Second Summer :)))

Sep 09, 2023

STATE OF THE ART • SECOND SUMMER 2023

Welcome back to The State of the Art!
The occasional newsletter of cartoonist Bobby Campbell :)))

This end of summer edition is brought to you by that ever ringing autumnal school bell, beckoning us back to the daily routine of structured growth & change, a glorious horror, but maybe we can sneak in one more knees-up!

Here's what I’ve been up to since last time:

ITEM! BUDDHAFART – EP. 19 “FOURFOLD VISION”

The penultimate chapter of this decidedly discordian drama!

I'm close enough to the end where it's time to start explaining all my mystery box smoke monsters, which no one is paying close enough attention to care about one way or the other, but! The pure joy of discovery in the writing & drawing process has been has been unparalleled. The surprise of unexpected dots connecting into an unplanned, organic, constellation is pretty magical :)))

This is much less a suggestion to read my idiosyncratic nonsense, and more of an endorsement for participating in comix creation!

READ HERE: https://weirdoverse.com/buddhafart/buddhafart-ep-19-fourfold-vision/

ITEM! MAYBE DAY 2023

This year's Maybe Day festivities went off without a hitch, with a scintillating selection of RAW novelties, and a wonderfully warm welcome across the mycelium network!

CHECK IT OUT HERE: https://www.maybeday.net/

ITEM! LIVING IN A RAW WORLD

My modest offering to the Maybe Day soirée!

I was super psyched to see this piece mentioned in Grant Morrison's Xanaduum!

CHECK IT OUT HERE: https://weirdoverse.com/living-in-a-raw-world/

ITEM! TEAM HUMAN - KIBBITZ ROOM X

I pop up briefly in the August "Kibbitz Room" episode of Douglas Rushkoff's

Team Human Podcast, extolling the virtues of E-Prime and grousing about "The Social Dilemma."

LISTEN HERE: https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/258-kibbitz-room

ITEM! WEIRDOVERSE.COM UPDATES

I spent some time this summer archiving old forgotten blog posts, such as:

THE “MIND” INDESTRUCTIBLE

https://weirdoverse.com/hooo-fasa/

A Joycean Jinx!

https://weirdoverse.com/a-joycean-jinx/

CHERRY ISLAND

https://weirdoverse.com/cherry-island/

ERIS' NEW DRESS

https://weirdoverse.com/eris-new-dress/

And it looks like this is were our summer campaign ends!

In the meanwhile, I'll be working on the BUDDHAFART epilogue, which will end that series, and lead us directly into Agnosis! Book 3, the pulse pounding conclusion to the Dream@wake Sutra! Additionally, a top secret new project has popped up on the horizon, prompting a frenzied explosion of pre-production activity, and a vague notion that everything has been building towards THIS :)))

This is the time of year where my production schedule is catch as catch can, as I return to school both as teacher & grad student, so there could be new art tomorrow or not until like mid January. So I'll see ya when I see ya and very best wishes until then!

STAY TUNED!
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