Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night, I start poking at the css code of this website because why not? And after a couple of hours, I finally figured out how to unleash the site, cutting it free from the left side of the page so it can be in the [...]

At Portland Indoor Soccer: Little Kickers, but. All we can do is merely watch kids run around and kick because Stephen scraped up his toes at a pool party last night. At least he seems to be enjoying observing. Half-sad trombone instead.

Finally figured out the css I needed to change! This layout = More like it.

Try to introduce a character in a weird position if at all possible. Hanging upside down is always good. Anything but just standing there. The best is if they can be doing something physically that says the main thing you need to know about their personalities. That’s like I just handed you money, so go [...]

This is really for any of my family who check in and want to see what one of the little Parkers is up to, but maybe you’re a fan of the Suzuki school. Allie has been playing since she was 4. My iPhone can’t zoom in!

By now it’s probably obvious my New Year’s resolution was to post EVERY DAY on my website. Over the past couple of years I’d let it languish, opting for the much less time-invested Twitter. I’ve had lots of heavy deadlines and felt if anything could give, Parkerspace would be the choice. At one point, years [...]

Does anyone know who the artist was on The Montgomery Story comics about Martin Luther King Jr.? I’ve never seen a copy but the art from it looks really good.

I should have posted this weeks ago, but I’m still fascinated that there was a whole Flash Gordon dream sequence in A Christmas Story where Ralphie helps Flash. It of course revolved around a BB gun. Probably cut because the movie was already long, but it had Ming! I would have liked to have seen [...]

Just re-read Ethel & Ernest by Raymond Briggs, it still floors me.

As I mentioned earlier, the dream team of me and Colleen Coover reunite in April- at Dark Horse! We have a story in CREEPY QUARTERLY #8 called “Nineteen.” This one has been a blast to work on, because since I sit four feet away from Colleen at Periscope, we’re able to do old-school collaborating and [...]

It was foggy most of the day, but that finally burned off and we had a perfect window of clear sky and no winds. The Estes rocket Stephen and I made worked perfectly, and deployed the parachute- which was the part I was afraid wouldn’t go off right. A friend of mine took some video, [...]

It’s pretty nice outside- will today be the day we get that tiny rocket into the air? Stay tuned!

The thorough Holiday talks continue at ComicsReporter.com with a nice big Steve Bissette interview. Bissette always gives plenty to think about. Even if you don’t agree with him, he’s always well worth the listen. Bissette At CR Launch is still on hold due to crazy high winds here in Portland. Also I was working on [...]

Now my interview with Tom Spurgeon works as a companion piece to another- go read this great dialogue he does with cartoonist Colleen Coover, this is a fine way to start the new year! Colleen at Comics Reporter

It seems like the right way to start off this year is shooting rockets. Yesterday my son and I put together this beginner Estes rocket and now we’re going to go out and see if we can make it go up. I have all confidence we can get it to come back down. Will report [...]