October 2020 – Philip Nel

Don’t write yourself off yet. #PlagueSongs, no. 23

October 27, 2020Philip NelDemocracy, Music, Pandemic, Plague Songs, TrumpismJimmy Eat World

You look like you could use a little encouragement. Yes, you. So, I’ve recorded this version of Jimmy Eat World’s “The Middle.” You may be thinking, yes, that’s a nice sentiment, but will everything be alright? Really? Well, that I don’t know. But I do know this. We can work to make it better. There

Barnaby Vol. 4 is here!

October 20, 2020Philip NelBarnaby, Comics, Crockett Johnson, Fantagraphics, HumorBarnaby, Crockett Johnson

Well, it is almost here. Barnaby Volume Four is in press. The book will officially be released on December 1st. I hoped to have an advance copy to show you by today — Crockett Johnson’s 114th birthday. But I don’t. I do, however, have a pdf from the page-proofs stage. One of the classic comic strips,