NEW PRINTS

Three color riso prints available here.

I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW

My piece from Intruder 18

DESERT

Copies of my new book "Desert" are now available. It's the first full comic I printed myself. Printing and assembling a 60 page book was quite a bit of work, but it was a good opportunity to learn the process of using a risograph machine. I'm very happy with the way they turned out.

60 pages plus a 4 page mini comic

Riso printed teal on ivory covers

Burgundy on ivory interior

7 x 8.5

Available at tooharshreality.bigcartel.com

EXTRUDER

The Intruder Crew put together a new collection of comics under the name Extruder.

Featuring comics by Bjorn Miner, Travis Rommereim, Yo Handa, Marc Palm, Joe Garber, Marie Hausauer, Mark Allender, James Gnartoons Stanton, Scott Travis, Ben Horak, Seth Goodkind, Justin Quinlan, John Ohannesian and Brian Dionisi.

Locally it can be found at:
Push/Pull Gallery in Greenwood
Arcane Comics in Ballard
Exterminator City (August 22)
Punk Rock Flea Market (August 29)
Vera Project Zine and Record Fair (Sept. 5, 6 & 7)
Short Run Small Press Fest (Oct. 31)

You can also order copies from Seth at https://www.etsy.com/listing/238808189/anthology-intruder-indie-comic

Photos by Seth Goodkind:

Old Man Gloom Shirt

  

Below are photos of the shirt I designed for Old Man Gloom's brief west coast tour earlier this year. This project was a lot of fun and I'm really happy with the way the shirts came out. Shirts are still available through Sige Records and Hydrahead Records along with many other fine products.

NEW BOOKS

Brand new misadventure featuring your favorite dysfunctional chosen family.

20 pages

Riso printed

Blue ink on pink vellum

Edition of 50

Riso edition of one of my personal favorites.  

A wordless illustrated narrative. This edition is printed in red ink on ivory stock.

The cover is sealed shut, so you'll have to tear it open if you want to get inside.

13 pages

Riso printed

Red ink on ivory stock

Edition of 55

tooharshreality

New Mini for Olympia Comics Fest

Here are a few panels from my new mini comic available this Saturday at The Olympia Comics Fest. I'm having it printed by Cold Cube Press with blue ink on pink vellum. The blue should really make those cop heads pop!

FUN WITH COLOR

Progress Report

I have been working on a 50-60 page comic which I plan to release in October. It's the longest project I have ever worked on and it is certainly taking a long time. I'm very excited to be working on something of this magnitude. The amount of work going into this means I won't be cranking out minis this year, however, some of the characters live in their own mini comics which will be included with the finished project. I have a decent chunk of the penciling done at this point. Here are a few pages with no context:

       

INTRUDER now featuring blah blah blavis

  I contributed a page to the most recent Intruder Comics Newspaper. It's great to have a comic in print next to such talented friends like Scott Travis, Max Clotfelter, James Stanton, Justin Quinlan, Brittany Kusa and so many more. The Intruder is a free publication available at many comic shops in Seattle and some places out of town as well. If you're not in the city and you'd like to receive Intruders you can subscribe here. Also, if you attend virtually any indy comic or zine fest in the u.s. you'll most likely find an Intruder there handing out free copies.

DUNE 27

I drew the cover for last month's issue of Dune. Dune Night is definitely my favorite part of living in Seattle. If you haven't been and you would like to go it takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Cafe Racer, from 7-11 pm.

*photo by Max Clotfelter

NEW PROJECT

I just printed a new zine of recent work which will be available at Exterminator City 3 this Saturday, Feb. 21st. I will add any leftover copies to my big cartel site. 

       

12 pages + fold out insert

-Black and white

-50 copies

-Hand numbered

-Sealed shut

OLD MAN GLOOM SHIRT DESIGN

I recently had the opportunity to design a shirt for Old Man Gloom. This project was a lot of fun and I'm honored to work with a band I have personally admired for many years. They are playing a handful  of shows on the west coast in the coming months and this shirt design will be available at those shows.

Short Run 2014

This year's Short Run comics and art festival was incredible. It was overwhelming to be surrounded by so many talented people and to witness so many people come out to support such an amazing event. The underground comics community in this city is made up of the kindest, most talented, hard working people I've ever known. I feel truly lucky to be creating comics in this city at this time. Thank you so much to everyone who came out and bought comics from me or traded comics with me. Thank you so much to everyone who worked so hard to make this festival as amazing is it is. It's truly inspiring and I can't wait for next November. Thank you.

Look at all the stuff I took home!

NEW STUFF FOR SHORT RUN FEST

I've got a reprint of the first Gutterblood comic with a new cover and some other minor adjustments. Also, I printed a book of non-comic related art titled 'Withdrawn.' It's my most ambitious project to date, and has full color, full bleed pages and even some translucent vellum pages. I only have 30 copies available. Come by and say hello at Short Run this Saturday. I'll be on the first floor in the Lodge Room and I'll have these hot jams and plenty of other stuff available. Any info you may need about the festival can be found at www.shortrun.org. 

Desert Center Cassettes

My good friend Paulo Gonzales released this cassette of ambient/experimental work by Daniel McCoy, Paulo Gonzales and myself. We all worked on our tracks separately, but I think they fit together really well. Cassettes are available for $7.00 in the U.S. and $10.00 worldwide. Contact paulogonzales84@gmail.com if you're interested. Thanks!

You Can Look If You Want

I made a zine of all the weird drawings, spontaneous comics, and otherwise funny stuff I have made that didn't have a home. It's less detailed than my usual output but it contains some of my favorite drawings from the last year. You can get it from me here. Previews are below. Also if you need to see more of what I do on the internet I have a tumblr now. Thanks!

FACEBOOK

Thanks/ New Comic Cover

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in Exterminator City yesterday. It was nice to meet so many new people, and trade comics. Also thank you so, so much to everyone who bought my comics. You're providing valuable coffee and burritos for me. For anyone who didn't make it out and also hasn't seen the post directly under this one, my new comic is available here: www.tooharshreality.bigcartel.com This is what the cover looks like:

Dinner Time

My new comic is now available. It's called GutterBlood Dinner Party. It will be available here. and also  at Exterminator City tomorrow.

Cool stuff in this comic:

-tons of brick walls

-centipedes

-enchiladas

-a true explanation of how cops are born

-Randy's Geode Farm

Here are a few pages:

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