Category: Comics
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I Feel Like I Lost My Sense of Humour
A wild comic appears! I often feel unfunny. I often wonder why a certain joke killed one night and was tepidly received the next. I wonder if I’m a loser, a hack, a fraud. And then I tell my wife my insecurities and she laughs in my face and I’m like, “Well, whatever works I…
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Autopsy of a Comic Arts Fest
Looking Back: The St. John’s Comics Arts Festival 2025 A Soft Rock Report The St. John’s Comics Arts Fest is dead. Long live the St. John’s Comic Arts Festival! I come not to bury the festival coordinators, but to praise them. I had a great time, despite my own neuroses. This year, MUN hosted the…
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WordPress Told me I Should Do This
I thought there’d be a lineup for the punch, but like this joke… there is no punchline I get notifications from WordPress throughout the week telling me to “create something today” and I always ignore them. This is my failing. I opted-in to the notifications because I wanted to create more, so it’s bad I…
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Starting Fresh: My Journey as a Comic Vendor
There’s a new festival in town! The St. John’s Comic Arts Festival is happening this weekend, and I am lucky enough to participate in a small way, as a vendor! Here’s the thing: I have nothing to vend. I have a few prints, but I am otherwise merch-less. I have been extremely reluctant to sell…
Highs Below Zero 