Back to School

As I prepare to enter the twenty-first grade, I still have wildly idealized notions of what each coming school year will bring. For the sake of authenticity, I drew this comic in a college-ruled spiral notebook with a neon highlighter and glitter pens.

Burning the Midnight Caffeine

I sketched this comic away from the comfort of my subterranean apartment, working instead at my parents' house in my youngest brother's room. This was a good excuse to draw the objects that litter the living space of a high school freshman: cheap keyboard, out-of-tune ukulele, assorted athletic gear, Skype equipment, and sweet band posters. I think the comic captures this environment of disorder - maybe at its own expense. Local shout out: the poster with the flaming orange spectacled head is by Kansas City's storied Vahalla Studios for one of my favorite bands, The Hold Steady.

Tornadic Activity

Warrior Poets

High School Reenactors