Here’s the cover and interior cover for my January comic, Tramp Stamp. It’s made entirely with hand-cut rubber stamps (which is crazy and took forever!) I just sent them out today…if you ordered one, it’ll come soon! If you want to get one, you can subscribe to my Monthly Mail-Out Comic Club. I’ll send you the January issue as part of the deal!

I’m stamp-obsessed!

Making lots of stamps for my January mail-out, as part of my Monthly Comic Club. Here’s a sneak peak!

Love! Violence! Booty Shorts!

A stamped comic!!!

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Just want to say thank you to everyone who has subscribed to my 2012 monthly comic service! This is the first time I’ve ever done something like this, and I’m just so happy and humbled by the response. I’ve already met some nice folks interested in comics and art-making, which is very cool and exciting! I feel like this will be a great way to interact with people who share my passions.

If you are interested in signing-up, I’m selling subscriptions! A 6-month subscription is only $24, and 12-months is $44. This includes shipping, so really, once you sign up, all you have to do is sit back and enjoy the steady stream of fun-times arriving in your mailbox!

As a thank you to folks, I’ve uploaded my contribution to the Joseph Lambert-edited anthology, Too Far. The comic, Hurricane Baby, answers the question, “What if Storm and Superman had a baby?” Check it out and let me know what you think!

Hi guys,
For 2012, I’ve decided I want to create a new publication each month. That’s right, 12 projects! Mini-comics, tiny books, anthologies, stickers—something fun, unique, and handmade delivered to your mailbox at the end of every month! I have lots of ideas that I want to share with folks this year, and because I’m the type of person who needs a deadline to get things done, I figured a monthly schedule will be a good motivator. Maybe they’ll come with little trinkets, paper art, religious stickers, original art; maybe it’ll be a 12-page comic book, or a larger anthology. Whatever it will be, it’ll be worth it and super-fun!

For those who don’t know me, I’ve been publishing mini-comics and tiny books since high school. I graduated from CCS a few years ago and love experimenting with mixed-media. I have a fun time collaging bits into books, playing with different printing methods, and choosing interesting paper. This idea of 12-monthly comics was inspired by awesome cartoonist Liz Baille.

Head on over to my BigCartel to purchase a subscription. A 6-month subscription is $24.00, and a 12-month subscription is $44.00—with Shipping/Handling included, it’s a steal! And, it’ll help me continue to create art for you to enjoy.

I’m also holding a little contest: the first 5 people to e-mail me their address at joseluis.olivares@gmail.com or private message me on Facebook or Twitter will get a free 6-month subscription! Edit: ended! Thank you!

I made a Big Cartel page so you can buy some comics!

I recently did a guest strip for my friend Melissa’s adorable comic, Freddy. She’s published an all-ages book, Freddy Stories, that is so charming, and her website has lots of fun comics to read!

My Teen Mario comic is on my website in a new, easy-to-read scroll. Check it out!

I’ve altered my blog layout slightly, so now when you click on the “comics” link to the left, you’ll go to my webpage focusing on all my comics available online.

This past weekend was BCGF, a sweet comics festival catering to folks who enjoy the artier, more literary, handmade side of comics. It was a sexy collection of con-goers, and I talked to a few people who proclaimed the show the most attractive group of people they’ve seen. Beards, interesting jewelry, and the doppelgangers of all your exes were abound!

I had a new little comic, Hey Fag!, that I gave out to lots of folks, but I wish I had given even more out; there were just too, too many inspiring creators. I tabled at Sundays with excellent cartoonists Joe Lambert, Melissa Mendes, Sean Ford, Jeff Lok, and Charles Forsman. I think they did really well at the table, selling lots of their gorgeous prints and books. I sold 4 of my little comics, which I wasn’t surprised by; it’s my suspicion that most people, like myself, buy what they’ve already heard of before going into the show. I did get some nice smiles and chuckles from the people I gave Hey Fag to, which was cool, and it was a way to introduce myself. I got to chat with Montrealers Julie Deporte, whose comic in the new Smoke Signals was one of my favorites from the show, and Vincent Giard, who is an inspiration and incorporates animation nicely into his online comics.

I also gave my comic to Maurice Vellekoop. As the show was ending, he came over to tell me he enjoyed the comic and then GAVE me 2 copies of his new book, Pinups! I couldn’t believe it, it’s the sexiest book around.

Other great comics included the inaugural issue of Weird by the folks at CCC, with creepy, creepy comics from Leon Sadler and a reprint of a classic horror comic featuring giant rats. Also dug Chameleon #2, which I think includes pixel horror dude Uno Moralez’ American print debut. Mould Map 2 comes from the world of Lisa Frank as art critic, Pope Hats #2 eerily mimicked my bus ride home, and Paping by John Mejias shocks me with aesthetic emotion.

It was a great show, and I loved hanging in Brooklyn. I biked with Casey, played pinball so of course saw Alec, went to a giant party where the con-goers were suddenly less cute and more sweaty…and ate good food. Until next year!

I recently started working at The Horn Book, a magazine about YA and picture books. It’s a fun place! I’m mainly doing design and production work, but I also created some illustrations for an article by Jack Gantos. It’s about mausoleums and graveyards, typical fun stuff. He imagines what his gravestone would look like (a big old fancy book) and what a cemetery for children’s literary characters would include. Check the article out in the November issue!

Only two more pages to go for my Super Teen Mario Bros webcomic! Head on over to Kill Screen to read the current 23 pages!
Tell your nerdy Mario Kart buddies!