Ozark Jubilee Live And Local Author Open House
The Ozark Jubilee Live Hey friends! The History Museum on the Square of Springfield, Missouri is organizing a tribute show and fundraised based around the Ozark Jubilee television program. This was a nationally broadcast variety show hosted by Red Foreman and based out of Springfield. It was a country music program that hosted a lot […]
Passing Time as Measured By a Regional Con
Passing Time as Measured By a Regional Con Peelander-Z Performing at Spa-Con 2025. Photography by Jeremy Rodgers April 2017, I would receive an e-mail inviting me to be a guest at a comic convention. This was the first time that had ever happened to me. I wasn’t new per say, the original Backwood Folk and […]
Events and General About Town-ness
Events and General About Town-ness October is almost done! I’ve had a pretty packed one given the track and trade of being a ghost story guy. So this is just one of those compilation posts of where to find me! WE ALWAYS LIE TO STRANGERS: WE ALWAYS LIE ABOUT BIGFOOT First off- we wrapped […]
WALTS: We Always Lie About Bigfoot. A Podcast Miniseries.
WALTS: WE ALWAYS LIE ABOUT BIGFOOT. A Podcast Miniseries As you may know, I’m a cohost on a podcast about the Ozarks called WE ALWAYS LIE TO STRANGERS (after the Vance Randolph book) It’s about Ozarks history, folklore, culture and the like. And for October I am taking the reigns and writing and hosting a […]
See You At Spa-Con
See You At Spa-Con! Next weekend, I’ll be back at Hot Springs for another Spa-Con! I’ll be there with a big new stack of Backwood Folk issue twos along with a load of other books and wares. On the Sunday of the event you can even catch me doing another panel/live drawing demonstration on Arkansas […]
BACKWOOD FOLK #2 OUT NOW!
BACKWOOD FOLK #2 OUT NOW After long last and a wild year, issue two is here! Thank you all for your patience, I hope it’s rewarded with this installment. I know it was rewarding to make. This issue we explore Po’Dunk from the vantage of Lilian Vaughan. It’s maybe my favorite comic so far. Available, […]
Wake the Encylopedia Salesman from his Long Slumber
Wake the Encylopedia Salesman from his Long Slumber Some point late last month I was made aware that my career trajectory was more expansive than I thought. First google decided I was important enough to get a little profile card when you google me. And I see why, as I was the head of media […]
Where We’re At And Where We’re Going
Where We’re At and Where We’re Going Backwood Folk ISSUE TWO: Dry County Spirits coming soon! The here and hereafter intersect at the Po’Dunk Farmer’s Market when Lilian learns her dairy products are less desired than her ability to commune with the dead. Benedict has car trouble, and Cub learns where goats go when they die. […]
Be Still My Variety Show Heart
Be Still My Variety Show Heart First and foremost, I believe in tangents. I can never deny a new side-road just adjacent to the well-beaten track. It’s also inherently funny to put a guy who tells stories in pictures on a stage to tell stories without them, and I can’t resist a good bit. So […]
Talking Events Beget Talking Events
Talking Events Beget Talking Events Hey friends! First off, looks like I’m going on tour! I’ll be opening a night of live music, portraits, record pop-ups, and more with some folktale inspired stories! If you are in Fayetteville, Springfield, or Tulsa you should drop on by and see the Freshgrass Revue Tour. If you are […]
Weddins and Other Events
WEDDINS AND OTHER EVENTS If you caught a little sense of radio silence from the website it was not your imagination. I was off getting married deep in the woods of the Ozarks with as many of my friends and family as we could arrange. The business of weddings is often stressful and definitely busy, […]
The Self Education of Hazel T. Cat
The Self Education of Hazel T. Cat There are four cats in our house between my fiance and myself. This was not entirely on purpose. Any owner of multiple cats understands. There’s a sort of accumulation that sneaks up on you. Though our orange cat, a particularly orange cat in the annals of cat behavior, […]
The Future of America As Seen in Some Dungeon in Norrath
Hey friends! As threatened, I’ve decided to keep blogging. Probably an insane point in American current events to start doing that, but maybe a more necessary time to keep record of my thoughts than any of the End of Histories I was told I was growing up in. Ultimately, this felt like a better use […]
Website Overhaul and Backwood Folk 2025
WEBSITE OVERHAUL AND BACKWOOD FOLK IN 2025 Howdy friends and readers, weird times. Get sick of saying that, bet everyone gets sick of hearing it too. Afraid as always it’s a longer haul than anyone cares for. I’ll probably be blaring the Dead Flag Blues on repeat like I have the last year and change. […]
SPA-CON 2025’s POSTER REVEALED
SPA-CON 2025’s POSTER REVEALED Hey friends! Spa-Con just released the new poster for 2025’s convention. Happy to announce I’m back in the saddle doing the art for it! I’m really stoked how this one came out. Spa-Con 2025 will be September 19-21 next year. I’ll almost certainly be there, and hope to see you there […]