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Yes, that is a bear wearing a monocle in the last panel there. Also, FOR REALS, Superhero Girl's roommate needs a name so I should get on that. I have reasons for not giving Superhero Girl a name, but there's no reason (other than general laziness) that Roommate Girl doesn't have one. So ... soon there will be naming, I promise.

Otherwise, hey look, my website got revamped! My Wordpress knowledgeable friend Lissa put it together, and I think it looks very nice. I really just want a portfolio site to store my good artwork (for clients to find & hire me) and online comics, not a personal site that requires regular updates (I have NO TIME for that), and I think this design works well. Let me know if you have any issues with the site, I'd appreciate it! There are still a few things I need to fix up, but overall it's pretty complete. (Btw, If you would like a nice little wordpress site, you can hire Lissa too.)

And check out the guest art I did for my boyfriend Tim's online comic, One of Those Days! It's sparkly and inspired by Laputa. :D

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Superhero Girl, you have the nicest roommate! Well, at least she never noticed that hole Spectacle punched in the wall. Or the broken TV. Dunno what happened with that ....

So two things this week! One, my boyfriend Tim completely his long running (six years!) webcomic One of Those Days, so major congrats to him! Yeah, getting those first six years of drawing comics over with is pretty tough, but once you're past them, it's smooth sailing to super star comic-dom. (I am kidding.)

Two, I posted a loooong post over at the Friends With Boys site about how I write and draw my comics, so if you're interested in my process, go check it out.

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Hee! Tiny toy poodles of DOOOOOM. Man, tiny dogs .... I know making fun of them is, y'know, a thing and all, but they scare me. They are the bite-y-est things ever. I do think they'd make excellent catapult ammunition, tho. Flying balls of razor sharp teeth and fury, the ultimate weapon. The Vikings would never know what hit 'em. We're still at war with the Vikings, right?

Anyway, I had a great time at Hal-Con last weekend, and sold out of the very first run of Superhero Girl comics! Mad thanks to everyone who bought a book. It's very excellent to know readers are willing to support my self publishing attempts, and hopefully there will be more Superhero Girl books available in the future (if you're in the Halifax area, my awesome local comic shop Strange Adventures still has copies).

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Even though there's no hanky-panky going on, Superhero Girl's roommate should have put a sock on the doorknob or something. Also, I enjoy that dressing in civilian clothing means Superhero Girl just puts a zip up hoodie over her superhero costume. Doesn't even get rid of the cape or anything ...

So hey, this coming weekend, I will be at Hal-Con, Halifax's biggest science fiction/comics/other awesome stuff convention. I'm a guest, so I'll be on panels and stuff, talking up comics. I will have a table, where I'll be selling all my books as well as my self-published Superhero Girl book, and other stuff like prints, buttons and original art. So if you are native to Atlantic Canada, come to the convention and say hi! I will probably talk to you, especially if you bring me food.

Alternate Universe Superhero Girl by Mike Holmes

SURPRISE! Today's Superhero Girl comic is written and drawn by my fellow Halgonian (that's a person who lives in Halifax; yes, I know it's a weird name) cartoonist Mike Holmes! Mike and I share the comic page in The Coast (right above the phone sex ads!), and we thought it'd be hilarious to switch comics for a day. So Mike drew this very excellent Superhero Girl, and I took over his comic, True Story. The concept of Mike's comic is that people send him emails about their weird real life adventures, and he turns those stories into beautiful art! Mike's been doing his comic a lot longer than I've been doing Superhero Girl, and you can buy the True Story book collection here (or on Amazon, whichever). Here's my True Story:

I think this comic gets super-meta if you imagine the drunk guy as a grown up, drunk Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender. O_O Whoa, deep. Anyway, we will be back to your regularly scheduled Superhero Girl next week, but enjoy the special today!