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But also #comicspoetry has a number of advantages for song writers over long form graphic novels.

This is the cover art for my about-to-be-released chapbook of #poetrycomics & graphic mini-memoir - I'm so proud! Preorder at http://akire.art .

Use coupon code ALMOSTLIFTOFF10 for 10% off until 9.5.2023.❤️

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The cover artwork for First Flight, by Akire Bubar. The illustration shows a crow leaping joyously into flight against a large cloud and a sky of brilliant sunset colors. On the left is a nest on a tree branch; the egg in the nest is actually the world, with an "X" written on the northeast United States. A small gear is tucked into the nest with the world-egg, and a tiny surgical mask dangles from a branch above. Pale waxing crescent moons curve up then down again in the top left sky, darkening slightly and disappearing behind the cloud. The string of moons continues in the bottom right sky below the cloud, curving down and then up and to the right again. Each moon to the right is darker and redder than the one before.

Squeeeeeee! I have proofs of all my sticker designs! If all goes well, they'll be printed & back in my hands by the end of the week. Woohoo!
I couldn't do this without you. So many of you have supported the fundraiser so far, and I'm deeply humbled. *Thank you so much*. This is happening because of *you*. And you are AWESOME!
If you want these stickers, you can get them by supporting the fundraiser for _First Flight_, my chapbook of poetry comics & graphic mini memoir. All of the different packages offered for $25 or more include sticker sets! And shipping is free for everything. You can see the different options here:
https://akirebubar.square.site/shop/get-my-first-flight-off-the-ground-/2

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header image: Four sheets of round stickers printed in shiny black ink on a shiny white background, laying on the scratched surface of an old wooden desk. On the left, we see a sheet of 3" stickers showing a cat walking with fluffy tail curled, front paw raised, & hind foot extended backwards, looking elegantly unconcerned. Lying on top of the right side of this is another sheet of 3" stickers. These stickers show a cat from the belly up as she leaps up and to the right, wearing an expression of open-mouthed exuberance. Text arcing above the drawing on this sticker reads, "Leap! ...And the curtain will appear." Sticking out from underneath and to the right of this sheet is a third sheet of 3" stickers showing a cat washing her butt, one hind leg flopped to the side, one leg pointing straight up, tongue extended towards butthole and eyes closed in feline bliss. Laying on top of the right edge of this sheet is a fourth sheet of stickers. These larger stickers show a crow in flight, with wings stretched up and out and legs thrown back, as the crow joyously takes to the air. Distorted text in curly serif and brush fonts surrounds the crow and reads, "When the ground heaves beneath you Take Wing". There are two smaller crows flying in the background above and below the large one.

A closeup of 4 sheets of different sticker designs printed in shiny black ink on shiny white round stickers. Along the left edge, we see two stickers showing a cat washing her butt, one hind leg flopped to the side, one leg pointing straight up, tongue extended towards butthole and eyes closed in feline bliss. On top and to the right of this design, we see larger round stickers showing a crow in flight, with wings stretched up and out and legs thrown back, as the crow joyously takes to the air. Distorted text in curly serif and brush fonts surrounds the crow and reads, "When the ground heaves beneath you Take Wing". There are two smaller crows flying in the background above and below the large one. On top and to the right of this sheet, a third sheet of smaller stickers shows a cat walking with fluffy tail curled, front paw raised, & hind foot extended backwards, looking elegantly unconcerned. Above and to the right of this, we see part of an open journal, with one of the large crow stickers stuck to the left-side page. The paper is printed in a swirl of purples and blues in a watercolor-like pattern. On nother sheet of stickers. These stickers show a cat from the belly up as she leaps up and to the right, wearing an expression of open-mouthed exuberance. Text arcing above the drawing on this sticker reads, "Leap! ...And the curtain will appear."

It makes me so happy to see this pop up in my feed from 8 years ago. I was so proud of this, and so proud to participate in the artists' showcase I created this for! The theme was "sound". I wracked my brains to come up with an idea that didn't involve drawings of headphones, musical instruments, boom boxes, or dancing, and ended up creating two submissions I was really proud of. I couldn't decide which one to submit, so the showcase organizer picked this one. 1/

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ANNOUNCEMENT!!! At long last, my poetry comics chapbook First Flight is available for preorder — right NOW! OMG OMG OMG!
*does a Snoopy Dance of Joy*
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And just like that, the poetry comics chapbook is *FINISHED*.❤️ OMG, can you believe it? I can't. Not just the comics, but *all* of it. Wow.
Since I posted this drawing to Patreon, I've been busy working on a website for the chapbook, figuring out fundraising ideas, and talking to the printer. I'm thinking of offering this particular drawing as a print — what do you think? Wouldn't this crow look great on your wall? *I* think so!
I'm both over-the-top excited to finally be done, and utterly at a loss for how to celebrate. Isn't that weird? So I'm trying to do that at least a little bit right here, right now. I made a Really Cool Thing! I still have to *get it out into the world* — but I made The Thing, and it's beautiful, and I'm proud. /1

A drawing of a crow not-quite-sitting on an egg in a nest — except the egg is actually the world, with an "X" placed on the northeastern United States. The crow is standing with their feet braced on either side of the nest, their head down and peering between their legs to better examine the world-egg. The nest has a few leaves sticking off the sides of it here and there, and is shown sitting at the crook of a branch. The illustration is drawn digitally in inky black and grey on a white background, and signed "Akire Bubar" by the artist in the bottom right corner.

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The last comic for my poetry comics chapbook is finally DONE! At long freaking last! I can't believe it!

Some of you may remember when I posted this panel last fall. I don't know why I get stuck on the things I get stuck on, but I was stuck on this. And a lot of you offered up some really helpful feedback — *thank you* for that! It really helped. I still had to sit with it awhile & work on other things...but I finally got there, & got it done. Yippee! Thanks so much for the vote of confidence so many of you offered. 🥰

If you wanna read the post that goes with this, you can find that here:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/final-comic-is-78886238

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Originally posted to FB 1/7/2021
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Anyone else a little flummoxed by planning 2021? I know life is *always* uncertain, but...yeesh. How are you navigating this? How do you make plans around everything that's unknowable right now?

Originally posted to FB 10/4/2020
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The world is so freaking overwhelming right now - it's not just me, right? Like this past week, FFS, I don't even know what to say about it. Right? I feel like we're all slogging up a really steep, rocky incline. I keep looking up and out to orient myself to the larger landscape & to gauge the topography, and then staring determinedly back down at my feet for a bit, thinking only of putting one foot in front of the other - because if I spend too much time thinking about how steep the damned hill is, it's too much & I lose the will for it. And I guess the future is like a path with a lot of switchbacks where, no matter how hard we look, it's impossible to know exactly where it will lead, or exactly how far along we are. The future is obscured by trees. /1

https://www.patreon.com/posts/focusing-on-my-27906415?fbclid=IwAR06KY2Nu89qn5GDkFoozp5pLxxPPr9lp_onbS4D-ISnm_YUHvbtopu2aEo

A photo of a finely-detailed sketch of 3 fern fronds in fine black ink lines on textured white mixed media paper. The largest swoops upward from the bottom left to the top right, curling back on itself to the right. Another smaller frond also swoops upward from bottom left to the right, curving gently downward to the right at its tip. The third and smallest front is a small asymmetrical sprig swooping upward from beneath the mid-sized frond along the left of the drawing, leaning further left at the top. Finely penciled lines marking the border are just barely visible along the left, right, and bottom of the drawing.

Originally posted to FB 12/10/2020
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Okay so life is a mess, that's usually true for me, really struggling, etc. ad nauseum - but let me tell you about THIS AWESOME FUN THING I AM DOING! I'm taking a poetry comics workshop with Comics by David Lasky online via Push/Pull. And OMG I'm in heaven with this class. It's that deeply nourishing sense of getting exactly what I need at exactly the right moment to push my art forward.
This was done lightning-fast, just a rough sketch for one of the exercises - but I'm just so proud to be *doing* it, you know? Not fussing, just doing.
So. A poem by Basho, in comics form - click to read:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/poetry-comics-44714871?fbclid=IwAR0jN5aIF5xj8xVgWaqxaGwVj9QIc-coE-KY7kqIsYkpxhiTHd8IJi95HyU

A photo of a loosely-sketched poetry comic. The title, "Basho's Old Pond", is written in the top left corner. The comic is divided into 3 panels. The first, a square in the upper left corner, shows a rough sketch of the curved edge of a pond, with trees beyond the water's edge, and a crescent moon in a dark sky. The words "old pond" are written on the surface of the water. The second panel continues this same landscape in a backwards-L-shape around the first below and to the right, expanding to see the rough shape of mountains behind the trees behind the pond, and cattails and reeds around a rock in the foreground on a stony area jutting into the pond. There are two frogs, one sitting on the rock, and the other leaping over the first from behind, up and out towards the water to the right. Above the frogs, "frogs jumped in -" is written on the surface of the pond. The third panel expands the scene still further to the bottom and to the right. On the left are more rocks and reeds along the water's edge, and to the right, just beyond the rock seen in the second panel, we see a frog diving into the the pond. Ripples extend outward from the frog's body where it enters the water, with the words "sounds of water" written in rippled lettering along the curves of the water's outward movement. The poetry comic is signed "Akire Bubar 12.4.2020" below the bottom right corner of this final panel.

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This is pretty much my life in a nutshell. Hopefully you can't relate! But if you do, well...solidarity, my friend. I salute you, and offer virtual hugs if you want one.
This is a pretty rough first sketch, & probably a WIP - there's more to say about this dilemma and the feelings it stirs up. But I also kinda like it as-is! So I figured I'd share what I've got so far. If it turns into something more, I'll show you that later.
There's a very short post that goes along with this on Patreon - you can see that here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/priorities-comic-75510592
...Mostly I just described it a bit in case you can't read my handwriting. You can also find a more precise description below.
❤

RT @akirebubar
Originally posted to FB 11/11/2021
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Originally posted to FB 11/1/2020
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Originally posted to FB 11/1/2020
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/bird-drawing-are-42599341?fbclid=IwAR0gpHrZdwp61233sr9m6iCTrIYrMCETyr8oQnnfG_v30TQy_nOuOWVl4Fw

The universe keeps handing me opportunities to draw birds - this time via a really cool workshop by Gary Bloomfield of Bloomfield Studio, via Redwood Region Audubon Society (RRAS). Huge thanks to artist & longtime friend Erica Babad for telling me about it!
If you're not familiar with Gary Bloomfield's work, you really really need to check him out at Bloomfield Studio! So gorgeous, & so lively. I could get lost in all the fine details. OMG so amazing. ❤

Originally posted to FB 11/11/2021
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-poetry-44280711

It's so odd to look at this poetry comic I made last autumn. It's shocking to me, in a dull kind of way, how many things are more or less the same - at least when it comes to social distancing & feeling safe in public spaces. I'm glad I didn't know it would still be this hard a year later - but the fact that it is forces me to consider the possibility that I might still have to live with some version of social distancing this time next year. And that being quite possible, how do I want to shape my life? In a lot of ways, I'm still figuring out how to hunker down for the long haul while still having a life and relationships.

Originally posted to FB 9/20/2020
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I'm finding it's super-helpful to visualize one's internal demons, critics, helpers, and hurting parts. It's also a hell of a lot more fun than just solemn navel-gazing. And, bonus points, sometimes getting it out on paper really helps get it off my chest - even if it's just a goofy doodle of a monster.
This one comes with some art activities for helping kids talk about their feelings, and also some art activities for learning & thinking critically about all the different cultural imagery around us. Art is such a great tool for really interacting and engaging with ideas instead of just reading about them.
Please feel free to share, especially if you know folks with kids at home who are looking for things to do with them. 😊

https://www.patreon.com/posts/monica-monster-41822905?fbclid=IwAR1qP1_oIwd2QAgVPb51LQMdigoAKwwk73DOhdrlr2cSwm2s-fOsSWGyYSA

"Monica Monster is written in a playful font. Text surrounded by a blue box in the bottom left corner of the page indicates "Font: Hotsy Totsy MVB". Below the monster and hir name, filling the bottom 2/3 of the page, are the following bullet points in black ink:
- Has long coiling arms so that no goal is ever out of reach. Monica reaches for the stars & sprinkles them like nuts on a banana split. And eats them.
- Admires Kermit the Frog & wears pointed green flappy things on hir feet, but calls them spats to sound fashionable.
- Wears gold earrings to be like a pirate, & a pink satin bow to seem younger. Her fashion sense isn't as scattered as her attention - but give her time, she's working on it.
- Long removable front fangs can be used as knitting needles or for home defense, then reinstalled in mouth like Lego. Makes up for refusal to multitask by using teeth as multitools.
- Needs webbed fingers & strong legs because continually falls in deep end while chasing shiny new ideas. Long arms are also a safety feature.
- Says eyes are naturally red as a point of pride - this is true if the chronic lack of sleep causing them can be considered "natural".
The page is signed "Akire Bubar" by the artist in the upper left of the page in orange ink.]

Originally posted to FB 8/17/2021
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Woohoo, I finally finished this poetry comic! Here's the poem by itself, in case that's helpful:

Unraveling Time

Is time truly a one-way street?
Then to now, a flow of actions and emotions, unraveling backwards now to then
Noon receding into dawn, the setting and then the rising of the moon,
A question now - which might be 2012, or 2017, or 2021 - only answerable in 1989, or maybe 1986 ...or was it 1973 - ?
I race to keep pace, but catch only glimpses -
memory a bobbing head on the water
disappearing from view.

I'm really proud of how this came out. Whaddya think?

(If you wanna read more about the process of going from the initial sketch to the finished comic below, you can read that on Patreon - I've published it publicly at https://www.patreon.com/posts/poetry-comic-54613349.)

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