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About a month ago, I was honored to be invited to participate in <\/span>Grant Snider\u2019s annual haiku comics tradition, joining fellow comic artists in celebrating Poetry Comics Month<\/a>. He\u2019s a brilliant and prolific comics artist that I\u2019ve had the pleasure of following for years. I\u2019m a long-time fan of Snider\u2019s wise yet playful <\/span>Incidental Comics<\/a> and beautiful published books – most recently, his graphic novel <\/span>Poetry Comics<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n For the occasion, I contributed a series of haiku comics about the process of looking for hope and finding it unexpected places.<\/p>\n When he asked me to join, I was having a hard month. To cope, I was writing and cartooning a lot of wordy brain slop. His poetry prompt, following the traditional 3-line Japanese haiku convention of a 5\/7\/5 syllable count, made me pause and consider brevity for the first time in a while.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n It turned out to be such a therapeutic exercise, to distill what I was feeling into a few syllables and panels. It helped calm my mind a little each day and get me through the rough patch.<\/p>\n I\u2019m very grateful to <\/span>Grant Snider<\/a> for the opportunity and the nudge to make more time for poetry [comics] in my life. And I\u2019m honored to be included in such a talented cohort of comics artists! <\/span>Check out their stunning contributions here <\/a>and follow their work online.<\/span><\/p>\n As always, thank you for reading and being here. Excited to share updates to my new gift shop soon – stay tuned! Hope you are finding pockets of sanity and calm during this very busy season\u2026<\/p>\nI turned my daily diary comics practice into morning haikus, carefully selecting my words, as well as the emotions I was dealing with. <\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
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