Panel from Hereville 3: Mirka and Rochel Look At A Photo

Mirka as the 11th Doctor

A Mirka sketch done for a Doctor Who fan.

Costume design for Hereville book 3

Hereville Wins An Oregon Book Award! (And I Am Surprised)

I attended the Oregon Book Awards tonight with my friend Becky Hawkins; Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite was nominated for the “Graphic Literature” category, but had no chance of winning, since the competition included Joe Sacco and Craig Thompson, both of whom are 600-pound gorillas of cartooning awards (and deservedly so). And also nominated was my pal Shannon Wheeler, who is a friggin’ New Yorker cartoonist, and an award-winning gorilla himself, albeit perhaps more of a 450-pound gorilla.

So I had NO chance.

And then I WON!!!!!!!

I can’t possibly describe how surprised I was. (And thrilled. And honored.)

BTW, Joe Sacco wasn’t there tonight, but Craig Thompson greeted me afterwards with a big hug and congratulated me. (I had only met him once before, but he seems very nice). And Shannon was also very nice, but of course I know him well enough to expect him to be gracious.

This little girl sure looks a lot like Mirka

A photo from an episode of the sitcom “Parks and Recreation” that I saw on Twitter.

"This is a claymore landmine. Use that to protect your property." "Thanks, Ron!" #ParksandRec #RonSwanson pic.twitter.com/Q4paM16ytZ

— Intrepid Eronaut (@GentlyPress) March 17, 2014

I bet Mirka would love to have a landmine.