you have great taste 😝
Hey there! Just checking in before I run to Jazzercize ...
OPENING NIGHT! This week my play made its world debut! It was such a moving, electric experience to see DENNY BARRACUDA with a live audience. Above is a pic from the after-party with (from left) director Shannon Goldman, my creative partner-in-crime Dean Haspiel, actors Madeleine Morrell and Lawrence Trailer, and yours truly.
And here's a photo of me AFTER the after-party:
Grab tix for the Sept. 23 show at tinyurl.com/dbarracuda.
BOOK NEWS: My short kids' book WE MAKE COMICS is now in print! Buy a copy of ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS: VOL. 1 from your favorite bookseller or Amazon, and you'll find WE MAKE COMICS in the back. I interviewed tons of cartoonists for this handy guide, which is beautifully illustrated by Genevieve Kote. You can also read it on Epic.
RAPID-FIRE RECS: Lately I've been binge-watching DAVE, the FXX comedy about rapper/comedian Dave Burd (aka Lil Dicky). It's funny, strange, sweet and occasionally disgusting. Catch it on Hulu. ... I'm loving Season 2 of THE OTHER TWO on HBOMax, which follows the two older siblings of a Justin Bieber-esque pop sensation. The marvelous Molly Shannon plays the mom. ... CRUELLA is now free on Disney+ and my daughter and I loved it to bits. ... I devoured ARBITRARY STUPID GOAL, Tamara Shopsin's memoir of growing up in NYC in the '70s and '80s while her parents ran the legendary Shopsin's store/restaurant. It's full of only-in-New York anecdotes, including one about John Belushi sleeping on a roll of paper towels.
art by Dean Haspiel
I'm still drawing diary comics and posting them (and other things) at patreon.com/whitneymatheson. Thanks for supporting my creative work!
FALL TRAVELS: I'm going to Baltimore Comic Con! Catch my masked face Oct. 22-23 when I'll be rooting for PANDEMIX, the comix anthology I co-edited, to win a Ringo Award.
Comics creators and professionals can vote for PANDEMIX as Best Anthology through Sept. 22 at RingoAwards.com. Buy a copy for $5 at heroinitiative.org.
OK, I'm off to do some high kicks. Holler at whitmath@gmail.com. Put "BABY" as the subject, and you'll instantly impregnate everyone on your block.
Washing the worries outta my hair,
Sheela Na Gig
"You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by."
- Sam Shepard
Reach out! Find me on Twitter, Instagram and at whitmath@gmail.com.