Gingerdead and Friends is my weekly source of poetic nightmares. Calan’s line work evokes the feel of old woodcut illustrations complete with limited color pallette. It’s black and white and gray with the color red reserved for hearts, balloons and lots of blood. The comics themselves run a range of styles from traditional 3 panel newspaper strip to large single panel drawings combined with poetry or song lyrics. Part of the fun is the interaction in the comments from readers responding with poetry of their own.

Here’s some in progress shots as I’m working on next week’s comics.

I’ll update this post a few times today.
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I think this first one may actually be for Friday. It’s kind of a visual gag so here’s a closeup to confuse you.

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Amanda and I had a wonderful time at the New England Webcomics Weekend. We met a lot of readers of The Book of Biff and perhaps even added a few new ones. It was great to be able to talk face to face instead of just comments on the website.

It was fantastic to get to hang out with such an amazing collection of other webcomic creators. Special thanks to Jorge Cham, Bill and Gene, Danielle Corsetto, Karl and Cameron, and R Stevens for driving us around. Behind the sarcastic wise cracking public persona, cartoonists are actually a friendly helpful group.

I’m already excited for NEWW 2010. Meredith and the volunteers put on such a great show, next year is going to be even better!

Here’s some photos from the show that are popping up:

The crowd
Me and Jorge Cham
Me and Amanda
Sketching
Chatting

Here’s a tiny interview of me from NEWW

“The Book of Biff #4: Squid Tank” is off to the printer! The cover is done, the pages are prepped and the contract is signed. I’ll probably get the proofs sometime next week. Until then I’ll just stare longingly at each FedEx truck as they drive by.

For a limited time I’m selling preorder copies of book 4 and a bundle of all 4 books for super cheap! Once enough copies are sold to cover the print run, everything goes back to regular price. Check them out in the store!

The Book of Biff #4 is here and shipping now! I’m always excited when a new book comes out and this is no exception. The colors look really great and amazingly the jokes are actually funnier when viewed with light reflecting off of paper rather than being beamed into your eyeballs from a screen.

Some people that have preordered the book have already recieved it. Look what they are saying:

“I have already received my book!” Sharon, Wyoming USA
“The book has arrived in a timely fashion.” Albert, Ohio USA

Head on over to The Store of Biff and get your own copy today!

Biff isn’t the only one with bad luck. Apparently there are other people that occasionally have a bad day. This week Biff shares a little bit of that pain in a guest appearance over at FMyLife.

The last Chicago Comic-Con I went to was in 1989. In the past 20 years it has moved down the road a mile or so and expanded into a much larger space.

I shared a table with David Willis of Shortpacked!

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I took some doodle requests on the forum and in twitter, here’s the results!

“Draw Goomba-Biff”

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Emerald City ComiCon
Saturday and Sunday
March 13 & 14, 2010

Washington State Convention Center
800 Convention Place
Seattle, WA 98101-2350

I’ll be sharing booth #206 with Bill and Gene of Unshelved. Come hang out and we can exchange small pieces of paper for a larger stack of paper with funny drawings printed on them. I will even draw on them to increase the total amusement potential held within.