CARTOONS :: AUFAUXBIOGRAPHY :: Title Page
Okay, so I've been seeing these themed sketchbooks circulating at comic conventions for years now. I've never really been that interested, but this year I've seen two that were pretty cool/funny: one was Jacob Covey's sketchbook filled with TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, for those of you who aren't very cool) drawings by super high-profile cartoonists, and another by Sean T. Collins, featuring even COOLER drawings of David Bowie. Now that I'm attending more of the conventions in full-on schmooze mode, it's horribly depressing to stand in these lines and prostrate myself before these cartoonists, most of whom I'm a huge fan of, and thus even more embarassed by having our first interaction being me begging them to attend our convention.
Anyway, so I figured out a way to have something besides business to talk about, and have a themed sketchbook subject I can really get behind. So starting at this weekend's SPX in Bethesda, I'll be premiering my new me-themed sketchbook. Not only will the subject matter be me (Dustin Harbin), but I thought it would be even cooler to make it a narrative corpse thing, meaning that each drawer would draw a panel or two of a story they're making up as they go along. Each new drawer would add on to what had gone before, making a wonderful patchwork of no-doubt inscrutable and often second-rate comics. And definitely fictional.
In true me fashion, the more I thought about it, the more I became convinced that I just had to have a title page explaining things, and probably a page of rules for prospective drawers. Thus this cartoon. Unfortunately this is my first Moleskine, and I didn't realize the paper would allow the ink to bleed so badly, which is discouraging. But I persevere! Assuming I convince anybody to contribute, I'll post them here as I get them. Wish me luck!
You may find a reference to all of the pages in this little project right here.