Blue Cosmic Monkey

OK, so maybe this took a little more than a weekend, but I needed to perfect the cocktail recipes…

One thing I really enjoy is taking two subjects and combining them to create a new project. One day I was doing a little bit of research on the Mayan Calendar, the thirteen moon/month system that includes unique “seals” for each day of the year. I came across the Planet Art website which includes the ability to find out what your seal is by submitting your date of birth. My birthday is “kin 91: Blue Cosmic Monkey.“

Of course my first thought was, “That sounds like a great name for a delicious cocktail!” And this is how I came up with the idea for the Blue Cosmic Monkey Cocktail Book. It is comprised of 13 tequila based cocktails concocted by me and tested under the highest and most grueling standards. In other words, if like it, it must be good.

I published it in comic book format through Ka-blam. This is a terrific and low-cost method of self-publishing comics. They do a great job and the quality is outstanding for on-demand printing.

I still have a few copies left. You can buy them at the Blue Cosmic Monkey website.

Dumb Grapes

Last summer, I had the great pleasure of attending the Graphic Novel Intensive at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA.) Scott McCloud was teaching the last course in the weeklong series and ran us though a couple of 20 minute drills in comics creation. Read more