THE MATTERMORES: WORK TO PAY!

Do workers really deserve a paid salary? DAD MATTERMORE has the ANSWER!

THE MATTERMORES: THAT'S MATTERTAINMENT!

The Mattermores have a few ideas of how to improve popular culture!

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS!

The people who know most about their chosen subject.

THE MATTERMORES: Get Your MATTERMORE(TM) Card Today!

Tired of waiting for your rightful turn in life? Get a MATTERMORE(TM) card!

THE MATTERMORES: What Will Happen When They Get Rid of Obamacare?

Join Dad and Daughter Mattermore as they discuss the great and happy day Obamacare finally gets destroyed!

LUCY'S POST-HOLIDAY REPORT (HD Version)

A re-do of last year's comic, now in "hi-def"!

Here's the original version for comparison.

LUCY in "COMFORT AND JOY"

Feeling joyless, Lucy seeks some comfort.

THE WORK TYPES YOU MEET ON EVERY TEMP JOB

Brought to you by LUCY!

WHEN I GET FAMOUS!

You'll see... you'll ALL see!!

I LOVE MY JOB!

Find out what's like to have REAL career fulfillment!

HIM-ASSMENT! A Crisis for Our Time!

When will society speak up about this tragedy?

LENNY BOBO -- NOW REMASTERED IN HD!

Our old pal LENNY BOBO gets the remastered, hi-def treatment!

Click here for the new version.

ON THE JOB! Lucy's First Comic Book!

Lucy Leffler, who with her first appearance nearly a year ago kicked off this Spiral Notebook Comics blog, has graduated to her very own comic book! It's not a very long comic book, but it is only the first chapter of a 100+ page graphic novel, which when completed will be titled AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAZE (unless I change it). In the meantime, you can download the 7-page story for free and keep it around as a PDF, or print it in case you want to burn it! Either way, I hope you enjoy the story, and that you come back for the rest of Lucy's wild adventure.

Download LUCY: ON THE JOB (5MB)

UNFINISHED BUSINESS 4: Holly Barnes, Mystery Girl!

I have a plastic storage bin next to my office bookshelf that is crammed with piles of sketches and finished comics that were all projects I meant to get off the ground, with mixed success. I will be posting these artifacts over the next several days with an explanation of how each project was created and what if any plans I have to continue each one. I hope you find my creative attic-clearing interesting.

COMIC: "Holly Barnes, Mystery Girl!"
STATUS: Making her comeback soon!

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS 3: "Margo's Comics Starring Margo"

I have a plastic storage bin next to my office bookshelf that is crammed with piles of sketches and finished comics that were all projects I meant to get off the ground, with mixed success. I will be posting these artifacts over the next several days with an explanation of how each project was created and what if any plans I have to continue each one. I hope you find my creative attic-clearing interesting.

COMIC: "Margo's Comics Starring Margo"
STATUS: Shelved Indefinitely

This was my first attempt at drawing a children's comic, and I intended to borrow generously from my own childhood to tell these stories. Like Brian, I was the younger brother of a bossy, smart, funny, deeply unhappy and overweight girl. I think I was onto something with this project, but once again I felt undone by what I considered to be my poor-assed drawing skills, so I abandoned the project and moved onto other things. 

"Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet" (1999)

One aspect of childhood I wanted to capture was how a summer or a Halloween night felt in a time before childhood was as tightly supervised as it is today. I think I came close, but reading these again I think the writing and characterizations are just too weak. I'm having much better success with my current project, another children's summer story that is based vaguely on my early life. So maybe the answer sometimes is to walk away from stuff and come back later once you have a better perspective (and maybe improved drawing chops).

The Great Rockview Clubhouse War (2014)

UNFINISHED BUSINESS 2: "Time's 5"

I have a plastic storage bin next to my office bookshelf that is crammed with piles of sketches and finished comics that were all projects I meant to get off the ground, with mixed success. I will be posting these artifacts over the next several days with an explanation of how each project was created and what if any plans I have to continue each one. I hope you find my creative attic-clearing interesting.

COMIC: "Time's 5"
STATUS: Gone, But Not Forgotten

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 'Sally Rose'

I have a plastic storage bin next to my office bookshelf that is crammed with piles of sketches and finished comics that were all projects I meant to get off the ground, with mixed success. I will be posting these artifacts over the next several days with an explanation of how each project was created and what if any plans I have to continue each one. I hope you find my creative attic-clearing interesting.

COMIC: "Sally Rose"
STATUS: R.I.P.

SPIRAL NOTEBOOK SPECIAL: DAN PARENT AT 50!

I met Dan Parent in 1985, at the start of our second year at the Joe Kubert School. My first memory of him is that his he looked exactly like Kenny Loggins. And it's true. You look at photos of him from back then with his fuzzy beard and wild hair and you half expect him to burst into a rendition of "Danger Zone". Which he often did, just to mess with our heads.

CEO BOB: He's Your Visionary!

Who else would you trust to monotonectally transform pandemic strategic theme areas???

SBAD: Suburban BadAss Dad!

How about you clean your room???