July Bottleship
Hi friends! I'm home in Portland, which feels surreal given the events of the past month. I read Tricia Lockwood's take on being on tour somewhere between...
June Bottleship
Hello, wonderful humans— This is a big one for me. I've spent the last month planning the first half of my 2018 tour, and it's finally kicking off this week....
May Bottleship
A sudden downpour left me biking home unprepared today, a fresh case of business cards clutched to my chest for fear of ruining a perfectly good print job....
April Bottleship
Hello, everyone! Here we are in April, and Portland is exploding with fragrance and color. The Double Gean cherry outside my window is covered in cloud-like...
February Bottleship
Hello, friends! The most important update I have for you this month is that the daphne bushes in our neighborhood have finally started to bloom, which means...
January Bottleship
Hello, Ships and Bottles! WELP, it's a new year. Even though we're all carrying our fair share of scrapes and bruises from 2017, it's important to remember...
December Bottleship
Hello, new readers and old. I can hardly believe we're almost at the end of another year. If you'd like to get straight to the links, feel free to scroll...
Autumn Bottleship
Greetings, friends and fans! (And a special hello to all you new folks joining us after the deluge of press for my Art of the Sailor posters on Boing Boing,...
Summer Bottleship
Greetings, friends— What a month it's been. Good things and bad, all mixed together, all happening at once. I hope you are all safe and cared for out there....
New Comics and Plushies Ahoy
Hello, Bottleshippers! One quick dispatch before the end of the month to let you know that my current Kickstarter is closing in three short days! If you...
July Bottleship: 100 Demon Dialogues Edition
Hello, friends! This is an extra-special newsletter installment to let you know that... 🎉 I'M MAKING A NEW BOOK! AND A PLUSH TOY! 🎉 In the time it's taken me...
May/June Bottleship
Greetings, shipmates— I write this month with a double digest of new project announcements, recordings, and other sundry goods. I just got back from Festival...
April Bottleship
Ahoy friends! It's been a busy month for me, what with MoCCA in New York, Comics Camp in Alaska, and now a week at home with my folks in California. (Didn't...
March Bottleship
Greetings, shipmates! Spring is seriously here in the Pacific Northwest, and I'm going out my gourd with joy at all the new flowering plant action. The...
February Bottleship
Hey Shipmates, Sneaking in under the wire here to give you an end-of-the-month update! The biggest news is that I'm thiiiiiis close to finishing my bonkers...
January Bottleship
Hey friends, Long time no see! It's been a busy couple months—lots going on in the world, at home, and everywhere else. I hope you're all fighting the good...
November Bottleship
Hi, friends. I'm so glad I get to write to you today. It's been a hell of a month. The world is a scary-feeling place right now. I've been wanting to write...
October Bottleship
Fall is here, Ships and Bottles! First off: if you'd like to see me in person, you've got one more chance in 2016. I'll be at the Thought Bubble Festival in...
August Bottleship
Hello, Bottleshippers! ...Shipbottles? Shippy Botts? Perhaps I should take this back to the drawing board. HI. The excitement keeps on coming this month, so...
Summer Bottleship
Greetings, friends! I am writing to you from the aft cabin on the Oliver Hazard Perry, a stunning Class A [Read: VERY BIG] sail training vessel currently...