Some old ghosts and some new

Grave Stone

Diane kemble is the Education Coordinator at the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation in Plymouth Notch Vermont. Calvin Coolidge and Achsa Sprague were both born in Plymouth Notch, and both buried in the beautiful old cemetery up there. Last Spring I drew a comic version of Achsa Sprague's life called, I Sill Live: Biography of a Spiritualist. I recently sent Diane a copy of I Still Live, and she sent me this picture of my picture of Achsa's grave set up against actual Achsa'a grave:




It feels special, as if the cycle has come full circle.
Like the World card in the Tarot. Like a dream that ends at just the right moment.

Thanks Diane! This picture really made my day.

XERIC MANIA

Holy crap!! I recently found out that I was awarded the Xeric Grant for the graphic novella I Still Live, a biography of 19th Century spiritualist medium Achsa Sprague. I can hardly believe it. Moments like this make me zap back in time to being twelve and reading my brother's Eastman & Laird TMNT comics. Who would have thought that Laird would later give me cash to publish my own comic? Crazyness. Just want to take a moment to give a shout out to my Grampa Ralph who passed away during the making of this comic, and to Scooter, the best cat in the whole world, who passed just after. I love you guys. Oh, and to Steffy Scam's brother Matty, a Xeric winner before me, likely drawing comics in the Otherworld. I didn't know you, but I think I can feel your magical presence. Wish me luck?
(the above pics are from my choose-your-own-adventure comic, Vermont Maple Sugar Mama. Below are a few samples from the soon-to-be-published-all-profesh-like, I Still Live: Biography of a Spiritualist.)