adam

adam

@kumerish.bsky.social

Cartoonist & Layabout. Creator of the critically acclaimed graphic novel The Gulf (Tundra) and award winning comic strip Blind Alley (among other things). Draws on paper. Lives near the ocean. Often stares at mountains. https://linktr.ee/kumerish

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I love blind alley. this character started heading towards the other characters five years ago and instead of reaching them has been suffering and becoming progressively more injured as if punished by God

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Blind Alley No. 446

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find myself thinking often about the laudable fact of Watterson never exploiting Calving & Hobbes, while imagining how wholly different his decisions probably would be had he been working in a different context (ie. today).

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obviously c&h is undeniable. i just think it is worthwhile drawing attention to the fact he had won the jack-pot when he said no to merchandising or adaptation. i have spent most of my life judging folks for doing the opposite, when honestly i am not sure i would be able to materially say no!

adam
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find myself thinking often about the laudable fact of Watterson never exploiting Calving & Hobbes, while imagining how wholly different his decisions probably would be had he been working in a different context (ie. today).

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i guess i am thinking about this because i like to imagine someone knocking on my door and handing me a comically large cheque in order to adapt Blind Alley. Not because I want that to happen, but because I want the benefits that wealth provide (free time to make the shit i want to make)

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i am grateful to live in a world without Calvin & Hobbes’ faces being plastered on shitty merchandise, but watterson also lived in a bygone era where there was the slimmest insitutional chance of a cartoonist making enough (or more than enough!) just from a comic strip.

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i have to go get more books from storage so i will close the shop tonight!

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you have until tonight to snag a copy of any of the Blind Alley books!

adam
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you have until tonight to snag a copy of any of the Blind Alley books!

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Gonna be shutting down the shop on Monday at midnight. You have until then to place orders. On a related note, after these printings sell out, I will not be reprinting these editions. So, if ya want one, you’ll have to snag it soon. kumerish.bigcartel.com

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Gonna be shutting down the shop on Monday at midnight. You have until then to place orders. On a related note, after these printings sell out, I will not be reprinting these editions. So, if ya want one, you’ll have to snag it soon. kumerish.bigcartel.com

adam
@kumerish.bsky.social

Gonna be shutting down the shop on Monday at midnight. You have until then to place orders. On a related note, after these printings sell out, I will not be reprinting these editions. So, if ya want one, you’ll have to snag it soon. kumerish.bigcartel.com

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@kumerish.bsky.social

Incredibly grateful to be on the fourth printing of BA No. 1. Each time I reprint them, I’ve bumped up the quantity too. I would reprint them forever if space were not in short supply!

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For clarity’s sake, I imagine the quantity of books I have left will take my through next years festival season. After that, you probably won’t be able to get these books. :)

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after many delays, the books finally arrived! you have until Monday to place an order.:)

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Blind Alley No. 4 is now available for pre-order. kumerish.bigcartel.com

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after many delays, the books finally arrived! you have until Monday to place an order.:)

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Blind Alley No. 4 is now available for pre-order. kumerish.bigcartel.com

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i usually ignore these, but linda linda linda was so freakin’ good. birth too!!!

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