There’s no rhyme or reason as to why this is going up now, but relax, you’ll still like it. At the Eisner Awards back in July, which are very long, Alison Bechdel, Ellen Forney and I started playing the “Squiggle Game”. Draw a squiggle, pass it to the next person who finishes it off and draws another squiggle, and then the next person… You get the idea. Just figure out who’s who.

I’m a sloppy draftsman, and I don’t like to redraw anything. So if I’m having even the slightest bit of trouble blocking out a Bitter Girl scene in my head — like the ex-girlfriend shrine in “Weightlifting” — I do a quick sketch on a scrap of paper, tape it to the table and eyeball it as I go.

From Jennifer Camper:

Dear Friends of Queer Comix,
If you’d like to support JUICY MOTHER 2: HOW THEY MET,
please buy copies on:

Thursday October 25, 2007
from Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Juicy-Mother-How-They-Met/dp/1933149205

This is a good time to get gift copies for all your pals!
Also, feel free to post a review on the Amazon website.

If a large number of JUICY MOTHER 2 are sold on
the same day, our book is boosted to the top of
some important lists (graphics, LGBT, etc.)
and the book receives more attention.

Starting a blog now. What better way to kick it off by soliciting images of real-life Bitter Girl cast members? Help me assemble the whole gang. Sorry, this ain’t a contest. We’re lucky I even got around to starting the blog. Anyway, here’s our first one: reader Lauren from Minneapolis, who gave me the idea in the first place by writing: “I think I look just like your character Jessica- so I’m sending a picture. (Clothed. Don’t worry. I’m clothed.)”