Things are looking brighter, figuratively and chromatically.

Between bursts of painting the cabinets, walls and trim of the kitchen, I've been snaking back and forth between a few separate comics projects. In the down time of winter, lying awake in bed at night unable to sleep, I've hashed out some important details of the next few large projects after Ivy. It's time to reach a little farther and bring out some new inventiveness. I have to make this fun again.

My sad little sketchbook has been visited more frequently. My new ski jacket brings me a rainbow of smiles. I'm stretching my legs stylistically in the new comic shorts. While you ponder the puns in that last sentence, I'll slip you my big news: my story for Papercutter #4, Graveyard, was selected for inclusion in the anthology The Best American Comics 2008 - by none other than Lynda Barry. I've never felt so honored in my life. I'm floored.