Zine restock at Spoke & Word!
A fresh batch of "Free Stories for Cool Kids" zines can be found at one of the Portland Area's best bookstores!
Apple Jim
Big fun from the biggest kid you know. (AKA children's storyteller Jim Gibbons)
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Parental Units
A short sci-fi comic about parenting.
Mars: Space Barbarian — Labyrinthine Quest
The final Mars tale... for now?
Mars: Space Barbarian — Orphean Trek and Extras!
A very short story and some behind-the-scenes materials!
Mars: Space Barbarian — The Myth
A teasery prologue
Mars: Space Barbarian — Only the Strong
Ancient Epics + Conan the Barbarian + SPACE!
Revisiting Lava Jumpers
A once*-before-seen comic pitch by Jim Gibbons and Lucas Elliott
Getting back into the swing of things.
Do I do blog things here? I guess I do now!
A New Gordon Downybottom Christmas Letter
The first member of Santa's snow goose delivery service dropped us a line again this season.
Beauty and the Beans
Once upon a time, on a dark and stormy Halloween night, a brave maiden entered an eerie forest…
More new zines!
Free Stories for Cool Kids #4 hits the streets!
New zines!
Free Stories for Cool Kids #3 LIVES!!!
When the Grandkids Go Home
(Potentially) A picture book poem.
Court Wizards: Chapter 2
New Lineup, Part 2
Court Wizards: Chapter 2
New Lineup, Part 1
Court Wizards: Chapter 1
The Fieldhouse, Part 2
Court Wizards: Chapter 1
The Fieldhouse, Part 1
Apple Jim's Story Orchard
Free reads in SE Portland for kids and their grownups alike!
Strange Sleepers
A poem about some of the deepest sleepers.
Beware the Slides of March
"The noble Brutus hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault. And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it."