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Mitch Clem

Hey, you. Get your damn hands off her.

About Me

My name is Mitch Clem and I draw stuff.
I have a book published! Dark Horse Comics was kind enough to take an interest in my most popular comic strip series, the punk-centric Nothing Nice to Say, and they put out my first print collection :

I draw all kinds of other stuff as well:

You can learn all about my art and read my several comics series in full online at:
WWW.MITCHCLEM.COM

My Interests

My beautiful fiancee Amanda, drawing, coffee, stand-up comedy, loud music, going to shows, cheeseburgers.

I'd like to meet:

Meet? I created this account to lurk your profile.
I'll add anyone who tries to add me, because I love you all. However, please don't post sound/video files on my profile or any images (or anything else) that will change the size of the page. That's just bad juju.

Music:

Constantines, Propagandhi, Scared of Chaka, Archers of Loaf, Descendents, MTX, Dinosaur Jr...

Movies:

Martin Scorcese, the Coen brothers, Woody Allen, David Cronenberg, Hal Hartley, John Carpenter, Roman Polanski, Charlie Kaufman, Jim Jarmusch

Television:

Futurama, Seinfeld, News Radio, Mr Show, all the DC Comics cartoons (especially Superman), the Larry Sanders Show, Venture Brothers, Angel.

Books:

DC Comics, Aaron Cometbus, Kurt Vonnegut, Geoff Johns, Kurt Busiek

Heroes:

Bill Watterson. Genius writer, astounding artist, and probably the best example that's existed of the validity of standing by your ethics regarding the integrity of your art and treating yourself, the artist, with dignity, no matter how much money they offer you.

My Blog

ERGS "That’s It... Bye" cover art plus some radio thing

There goes one of the best bands in the country, as far as I'm concerned.  The stippling on this record cover took me the better part of forever to complete, but I think it's worth it in the end....
Posted by Mitch Clem on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:33:00 PST

NN2S - "Toss Them in the River"

We now rejoin our heroes in mid peril atop the Grain Belt bridge in Minneapolis:NOTHING NICE TO SAY...
Posted by Mitch Clem on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:12:00 PST

Six brand-new Nothing Nice to Say strips!

Since I posted it late yesterday, here it is again for good measure:NOTHING NICE TO SAYSix brand new strips, won't appear anywhere but right there, blah blah.  Good times!Those took up all the ti...
Posted by Mitch Clem on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:41:00 PST

Six brand-new Nothing Nice to Say strips!

For those of you who have been jonesing (Did I just say "jonesing"?  What am I, Aerosmith?) for some Nothing Nice comics in good old fashioned strip format, here's six brand new ones I made exclu...
Posted by Mitch Clem on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:52:00 PST

The Watcher and some Fest-related news

If you're going to Fest, it looks like Avi the Friendly Merch Guy will be joining my good friend Bryan Ohio for the weekend Bryan booked, or helped book, or however the hell that works.  I don't ...
Posted by Mitch Clem on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:20:00 PST

Under the Influence: Fake Problems / Look Mexico

I may or may not have mentioned this a while ago:So Virgil from Vinyl Collective contacted me a while ago and told me about a series of records he's putting out.  The series is called "Under the ...
Posted by Mitch Clem on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:12:00 PST

NN2S - "Enter Fat Mike" plus THE BOOK IS OUT NOW!

Alright!  That time again:NOTHING NICE TO SAYAt some point it dawned on me that doing what is the equivalent of four regular sized NN2S strips all at once with this new format, PLUS the fact that...
Posted by Mitch Clem on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:30:00 PST

The first Nothing Nice to Say book is out now!

IT'S OUT!Nothing Nice to Say by Mitch Clem.  How about that.  This book collects all the NN2S comics from 2006 through 2007 (the first two years that the comic was in black and white). ...
Posted by Mitch Clem on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:45:00 PST

Regarding my last few posts...

Hey um...  this is akward.Sounds like everyone thought I was all bummed out in my last post?  Even Amanda.  So, I just thought I'd clear up that I'm not.  I appreciate all your kin...
Posted by Mitch Clem on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:18:00 PST

MSL - "Web Cartoonists"

NN2S has been back for less than two weeks and already the hate mail and internet drama is overwhelming.  I forgot why I quit that comic every three months.  Yeesh.Sitting down to MSL felt l...
Posted by Mitch Clem on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:59:00 PST