DTWOF: The Blog

More revealing fan art from bonnieslashfiend. I agree, that Cynthia sure is a compelling character. Check out the details of Cynthia's bedroom — Mel Gibson poster, crucifix, and a copy of Ann Coulter's Treason. Very dtwof-esque, indeed.

The last couple weeks, Alison's had me erasing her pencil sketches on the art for the long piece that appears in the back of DTWOF book 11, Invasion of the Dykes to Watch Out For. I use a special eraser that gets rid of the pencil marks but leaves the ink intact.

I've gotten a sneak peak at the whole sordid story. Lucky me, right? Just one of the many perks of being a cartoonist's part-time minion.

Alison hasn't inked in the dialogue yet, so I've only seen the drawings. I thought I'd post one of the panels with a blank speech bubble and invite you to put some words in Mo's mouth.

I didn't want to give anything away (and I had to be careful, because there's a lot to give away), so I picked one of the more innocuous panels. This is Mo, Sparrow, Carlos, Stuart, and JR getting ready for a rally of some sort.

Have fun with it. More to come in the months ahead...

I feel like the cool girls invited me to sit at their lunch table. Bitch Magazine asked me to give something to their eBay fundraising auction. You can bid on this drawing I did to promote breast exams, or on stuff from Lynda Barry, Rebecca McBride, Hugh D'Andrade, Trina Robbins, the Guerrilla Girls, Michelle Tea, Ophira Edut, Nellie McKay, and lots of other kids who sit at that intimidating table at the other end of the cafeteria.

Apparently, bonnieslasher from the DTWOF livejournal community thinks there's some sexual tension between Ginger, Samia, and the earnestly conservative Cynthia...