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Your Square Life

World famous creator of Your Square Life

About Me

Your Square Life is a comic strip that has been published for the last four years in the Anchorage Press and is now well past 200th Strip.For a full bio, look for the Anchorage Press article published on February 2nd, 2005check me out at:

Pixel Strips for a new YSL each week and

yoursquarelife.blogspot.com for all the latest YSL news, older strips, and new artwork.

"Its Your Life" at the Anchorage Press for a feature story all about me and the comic strip from the Anchroage Press.

another profile on me at Our Art Site

My Interests

Cartooning, writing, comic books . . . crap, is that what my life has come down to. Man, I read and attend shows and stuff. Really, its more than just doodling and reading comics alone. I swear. I swear . . .

I'd like to meet:

Fans of the strip and other creative types

Music:

Andrew Bird, Belle and Sebastian, The Eagles of Death Metal, The Features, The Shout Out Louds, Beck, the Decemberists, the Pixies, Neko Case, Colleen Coadic, J.J. Tranquilla, Jared Woods, Mike Gorder, Matt Hopper, the White Stripes, Anthony and the Johnsons, Wilco, Built to Spill, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Iron and Wine, Dinosaur Jr., Cat Power, Handsome Boy Modeling School, DJ Kicks, Arcade Fire, Ben Folds, Bobby Conn, Clem Snide, Electric Six, Frank Black, Go! Team, Hot Hot Heat. Kings of Leon, Lambchop, New Pornographers, Ok Go, Pavement, Pinback, the Polyphonic Spree, Shins, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Soul Coughing, Sufjan Stevens, the Thrills, and Crystal Hutchens!

Movies:

"Comedians of Comedy", "Rushmore", "Steve Zissou's Live Aquatic" "Jesus' Son", "I heart Huckabees" "Kill Bill vol 1 and 2"

Television:

"Spaced", "The Office (UK and US)", "My Name is Earl", "The Wire", "Deadwood", "Kids in the Hall", "Mr. Show", "Strangers with Candy", "Freaks and Geeks", "Six Feet Under", "Dead Like Me", "Upright Citizens Brigade"

Books:

Jon Adams' "Truth Serum", McSweeny's and the Beliver, Derek Kirk Kim's "Same Difference and other Stories", John Lutes' "Jar of Fools", Seth's "Wembelton Green", "Runaways", "Invicible", "Walking Dead"; Daniel Clowes' "Eightball", Adriane Tomine's "Summer Blonde", Bob Fingerman's "Beg the Question". Paul Hornschemeir's "Mother, Come Home."

My Blog

Signing next week!

I'll be signing copies of all three of the current books, "The very Best of Your Square Life", "Alaska: Big and Small" and "Lies for Alaskan Tourists" at the Downtown branch of Titlewave on Saturday t...
Posted by Your Square Life on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:09:00 PST

Japan Exposed!: a sketch diary

    I just started posting pages from the 50 page sketch diary fiilled with druring my 18 day trip to Japan.  I'll try to post a picture or more a week along with the relevant pith...
Posted by Your Square Life on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:18:00 PST

Fireside Books - Saturday, March 1st

    I'm really excited about this signing (along with the Dr. Sketchy's shindig next week).  If you can make the trip out to the Valley or live in the Valley, this is the signing t...
Posted by Your Square Life on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:57:00 PST

Is it super nerdy . . .?

    Hey, is it true that only nerds nerviously snap blurry cell phone pictures of their own displays in bookstores? You tell me. (I am assuming you'll say yes. That's what I would say.)...
Posted by Your Square Life on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:56:00 PST

See me (again) and buy my book (again)

        I've got a signing for all three books this Saturday, January 26th, at the midtown Barnes and Nobles from 1 to 4 p.m.  I'll try to look pretty.
Posted by Your Square Life on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:34:00 PST

Get me your requests!

        I'm making prints for the upcoming First Friday Show at Novel View on 1/4 and the Book Release Show at Midnight Sun Cafe on 1/5.  If you have a particular pr...
Posted by Your Square Life on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:52:00 PST

Buy it on Amazon.com

       Joining "Alaska: Big and Small", "The very best of Your Square Life" is now on Amazon.com.  ...
Posted by Your Square Life on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:30:00 PST

Book Release Party!

 Hey, you like me, you like my book, why not see them both together.   It's like a little slice of heaven for your eyes.  I'll be doing some signing and sketching at the new Midn...
Posted by Your Square Life on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:11:00 PST

Books with Free Sketch!

Well two of the books are in, "The best of Your Square Life" and "Lies Alaskans Tell Tourists" and I was selling them like hotcakes yesterday and today, with butter and syrup (cue rimshot!). The good ...
Posted by Your Square Life on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:46:00 PST

Info on the new books

I just got word, the "Best of" book should be on Amzon for ordering in a week or two and I'm working hard with my publisher to get copies in the local Anchorage stores in the next month or so.As far a...
Posted by Your Square Life on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:55:00 PST