The Best of what I Read in 2018
Susceptible by Geneviève Castrée A very vulnerable graphic novel about childhood that made my heart hurt. Much of it is the author making sense of the past and how it relates to her identity. I think its a meditation on dealing with your past, your family, but still managing to find yourself despite the confusion of ...
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Comic – Challenges in Podcasting
Podcasts are tough, man. I'm working on the third season of my podcast, Migration Patterns. In all honestly, it was pretty hard going for the past 4 months but thankfully, the process is picking up again. This summer was dark days for the podcast and my feelings around it. So much so, I made a comic about it and I've ...
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People I met in Japan – Shigeru
A short little comic about a quiet, lovely man I met in a yakitori restaurant in Tokyo. We chatted together for a couple of hours and he bought us a couple of shots of sake. We were all sitting at the counter and shared a cheers. He's seemed reserved at first but once he opened up, he was fascinating to talk ...
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Onsen Spa in Minakami
I love going to spas on vacation so there was no doubt that I was going to find an onsen to go to in the mountains of Japan. I researched pretty thoroughly to find the right spa for our trip. I wanted it to be traditional, in the mountains, have outdoor pools, and a hotel for us to stay in. It also had to be open to ...
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Perspective Study – Winter Building
One of the most fun and challenging parts about teaching myself how to watercolour paint are the skills I've discovered along the way. In the beginning, its easy (but also scary and exciting) to say, "I'm going to start watercolour painting!" Would I have even started if I truly knew that I was actually going to try to ...
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24 Hours in Bologna
I will admit that I was a little nervous before we arrived in Bologna. The first time I visited Italy in my youth, I didn't feel very comfortable largely in party to being 23 years old, not very confident, and Italian men shouting "Nice Boobs!" at me in the street. This trip to Italy was entirely different. I'm in my ...
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Treat yo self – Visit Kanazawa
As I left the train station in Kanazawa and walked under a giant wooden art installation, I thought, "Ooo Kanazawa, you fancy!" Kanazawa is great size for a city; easy to navigate off the hop and everything is within walking distance. We spent 3 days there and as we left, Billy and I decided that it was a city we ...
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