The Aversion Bureau

I do want to try and keep this brief, because I most certainly know how to ramble, but Calgary expo weekend 2013 was by FAR the most successful weekend of my cartooning career.

I met a ton of really awesome comic readers and creative types this weekend, and had an excellent time talking to friendly strangers. All in all, we sold 49 copies of the new book, so many that I figured I might be honestly able to handle an online store. I’m going to have to look into that, but shipping is expensive as all hell.

If any of you out there came by to see me this weekend then I must thank you from the bottom of my frail human heart, because it is weekends like these that make all the hard work and sleepless nights worth while.

The Aversion Bureau is updating twice a week, Tuesday and Friday, starting again this week. Colour strips and larger-formats. I’m trying to get back into the swing of things before entering another crazy story. Hopefully I have even more exciting news in the new year, it’s crazy how much can change in such a short time.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend!

My second book, the new book, the ONLY book that matters… IS DONE!

THIS ROBOT IS NOT MY FRIEND: The Aversion Bureau Volume 1

A 9×9″ attractive and robust square-shape featuring 208 fully-functional flipping paper sheets. Contains all 277 comic strips from the entire first year of my comic, The Aversion Bureau! As well as a bevy of fantastic guest art, six never-before-released short stories, insight, commentaries and BS as well as all kinds of other entertaining pictures and words. Oh yeah, and ACTIVITY PAGES. Because why not.

ENORMOUS THANKS to the lovely and talented miss Aria Bell for both writing an excellent foreword and contributing two pieces of art to the “guest art” section of the book. As well as all of these beautiful people for also contributing wicked awesome art to the book: Matthew Christina Ashley Mike Casey Annette Connor and to Mr. Trenton Q. Broens for a lovely pull-quote that spices up the already smokin’ hot back cover.

This book was an incredible amount of work, it took a few straight weeks of work just to arrange and create extra content for, but finally holding it in my hands feels like nothing else. I could not be more grateful for all the support through these ridiculous projects I under take, and the very least I can do is to not give up when I say I’m going to get something done. SO here. Book #2. Bigger, longer and more special-er.

The books are $20 each, standard webcomic collection price, even though they’re beefy as all hell. I’m perfectly willing to sell one to anybody who might be interested BEFORE the expo! But if there’s no chance of arranging anything and you really want one of these sexy paper funbibles, then meet me at the Calgary Comic Expo! I will be at booth 1024 again this year right next to Pure Pwnage and behind Topataco in the webcomics section. I have all kinds of other crazy cool stuff for the expo too so be sure to come visit. I have 125 of these. Get ‘em while they’re hot.

I am currently a bit too internet-feeble to know how to set up a decent online store, so if you’re REALLY desperate just send me an email, my address is in the about section, and maybe we can work something out.

xoxo

Just popping in to show you all some of the stuff I’ll be selling and giving out at the upcoming BIG CONVENTION APPEARANCE at the Calgary Comic Expo at the end of April!

This isn’t everything, and the big announcement is still a week away (the book) but here’s something to tide you over! As well as another strip that I will be doing before the end of March.

Yes, prints! Of these two strips, and new business cards that don’t promise a particular release date as WELL as awesome and sexy postcard/bookmark/fliers!!

ALSO CUSTOM M&M’s Which is clearly the front runner here.