Author: liz

Norwescon is just around the corner, and I’ve got an exciting update to my programming.

My Reading will now be on Saturday 9-9:30pm Pacific Time, 30 March. You’ll be able to see it at Cascade 9 or on Norwescon’s Twitch Channel. Yes, that’s right, you don’t need to be at Norwescon to come to my reading! I’m excited.

My reading will be my first attempt at a talk/performance I’m working on, called “The Life You May Save is Your Own”

Liz performs a comic, speculative, and non-fiction performance piece, inspired by her zine, Ordinary Madness, a love letter to an unread book, and various short works. Rated PG.

Norwescon in Seatac (Seattle/Tacoma airport region), WA, USA, will be the first convention I do in person programming since Covid! It’ll be on from March 28-31, 2024.

Here’s the updated programing, with a few more details about each panel.

Friday

Improv- Cartooning

Relax and have fun as you watch artists challenge themselves in quick-draw cartooning challenges. Eee! I’ve never done something like this! I have no idea what to expect!

12:00pm – 1:00pm @ Cascade 5 & 6

Sven Red Beard (M), Stan!, Eric L Vargas, Liz Argall

Neurodiversity 101

What is neurodiversity? Who is neurodivergent? Is being neurotypical just an illusion? Come learn the basics. It’s more than just autism and ADHD!

1:00pm – 2:00pm @ Evergreen 3 & 4

Caren GS (M), Liz Coleman, Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti, Liz Argall, Tom D Wright

Saturday

Autograph Session 1

10:00am – 11:00am @ Grand 2

Brenda Cooper, Daryl Gregory, David D. Levine, D.L. Gardner, Gordon B. White, Gwendolyn N. Nix, Talulah J. Sullivan, Jack Skillingstead, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Jim Butcher, Remy Nakamura, Julie McGalliard, Karen Eisenbrey, Kate Sherman, Kat Richardson, Kate Alice Marshall, Ken Bebelle, Kendare Blake, Liz Argall, Nancy Kress, Neil Clarke, Rhiannon/R.Z. Held, Richard Sparks, Sean K. Reynolds, Spencer Ellsworth, Steven Barnes, Tara Campbell, Travis Baldree, Tyrean Martinson, Dr. Raychelle Burks, Charles Vess, S. L. Coney, Bethany Jacobs, Evan J. Peterson, L.J. Melvin, Laura Anne Gilman

The Neuroscience of Neurodivergence

How and from what does neurodivergence diverge? What may be some cognitive differences and how do they express themselves in the world?

12:00pm – 1:00pm @ Cascade 9 or on Twitch

Liz Coleman (M), Danielle Gembala, Liz Argall, Brian U. Garrison, A.W. McCollough

Youth – Learn to Draw with an Artist

This will be a simple how-to-draw lesson. Bring your ideas for what to draw and ask our artist to show you how it’s done!

4:00pm – 5:00pm @ Olympic 1

Jenny Shafer (M), Liz Argall

Liz’s Reading – The Life You Save, May Be Your Own

Liz performs a comic, speculative, and non-fiction performance piece, inspired by her zine, Ordinary Madness, a love letter to an unread book, and various short works. Rated PG.

9:00pm – 9:30pm @ Cascade 9 or on Twitch

Sunday

Figure Drawing Class

Assemble some costumed models, tables, and a timer. Sprinkle in some people with drawing materials, and voilà! A figure drawing class! Until Covid came along, I’d been a life model at least once a year since I was 19!

11:00am – 12:00pm @ Maxi’s Ballroom

Douglas Herring (M), Liz Argall, Sven Red Beard, Lizzy D. Hill, Kris ‘Pepper’ Hambrick

Norwescon in Seatac (Seattle/Tacoma airport region), WA, USA, will be the first convention I do in person programming since Covid! It’ll be on from March 28-31, 2024.

This is the preliminary programming, I’ll let you know if there are any changes.

Thursday

Reading: Liz Argall

5:30pm – 6:00pm @ Cascade 3

Liz Argall (M)

Friday

Improv– Cartooning

12:00pm – 1:00pm @ Cascade 5 & 6

Sven Red Beard (M), Stan!, Eric L Vargas, Liz Argall

Neurodiversity 101

1:00pm – 2:00pm @ Evergreen 3 & 4

Caren GS (M), Liz Coleman, Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti, Liz Argall, Tom D Wright

Saturday

Autograph Session 1

10:00am – 11:00am @ Grand 2

Brenda Cooper, Daryl Gregory, David D. Levine, D.L. Gardner, Gordon B. White, Gwendolyn N. Nix, Talulah J. Sullivan, Jack Skillingstead, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Jim Butcher, Remy Nakamura, Julie McGalliard, Karen Eisenbrey, Kate Sherman, Kat Richardson, Kate Alice Marshall, Ken Bebelle, Kendare Blake, Liz Argall, Nancy Kress, Neil Clarke, Rhiannon/R.Z. Held, Richard Sparks, Sean K. Reynolds, Spencer Ellsworth, Steven Barnes, Tara Campbell, Travis Baldree, Tyrean Martinson, Dr. Raychelle Burks, Charles Vess, S. L. Coney, Bethany Jacobs, Evan J. Peterson, L.J. Melvin and Laura Anne Gilman

The Neuroscience of Neurodivergence

12:00pm – 1:00pm @ Cascade 9

Liz Coleman (M), Danielle Gembala, Liz Argall, Brian U. Garrison, A.W. McCollough

Youth – Learn to Draw with an Artist

4:00pm – 5:00pm @ Olympic 1

Jenny Shafer (M), Liz Argall

Sunday

Figure Drawing Class

11:00am – 12:00pm @ Maxi’s Ballroom

Douglas Herring (M), Liz Argall, Sven Red Beard, Lizzy D. Hill, Kris ‘Pepper’ Hambrick

I’m so excited about the magnets I just got in! To celebrate, I’ve created a Mystery Magnet Mega Bundle, over on the Things store.

Over the next 5 weeks, I’ll be announcing one new magnet every week!

And every week the price of the mystery bundle will go up by $1!

The mystery items are:

1. Comic magnet value $4.99
2. Business card size magnet with full color art, value $2.99
3. Comic magnet, value $4.99
4. Cute square magnet, value $1.99
5. Comic magnet, value $4.99

The bundle will also include my existing, A Sad magnet, value 4.99

• Pre-order all the mysteries, $16.99 (OMG what a bargain!)
• Mystery 1 revealed, $17.99
• Mystery 2 revealed, $18.99
• Mystery 3 revealed, $19.99
• Mystery 4 revealed $20.99
• Mystery 5 revealed $21.99 (Sweet! you basically get the business card sized magnet for free!)

Alas, I can only ship to the USA, but if you’re in a different country, drop me a line. Maybe we can figure out a bulk order to your favorite book store or something!

Order now for maximum mystery and savings!

Go to my Redbubble store to get a range of Things Print on Demand merch that ships internationally  https://tinyurl.com/things-store

Hi lovely humans, I hope everyone has managed to grab some nourishing moments in the last couple of months.

Me, I’ve been so wowed by the wonderful responses to my comic. It’s been so terrific to see Ordinary Madness and Jagged Edges so warmly received. I’d like to send an extra special thanks to the therapists and other caring folks who’ve purchased extra comics to give to folks or have floating around as a resource. I wasn’t expecting that, and I’m honored and humbled.

I’m really glad Ordinary Madness has been something joyful and mind opening for so many folks. When you’re an artist, I think being of service is one of the highest things you can achieve.

Since I published Ordinary Madness I’ve been exploring a few other concepts and building on what I learned in its creation. Some are longer works that aren’t ready for the world (although Patrons can get sneak previews), but I’ve published a few shorter works over on my Patreon. They’re free for anyone to read and anyone can subscribe to the public feed. New comics published on Patreon include:

Lost Time, it’s easy to get down on yourself and not see what you’ve achieved. A nice bit of perspective, that I was finally able to draw by collaborating with Midjourney. Midjourney is an AI that generates art based on prompts. It took me much longer to create a comic this way, but I’m very pleased with the result.

• Locker Rooms – my experience of locker rooms as a teen!
• In Memoriam – Ladders – how I process things when someone suddenly and unexpectedly dies
• Reflections – what it’s like seeing a homeless person ranting to themselves, now that I know what it’s like to rant to yourself on the street

If you become an actual Patron you’ll get to see work before its published as well as special behind the scenes content (including pages I couldn’t fit into Ordinary Madness), access to a password protected experimental page and occasional special discounts in the store. For example, Patrons get free shipping on “A Sad” magnets for this month.

Speaking of which! You can now buy “A Sad” magnets in the store! A little bit of joy, feeling seen, and a reminder of stuff I still forget sometimes, for your fridge.

They’re $5 plus flat rate shipping (or free shipping if you get the discount code by becoming a Patron… in which case I ask you to pinky swear you’ll stick around for at least a few months!).

Sadly, I can only ship to the USA right now. I use a super secure commerce platform that is so secure it keeps thwarting me when I try to ship to other countries! If anyone is a WooCommerce in WordPress expert who wants to help a sister out, please drop me a line!

Thanks for stopping by, if you haven’t yet, I encourage you to order (or review) Ordinary Madness. Feedback from folks so far includes, wow, wow wow wow, insightful, extraordinary and terrific!… also, there are one or two typos that slipped through, thank you friends for pointing them out. All kinds of feedback is helpful and appreciated.

Good things

Liz

Hi folks, I’ve always loved the wonderful stories I’ve heard about the joy the Things bring to folks. They have certainly brought a lot of joy to me.

And one of the ways drawing this comic has been special to me is that it ended up helping me heal from serious mental trauma. Between 2018 and 2020 I experienced three psychosises… which for me meant delusions, being lost in a scary thriller movie that wouldn’t end.

It really shook me up. The Things have played a huge role in my healing. Being able to take little aspects of my experience and turn them into more universal experiences we can all go through, helped me feel less alone and feel like I still had value to give to the world.

Most of my comics are not inspired by psychosis recovery, life is rich and diverse, but some are.

I’ve created a mini-comic/zine/book, 60 pages long that talks a bit about my experience in a way that I hope that is joyful, normalizing and a good read for anyone.

You can pre-order Ordinary Madness in my store, it’s a $9 instead of $10 for this first week.

It feels like a big, but important step to be open about my experience. Three in a hundred people will experience psychosis in their life and yet it’s still one of the most stigmatized things.

I hope you folks stick around, now that you know a bit more about what happened to me. I’m doing super well these days, I’ve gone through such a healing process and you get to see a little of it in my book.