Hey everyone, I'm home from the first day of Brooklyn's own alternative comics show, King Con.

For those keeping score, I put out the first issue of my minicomic anyANYway and it goes a little something like

this:




The issue contains the stories "Taco Town" and "Enemies with Benefits" from my website LetsGoAyo.com

I'm so exhausted, I passed out at my desk, writing this.


Thoughts, feelings so far

New York is officially OH MY GOD, I CANNOT EVEN KEEP MY EYELIDS OPEN, GOODNIGHT

Shipping containers are tough. Built from weathering steel, these building blocks of international trade are designed to withstand stacking, stuffing and strapping and are reused over and over. There are roughly 17 million of these containers floating, riding and flying around the world today, but the recent sustainable design trend has found these containers re-purposed to carry a more fragile cargo — humans.



designcrave.com/2009-06-22/10-brilliant-boxy-and-sustainable-shipping-container-homes/

If you don't know what's going on, here's the first page: The Book of Ruth, Page 1


This page is very late and I apologize for the delay. This is kind of the end of the joke, but I may carry on for another couple of pages. The future of this comic strip really depends on how I feel tomorrow.

<3

Ayo.

Hello Everyone!

In honor of Michael Pollan's recent visit to the Penguin offices and the release of the Young Reader's Edition of Omnivore's Dilemma, I'm giving away a free copy of Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma in paperback!



Since the author likes to sign his books with a "vote with your fork!" proclamation I figured that would be the perfect entry into this contest. To get a chance to win the book all you have to do is reply to this post telling me how you 'vote with your fork'!

Like for example, I only buy cage free eggs and if I buy meat it's grass fed (when I can afford/find it!)

How about you? How do you vote with your fork?

Contest ends: November 11th!

Another delicious dinner brought to you by the Garcia Sisters!

Boeuf Bourguignon a La Julia Child

Congratulations to Emerald, the winner of my first book contest!

The book is on it's way to you!

Stay tuned for my next book give away: The Omnivore's Dilemma!!! 

New minicomic/King Con

As some of you already know, on Wednesday I printed up the first copies of my new minicomic, anyANYway # 1. I hate posting covers so I won't. A bunch of people have seen it already and at least one person owns a copy already. The comic contains the short stories that I've been posting to my new website LetsGoAyo.com. I am going to be debuting this mini at next weekend's King Con, a Brooklyn, comics show. They will be two dollars each at the show. If you plan to ask to trade comics at King Con, please wait until Sunday, the second day. I only made a few of these and I need lunch money something serious. On the other hand, if you buy me a sandwich, the comic is yours.

I will be sharing a table with my friend wormulus who is one of the baddest, most hardcore comickers this side of the East River. Visit her website every single day, you will see brand new stuff.

Manga

I have been operating like a chicken whose head has been recently removed.

My process piggybacks on the popularity of manga in the United States. I really like their conveniently-sized A4 comic boards and I love this particular kind of burnish-only screentones. All of the tones that you see in my work are made with the rub-on screentones. I can't imagine working another way. At any rate, I am on the verge of placing a special order for a bunch of these to use on my upcoming comics project.

As manga's popularity fades from North American culture, it becomes harder for me to do cool things like this, but for now, I'm going to comics-party like it's 2005!


Minicomics

I heard that I was at a comics party recently? I totally wasn't though, what?


I have been thinking about minicomics a lot lately since I just finally returned to making them. I'm done with the world of putting minis out just because I've marked enough pieces of paper. I am finished with the world of putting every thing I do into print. Every day, I stumble across older minis of mine which look like bad homework--just produced in order to have something new for a show. I like doing silly, dumb comics, but there's no need to actually publish each and every one of them. There's a lot of stuff I'd like to leave on the cutting room floor.

I like to go to Forbidden Planet in New York City and just go through the Wall Of Minis one by one. It's quite an experience every time and I always learn something new. I spent about an hour there yesterday, flipping through stuff, chatting with Austin English, and just absorbing comics culture. I go to the Wall Of Minis whenever I need to seek guidance in my own minicomics endeavors (often).


Sex.




Media preoccupation

re-reading Kio Shimoku's Genshiken
re-reading Liz Baillie's My Brain Hurts
reading MK Reed's Cross Country
re-discovering Nate Powell's Tiny Giants
exploring Brian Ralph's Daybreak
exploring Nate Neal's Sanctuary
re-reading Lauren Weinstein's Goddess of War


Have a Happy Halloween, all!

-Darryl Ayo.

 Hi Everyone!

Julie and I have started a new blog called Please Don't Read This Book. We recommend children's books that we love and just can't get enough of!

We're lining up terrific help, too.  Once a month true experts, Kathy Hartzler and Angela Ungaro, librarians at Brooklyn Friends School, will post their recommendations.  We'll also have regular posts from avid kid readers and (we hope) booksellers and teachers. As well as Salome Galib, a former journalist, will review children's books written in Spanish!

So make sure to make our blog a stop on your daily internet reading (don't forget to add us to your Google Reader!) or when you need to find a gift for a budding reader in your life! 

So take a look and make sure to comment! We love comments :)

http://www.pleasedontreadthisbook.com/

The Book of Ruth, Page ONE!


We'll pick up from there on Monday.



HOUSE KEEPING

I deleted all of the pages of "Taco Town" and "Enemies with Benefits" from LittleGardenComics.com. So now, the Little Garden site is back to being ONLY the Little Garden site and the short stories that I've been doing are on their own site which is LetsGoAyo.com.


anyANYway

I am almost ready for Brooklyn's first of two new indie comics conventions, King Con. I am splitting a table with my friend, wormulus who will have copies of her fantastic Sky Cat Posters for sale.

I will be premiering my new minicomic anyANYway #1 and dealing in my stock-in-trade, Little Garden as well.

More to follow, but until then, take it easy.