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Here is a preview of the first part of "Archie Snow: Snakepit". You'll be able to read it in Proof #26, which should be out in a few weeks. The final product will be twelve pages in total, four pages in each issue.

The story is easily the weirdest thing I've done yet, I can't wait for you to read it. My Calgary friends might recognize the location.

In other news, I'm getting close to finishing the art for Squeak!:Werewolf!, which is shaping up very nicely. I will post some art from it in a few days. Alex and I are very excited about it, I think it'll be pretty special.

My wife and I are going to see The Magnetic Fields twice in the next week... Once in Montreal (their first show here!) and once in Toronto (with our friend R. Hiro). I found out this morning that a documentary called Strange Powers is being made about Fields frontman Stephin Merritt. I love Merritt immensely and the Fields are my favorite band, so I'm pretty stoked about the next couple of days.

Also! I am on Twitter now. Click here to check me out.

Mobsters real quick

Hey,

Man, busy around here these days. I'm nearly done the first chapter of "Snakepit", the latest Archie Snow adventure, for Proof #26 and I'm in the home stretch of Squeak!: Werewolf!. I'll post previews of them both soon enough.

For now, here's a quick drawing of cool middle-aged mobster faces. My girl and I watched Dead Reckoning, a Humphrey Bogart film noir, and it got me thinking about how most comic-book characters look like Bruce Wayne and how almost nobody in real life does.

You haven't heard of Jasper, but she makes the absolute best mini-comics I've ever read. Her first major work, Crabs in My Room, was the indie smash of the Montreal Expozine and now I see she has a blog. Go bug her for a copy of her comics; you will not be disappointed. (Thanks to Kim Belair for the link.)