Creepy Newsletter of Margo Maloo #6

~ A newsletter from cartoonist Drew Weing, the creator of the Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo series. ~

The Con is On!

HeroesCon is coming up this weekend in Charlotte NC! I’ll be in Indie Island, at Table ii-1194.

I’m also doing a couple panels this year, both on Sunday.

Sunday, 1:00 PM, Room 209EF
WRITING CLEVER COMICS FOR YOUNGER READERS

More and more indie cartoonists are finding work writing and drawing books foryounger readers. What are the differences between writing “small press” comics and writing stories for younger readers? Join Doogie Horner, Drew Weing, Ben Sears and Mason Dickerson for a rollicking conversation about keeping kids’ stories fun.

Sunday, 3:00 PM, Room 209EF
WHAT PEN IS THAT? HOW MUCH DO TOOLS MATTER ANYWAY?

Dustin Harbin sits down with Natalie Andrewson, Danielle Corsetto, Jim Rugg and Drew Weing to discuss how important–or unimportant–the tools indie creators use to make comics are. There is sure to be at least one fight over which is best: pen or brush or stylus?? The answer is of course: whichever works for you!

I’ve been going to Heroes for well over a decade now, and it’s a really nice show - the big “COMIC CON” experience with cosplayers and all, but small and friendly enough to not overwhelm. I met some really good friends through Dustin Harbin’s “Indie Island” initiative, including Dustin himself. Thrilled to be a guest this year. Come on by and see me, if I’m not out pawing through dollar boxes. I’ll have plenty of Margo books, original art, and even copies of that Godzilla zine I mentioned last month.

New Maloo!

There’s a new Margo 10-page story up right now on my Patreon! Here’s the first page, now in color. Last newsletter, I mentioned I was working on a new short story for the German kids comics magazine Polle. It’s all done! Margo Maloo in “By the Book”.

So much of Margo is set in the city. I grew up out in the middle of the woods, and I drew a lot of trees as a kid. Every now and then I think, what have I done, setting a comic in this hard edged world of skyscrapers and alleys? (and rulers and vanishing points and staircases in three-point perspective)? I should have set a comic in the woods. Nobody notices when you fake the perspective on a tree! Well, I set one in the woods (Echo City’s Forest Park) and reader - drawing forests is hard too. But a lot of fun.

In other related Patreon news, I also posted up some band t-shirt designs I did for Fuzzy Slippers out of Philly. Go check ‘em out if you’re a patron, or subscribe if you feel like it.

Life in the South

We’re fresh back from a 4-night camping trip by beautiful Lake Jocassee in South Carolina. This is our second yearly expedition to the lake, which requires a half-hour paddle from the boat launch to camp site, in our trusty kayak, the Blue Scurvy. What made this trip especially fun for the 5-year-old was that we had just been reading Swallows and Amazons, a magical book about some free-ranging English kids boating and camping around a lake, and having largely imaginary pirate adventures. It definitely added a tint to our trip, especially as our kiddo gets more and more independent.

Rekked

I always mean to do some recommendations in this newsletter, not just talk about myself. I think next issue, I’ll post about some of the other stuff I’ve been reading to my 5-year-old. One thing I’m really excited to dig into: Cricket Magazine. I’ve been collecting back issues of this lovely magazine for the last couple years, and I just got my hands on most of the first year. I’m thinking of doing a read-along of at least the first few issues, if folks are interested! There’s a lot of the best of last-century kids books in these.

Reader Corner

Send yours to weing.drew@gmail.com

I’ve gotten some really lovely reader drawings recently! Here’s one from Flora in Austria, and one from Zoë in Minneapolis:

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There’s a lot of bad happening in the world right now. Resist it the best you can, and hang in there. Talk to you soon.