is up. if you don’t believe me, [...]

1. i was in manhattan last week laying down some guitar and mandolin tracks for alexa woodward (whom you may remember from the broken circles show at niagra). she’s one of those one-take people you hear about (but never actually meet). needless to say, the experience was somewhat intimidating. these are going [...]

so tick is finally finished, and now i’m trying to figure out how to get it printed. i’m somewhat overwhelmed by the process, but i’m hoping to have more news for you sooner than seven months from now.
also in the works is a real website, which soon (hopefully; i’m doing it myself and have [...]