Talk of loneliness in quiet voices

Another chapter of Unspent Love is up at Top Shelf. I'm so touched by Leigh's assessment, "With this series, Shannon is quietly stitching together a tapestry of human relationships that's devastating in its insight. In this installment, misheard lyrics mean more than the originals."

Thank you, Leigh.

BTW, the song is Lakes of Canada by The Innocence Mission. My all-time favourite band. I even love them more than Bruce Cockburn, more than Mike Doughty. I even love them more than John K Sampson.

you are perfect and i love you

New strip up at Top Shelf.
Thank you stef lenk, for lending me your face.

28 on the 28th

One of my favourite people just got a liiiittle bit older.

I miss you, Swaters

I miss you, stef lenk

New drawings in progress for Unspent Love. Four chapters on the go at once!

Let me draw your FACE (book)

Sword of my Mouth is finally here! Available already in most comics shops! The Toronto launch party is coming up on May 6th, at 7pm, at Tequila Bookworm (512 Queen street West at Portland).

To promote the launch, I am offering to draw your facebook profile pic. Isn't that a cute one above? And below-- look at these charming little faces.

To participate, just send a hi-res Jpeg to shannon AT shannongerard DOT org. I'll make a drawing of it, then you post it as your profile avatar with a link to info about the party or book.

That info can be found on facebook HERE.

Or on the "other internet," The Internet, here:
http://nomediakings.org/sword/

Standing in Tomorrow (on the runway)

Look at this face! New Unspent Love on its way to completion...as...we...speak.

The Cosmos is Full Beyond Measure

Proof of an elegant universe: Plaid.

new power converters

Four Lukes of the Apocalypse.

Flat

She's Shameless launched last night at the Gladstone and was a super fun time! I'm really stoked to be keeping company with a great line up of other writers and artists.

One teeny blip is that my chapter was accidentally published without the final page! Oooooops. It's kinda hilarious since the second to last page is a set up for the conclusion, without which the meaning of the story is almost entirely missed. So, I decided to post all 5 of the pages here. Enjoy!

(clicking the images will enlarge them for easier reading)

Emma Gerard is my cousin

Character sketch of Emma Gerard.

the right conditions are imperative