Notes from @calgaryartsdev.bsky.social report to the community today. Pretty inspiring stuff!
This week in the drawing book, some reflections on aging... written when I was 29!
samhester.substack.com/p/is-it-true...
I feel like @paulisci.bsky.social might have thought about this claim (& this headline)
When I hear "no to the nine,"
I think of these guys from LOTR.
Long ago, I somehow ended up on a mass email list w/ some critics & authors, including Jane Yolen. If asked about my "claim to fame," I still sometimes think "I was once on an email list w/ Jane Yolen!" To the young me, that proximity was a big deal! Her work was so important to me & so many others!
This week in The Drawing Book, my (free!) comics blog: When life throws you curve balls, keep a sketchbook journal!
samhester.substack.com/p/sketching-...
Here's a random picture from an old sketchbook to celebrate Bob Dylan's 85th birthday! "There was an old man," indeed.
You can listen to that 2002 Toronto performance of "Under the Red Sky" here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLQG...
Putting a new Curious Calgary zine into my neighbourhood zine box! This one is about the @ucalgary.bsky.social arch, which did not start life as an arch! Take a look at the comic at @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social to learn the arch's origin story.
Here's a fun way to learn more about the realities of Alberta separation. nextstepsalberta.ca
Let’s get this one back, #YYCBike
Looking back on a comic I wrote about aging... when I was 29
Now that women no longer wear hats, we have no idea what the future holds.
My mother, the inimitable Jane Yolen passed away this morning after a blessingly short fight with Alzheimer’s. She did not suffer, and went peacefully into the ether which, I am certain for her, will be filled with words of the most exquisite beauty and meaning.
