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Other than cartooning

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A couple people have asked about my artistic endeavors other than cartooning. Since comic updates are pretty slow these days (hard to find time with all the house projects we are doing), I thought I’d post some photos. My first and foremost love is sewing/quilting, anything to do with fabric basically. I’ve made a lot of garments and draperies. More recently I’ve become obsessed with quilting, more on that later. For now, a couple of photos below.

My biggest and most fun project: designed and made my wedding gown (2005):
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Here with my very handsome husband :)

Are any of you obsessed with fabric, too? If so, comment below. I’d love to hear from any other quilters out there!

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STRIPPED: The Comics Documentary

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If you love comic strips, especially the good old-fashioned ones like Peanuts, Calvin & Hobbes, Cathy, Beetle Bailey and the like, you might find this interesting.

Sequential Films is producing a documentary called STRIPPED.
Described as a love-letter to comic strips, it brings together the world’s best cartoonists to talk about the art form they love, and what happens to it as newsprint fades away.

They’ve interviewed over 90 cartoonists, including the ever-elusive Bill Watterson!

If you want to know more, check out their Kickstarter project:

This is the first Kickstarter project that I’ve backed, and I cannot wait to see this film.

Long live comic strips!

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Preview: Trix is staying behind

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Work + home improvement projects = Long lag between posts

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What?!? Leaving town without the Trixter?

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Be vewy vewy quiet, I’m hunting…..?

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We took a walk through the snow yesterday, and Trixie got onto the scent of something which had left some tracks.
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We thought at first it might be a fox print, but after a bit of Googling, it is more likely from a cat.
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Hope you are enjoying your Sunday!

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Let it Snow!

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We had our first snowfall of the year yesterday.
Trixie is blazing the trail.
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No comic strip this week, taking some time off from cartooning to enjoy the holidays.

Hope you are enjoying them too!

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Christmas past

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Thought you might enjoy seeing this photo of Eric, Trix and Santa from 2008. Note her expression :)
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Here is a more recent one of Holly, from a few nights ago. She enjoyed the fire on the cold night while I worked on the Christmas comic strip, to be posted tomorrow.

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Trixie after surgery

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Trix had a lump removed today, and teeth cleaned while under (2 birds).
When she got home, she was a bit loopy, and craving food, which we really had to dole out in very small amounts. She hadn’t been allowed to eat since yesterday evening.
I think she is trying to say “Please, just a morsel…they had me locked up, drugged and starved today. PLEASE give me some food…”

Vet thinks the lump is nothing serious, btw.

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“In Our Garden” by Claus Daniel Herrmann

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If you are following Trixie’s Tales, chances are you like dogs.
You might find interesting this comic:

http://danielherrmann.cossnet.de/inourgarden/

It’s very touching.
And timely, for our family. We buried my 23 year old cat, Tabitha, last week.
It was her time, but I miss her so very much.

Here she is about a week or so before she died.
She was a spunky thing right up to the end.