Zines, Commissions, Submissions

Mittens!

A sepia coloured comic, reading left to right, top to bottom in a Z pattern. The first panel shows a grey siamese cat sitting on its Mom, waking her up as she is frazzled. She has short dark hair with sideswept bangs and glasses. Next to the bed, there sits an alarm clock which reads 8AM. A dark brown snowshoe siamese looks up at the alarm clock from the floor. In the next panel we see Mom standing in front of their empty food bowls wearing a floral nightgown, as they both break the borders of the panel with their excited yelling for food. In the last panel of the top row, we see mom in the background working from home at a computer desk. In the foreground, the two cats sniff at each other's noses with elongated, curious expressions and bright blue eyes. In the margins of the panels, we see the two cats sitting, sleeping, and running, leading the viewer to the bottom left of the page. In this panel, the two cats are play-fighting in a Lion King reenactment, with Mom and Dad watching surprised in the background. Mom is wearing a grey shirt and jeans. Dad is a large bearded man with long hair and rectangular glasses, wearing a black shirt, dark pants, and sneakers. In the lower right panel we see Dad holding the grey siamese cat while sitting in a recliner watching television, patting the cat's back as the cat purrs in his lap. In the final panel, we see Mom and Dad asleep in bed, with the grey siamese sitting on both parents as the snowshoe siamese watches from the floor. The bedside clock now reads 1AM.

A bordered image comparing the snowshoe siamese in the comic to his real life picture. He is a large cat standing in front of a sliding glass door with white paws and chest, and dark brown fur. The cat has bright blue eyes and a white mustache, looking at the camera with a stoic expression.

A bordered image comparing the grey siamese in the comic to his real life picture. He is a smaller cat, very round and soft, with a gradient of grey to beige fur. He has a grey mask, tail, and paws. The cat has light blue eyes and a grey nose, looking at the camera with a curious expression.

A bordered image comparing the grey siamese and Dad to their real life picture. Dad wears a hat and glasses, picking up the grey Siamese by his front legs as he balances the bottom legs on his belly. They are both sitting in a sage green reclining chair.

After a lifetime of raising children, the Smith-Erichsen couple is now faced with an empty nest. Rescuing two Siamese cats from unfortunate circumstances, their lives are re-filled with the quirky energy of (fur) babies once again as four BIG personalities become family.

This one-page spread was featured in Issue #9 of The Columbus Scribbler
Mittens! has been archived in the Columbus Metropolitan Library Newspaper Archive

Zine Submissions

A warm grey jackalope in cowboy garb rides a gila monster with yellow stripes. The pair are riding from a snowy avalanche in the background, into orange desert in the foreground. Waves of snow and ice brush up against the characters and cacti as they jump into the new environment. The jackalope is wearing all black, with a turquoise diamond pattern across their poncho, Stetson hat, and boot trimmings. The gila monster has a chopped tail with the bone and meat exposed at the end, with a pink tail hanging from his mouth.

Polar to Prairie - Getaway Zine published by 934 Gallery

A single panel comic showing a cartoon figure jumping in excitement at a frozen waterfall. The figure has a beanie hat, aviator glasses, a parka coat, and warm boots. The linework is coloured in a light aqua to dark navy gradient.

A single panel comic showing a cartoon figure walking across the Scioto Mile in the springtime. The Columbus, Ohio skyline is in the background, with a mid-century arched bridge crossing the river. The figure walks across a tree-lined sidewalk humming a tune. The linework is a gradient transitioning from orange, to yellow, to lime green, and finally spring green.

A single panel comic showing a cartoon figure sitting in an inner tube in a watering hole. They are wearing dark aviator sunglasses and sweating, smiling in the inner tube. The figure is shirtless, showing top surgery scars, and wearing swim trunks. There is a blooming tree branch in the upper background, and a wooden fence in the foreground. The linework is a gradient of warm yellow, to peachy pink, into bright magenta.

A cartoon figure is sitting on the grass of an apple orchard. They are about to sip from a mug of apple cider with whipped cream on top. Leaves fall in the wind around them, with a wooden barrel of apples and a stack of pumpkins in the foreground. The linework is a gradient of dark mulberry to bright orange and gold.

Flyover Seasons - Columbus Cartoon Coalition Anthology, Volume 1

A cartoon rabbit with a single eye and a sharp underbite stands next to the Scioto Bridge deer sculpture, overlooking the Columbus, OH skyline. Ink drawing.

A cartoon rabbit with a single eye and a sharp underbite stands next to The Ohio Theatre, wearing a tophat and cane. Stars twinkle against a black background.

A cartoon rabbit with a single eye and a sharp underbite stands next to the Corn Sculptures in Dublin, OH. They're wearing overalls, a straw hat, and a corncob pipe.

A cartoon rabbit with a single eye and a sharp underbite stands next to the Longaberger Basket in Newark, OH. They have a camera and are taking a picutre of the basket building.

Smitty in CBus - Limited postcard run

Folding Zines

Download and print yourself!

An eight-panel black and white folding zine with instructions on how to mend clothing and fabric objects yourself. The zine is presented for the viewer to download and print themselves.

An eight-panel black and white folding zine with instructions on how to make comics. The zine is presented for the viewer to download and print themselves.