This is tiny Morrissey (Lessissey if you like) he is a kid that works at the pharmacy down the street from me who looks amazingly EXACTLY like Morrissey only super tiny. He is a piece of Morrissey that fell of maybe?
I dunno, this makes about as much sense to me as it does to you.
Chester page, actual size: a little under 6 inches wide.
I work stupid small! I actually used to work smaller, the early Chester pages from the first half of the book are about 5.5 inches tall. My Smut Peddler comic was 8x12, the biggest I’ve worked. I just feel more comfortable drawing tiny things, space is scary. Drawing all these little details is getting a bit intense though, I may experiment with working bigger for future projects.
A new page of Chester 5000!
See it bigger on the site: http://jessfink.com/Chester5000XYV/?p=455
Come on guys, let’s get this crazy project on track.
In which I draw @jessfink as my prom date and then immediately fall asleep. (Taken with instagram)
Ladies and Gentlemen, your prom king and queen.
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Erika Moen's Tumblr: Things to remember -
- You don’t owe anything to the people who created you by smashing cells together.
- A bully is a bully and emotional mistreatment is abuse.
- Don’t let a dictionary definition of what “family” is guilt you.
- Love those who love you and are worthy of your love.
I mean seriously, if hearing someone’s voice for 30 seconds auto-triggers nausea and baseless guilt, then you have every right to question why they should exist in your life.
I choose to not respond.
About two years ago I cut off all contact with one of my parents; blocked them from being able to access me through phone and internet, didn’t give them my address when I moved, the mail they send to my office gets a “Return to Sender” on the envelope.
It has surprised me how rarely I feel guilty, like I expected I would. These last two years, it’s like the sun has finally come out. Genuine happiness and peace of mind reassure me, in my weaker moments, that my life is better now because I made the right decision. The more time passes, the more stable I feel.
My family now is made up of the people I’ve chosen to be in it, and I’m a healthier, happier person for it.
All of this, 1 million times, yes.
I cut off all contact when I was in college after a hideous message was left on my machine telling me I was worthless, all because I wasn’t home when he called the day before. I had spent my whole life living with abuse, it crippled me emotionally. He kidnapped me twice, both times were traumatizing and violent and the court still decided my sister and I had to see him. I was completely terrified and I decided I didn’t want to be anymore, and you know what? It turned out I didn’t have to be. When I turned 18 the court couldn’t tell me what to do anymore.
I have so many friends with crazy parents and they want to work it out and make it right and if you can, that’s great. In some cases though, there is only so much trying you can do, only so much abuse you can take. Just remember that you have the strength and you can leave.
Illustration for The North American Review.
For the short story “Blue Chalk” by Peter Stine.
The first two are the most frequently used.
Hey, I look at a lot of porn, so surprising, I KNOW.
Here is one of my absolute favorite porn tumblrs at which I have used all of these faces (No shit, it is so dirty and amazing you guys):
http://derekisme.tumblr.com
Hubba hubba.
Also, I’m experimenting with coloring comics, I used to not have any time for such decadence with my auto bio strips but maybe there will be more of this in my future.
Hey guys, all of the prints in my Society 6 shop have FREE SHIPPING today: Sunday 5/27 ! That includes INTERNATIONAL shipping!
http://society6.com/JessFink
Get em’ while they’re hot!
A new page of Chester 5000! http://jessfink.com/Chester5000XYV/?p=454
BUILD IT! MAKE IT!
With this story I’ve really forced myself to draw some shit that is outside of my comfort zone. I do not like drawing mechanical things or stairs or anything with a straight line basically. It’s been more pleasant that I thought it would be though and I’m starting to like drawing all the little details. I feel like I need to get myself to draw this stuff without grumbling so I can get to a place where drawing any kind of comic is possible.