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He's the fella on the left, in happier times. He deserved happiness.

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Alex Jarvis of Spandexless stopped by our table at the Small Press Expo earlier this month and picked up House of Twelve #3. Then he summed up his feelings of delight and existential dismay in this very comprehensive review. Thanks Alex!

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At long last the fourth installment of House of Twelve Digital is ready to rock your world, with all-new work by glamorous Kate Lacour, Plastic Farm-er Rafer Roberts, mercurial Miss Lasko-Gross, and good ol' yours truly. Available August 3rd on Comixology's Comics app for Android and iStuff, as well as their snazzy web portal. Two bucks 'merican is all it'll take for this cornucopia of

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So here's a new thing: introducing the House of Twelve Doodlestream! It's a place for us to throw up any old sketches, scribbles, scrawls and other junk in our customary random, erratic fashion, courtesy of the magic of Tumblr. I will entertain requests! HIE THEE HENCE!

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...but when it grows up it'll be a MonstaLand!

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I've been told now and then that certain aspects of my work are reminiscent of that of Jeffrey Catherine Jones, and while such a compliment is perhaps undeserved, I'm always delighted when the influence of this mercurial artist, illustrator and cartoonist has had on me is recognized; so I was deeply saddened to hear of her passing just today. During her long and prolific career, she only rarely

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...and due to appear in the next edition of House of Twelve, coming soon to Comixology's "Comics" app & website.And it's back to MonstaLand for me, where new developments are brewing...

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A pair of pages in progress for the next House of Twelve. Still need to be colored; let's all hope I don't screw that up!

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John Kenn is a Danish animation director who passes the time by making little drawings of monsters, vampires and assorted creepie-crawlies on Post-It Notes.I love these atmospheric, darkly humorous vignettes, made with nothing more sophisticated than what you would give to a little kid who likes to draw. Something essential to be said about the nature of cartooning there. For many, many more of

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The third edition of our thang is ready to pounce! Available for download on January 13 on the mobile platform of your choice (iPhone, iPod Touch, Android) or at the Comixology.com site, if that's how you roll. Go here for details!

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"Awesome"! "Incredibly well-written and fun"! "Very, very sexy"! These superlatives in praise of MonstaLand came my way in a lovely email from cartoonist Meagan Frappeia, herself no stranger to sexytime comics, as she is a contributor to the adults-only indy anthology Big Sexy. She gave me a nice little write-up on her Aw Shucks blog, where you may also find her Big Sexy story and other saucy

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Yes indeedy, after much gnashing of teeth and tearing out of hair, the second installment of House of Twelve Monthly for Comixology's i-device app "Comics" has finally dropped, and it's a doozy. Within its pages, Kate Lacour pontificates upon the mythopoeia and evolutionary taxonomics of fast food chain mascots; Fred Noland brings us the first installment of an ecologically-themed science fiction

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Like a fine artisanal whisky, MonstaLand # 2 is slowly distilling from the coiled copper tube embedded in my skull. New issue requires a new monsta, so here she is. Haven't settled on a name yet, so suggestions are welcome, as are ideas for new critters to add to the menagerie.

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Herewith: some samples of what to expect from my contribution to House of Twelve Monthly, available exclusively on Comixology's "Comics" app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. As things stand at the moment, I'm slated for the June edition.

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Alan Moore's mark as a comics writer (Watchmen, From Hell, Lost Girls, etc. etc.) is so indelibly etched it's easy to overlook that, once upon a time, he was producing his fair share of comics illustration as well. This one appeared in a Godzilla portfolio published by Dark Horse in 1988, back when they were still working out what to do with the character, comics-wise (click to monsterize).It's

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So! Helped man the House of Twelve table at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival yesterday. It was a cozy and genial show, with a steady turnout all day -- better than I expected, considering that other Brooklyn show was just a couple of weeks ago and the weather was absolutely terrible. Adam $uerte and J$n $#!#ead made for excellent company at our table, sales were steady, AsiaDog provided

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Won't you indulge me as I take us on a vainglorious journey through the wayback machine? As always, we must proceed with due diligence as we shall be encountering smutty images along the way. And quite a way back we shall go, for starters: 1995, to be precise. I've always kept a sketchbook as a hobby and sanity-anchor, before the notion of making comics in any serious fashion seemed like a thing

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So I'm sure you've been wondering, "Hey, what is this MonstaLand thing, anyway?". Well, I think this sums it up nicely (click images to enlarge):Oh, yeah, a lot of the images in this post are unquestionably NSFW, heh! Anyway, MonstaLand is a mashup of two of the most fun things upon the world: giant monsters and sex, served up in comic book form (so that's actaully three fun things right there)

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RIIIIGHT. So, without any further ado:That would be the cover of my comic book, about which I'll be posting more real soon. Other stuff too! So stay tuned...

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