How to write with the Devil’s hand
Detail from a painting I finished a few week’s ago. This week’s question comes to us from Jonathan Stephens: You recently wrote, “...since my brain and your...
How to build a better mosh pit
This is an old one. 2022 maybe. Enjoying the newsletter? Gimme $2 for sign supplies. This week’s question comes from me, actually: Do protests work? Depends...
How to make a book
This is Give Trans People Drugs and Money. Just finished it. It’s made of wax and razor blades and feelings. It’s 46x30. It’s born of the idea that we are...
How to organize your books
Something in progress, should be finished next week. This week’s question comes to us from Ashley Worsham: What is the best way to organize books in my home...
How to hide a painting
This is from 2022, I think. 18×24. This week’s question comes to us anonymously: Has it always been this bad or is the bad stuff just more exposed now? A...
How to drink from garden hoses
This is 5 Tall Union Signs. (I think I’ve posted it before, but it felt right today. So you have to deal with it again.) Today’s question comes to us...
How to ask for stuff
I auctioned a couple of these off on Bluesky last week and we raised $1.2k for Trans Lifeline. Thanks to everyone who bid. 🏳️⚧️ This week’s question comes...
How to draw an orange
New thing I’m in the middle of. Going to get bigger and annoyingly more complex, but the message will stay clear. This week’s question comes to us from...
Why aren’t we protesting in the streets?
This week’s question comes to us from Simo Ferraro: Why aren’t people protesting in the streets this time as much as during the first Trump term?
How to choose a donut
This is my very messy hot plate. This is how I paint. Hot beeswax mixed with pigment. Yes, I burn myself a lot. Enjoying the newsletter? Gimmee $2 for a...
How to grow old
This is Sad Porky, painted in 2022(?) This week’s question comes to us from Corlin Beum: As you get older, what habits do you try to develop to keep your...
How to stop loving what harms you
This is Child Killer. It was painted in 2024/5 by me, featuring Adam Villacin (who did the drawing). It is 32×84”, painted with wax and razor blades. At...
How to survive being online
Wee little union sign I painted in 2022, maybe? This week’s question comes to us anonymously: How do we survive being online? Erika and I bought a radio. For...
How to get your joy back
Current view of the studio. Work is happening. Today’s question comes to us from Stevie Bales: I'm currently in the longest depressive episode I've had in my...
Some things stay in place
This is not the standard Q&A newsletter, those will resume next week, but I just wanted to share a story before this year ends. Yesterday, I was hanging out...
How to get out of gym class
This week’s painting is a reminder that police unions are not unions, cops are not workers, and they don’t protect or serve you. They protect and serve...
How to make a grilled cheese
This is Political Painting for a Centrist to Hang. (It’s the finished version of last week’s painting. I did NOT fuck it up! Today’s question comes to us...
How to maintain hope and optimism
Here’s a painting I’m in the middle of. Posting it because I really enjoyed painting it and I’m probably about to fuck it up. This week’s question comes to...
How to fight
This is for something bigger in progress. This week’s question comes to us from Alan McCoy: Do you feel it's better to fight with all of your being for a...
How to enjoy Thanksgiving
This is a union painting in progress in my studio. This week’s question comes to us from Jared Spool: What do you think we should do about Thanksgiving?...