worry about my uptime

DEF SEND PICTURES. HELLLEN (AT) MAC (DOT) COM , THAT'S THREE L'S, DAWG

DO IT

I can't stop you, but if it's an illustration I dislike, I'll discourage you hard. If it's one I'm cool with, go ahead and disfigure yourself, young lady/man!

I haven't considered a favorite word, but the obvious answer would be "shit"

"sheeeeeit" and "sheeeeut" are also acceptable

That is incredibly flattering. Thank you!

FUCKIN FUNFETTI

Just listened to the song, and it's pretty cool. I'm honored that something by the Pixies brings Jin and Jam to yr mind. Also a bit eerie, cuz the song contains some symbols that I've written into future JinJams.

You talkin' 'bout Stumptown? Unfortunately, I'm not going this year.

I was. And I'll be there again this year!

Yes, I will be at TCAF! Come shake my hand!

Everyone gets in ruts. I get stuck in some really deep ones, and the only thing you can do is wait it out. I just trust that I'll pop out of that shit at some point.

Yeah, sorry to come off like a dick. I was a revisionist for six months, and I was recently promoted to storyboard artist. My partner and I turned in our first board last week!

But.......... I am

straight into the fucking sun

Thank you. I am influenced by the ever-lingering universal teen rage. Aaand a shitload of excellent comics, film, books, and animation. The list is incredibly long, but mangaka Taiyo Matsumoto (and that teen rage I mentioned) tops the list.

You can email me at helllen (at) mac (dot) com, but I'll tell you here and now, I am no longer accepting freelance illustration jobs, as I've recently begun working fulltime, while struggling to complete a comic after hours. Sorry about that.

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I took four years of high school level German, and like, five semesters of university level German before I dropped out, many years ago. I am incredibly slow at learning languages; I mean, I really only know the one (y'know, English). My German and Korean language skills are shit

shit, I don't even like to take suggestions from my own friends. It's not that I think my ideas are king (I think they are mostly shit), but in producing art, I have an incredibly difficult time wrapping myself around ideas that aren't my own. Making comics (and drawing illustrations) is an incredibly personal experience for me, and unless every single line came from the fiber of my own inadequate being, I feel like a total shill.

I think ABC is a really great book intended toward introducing young people to the intricacies and struggles of identity politics. As an adult reading it, I thought it did a creative and thoughtful job of weaving those storylines into the universal coming-of-age story.

I don't know about your use of the word "trigger" though. As far as incendiary, race riot-igniting literature goes, American Born Chinese is not it.