Self-portraiture is like looking in a mirror covered in grease. It can be hard to make out anything clearly. Here's a few of my sketches of a cross-section of the people from the old neighborhood. Two blocks down from where I lived I used to sit and read outside this run down little laundry-mat. There were always bums demanding smokes and packs of screaming kids running in and out of there. Kafka and Tide packets were a welcome distraction. Sometimes you find old friends in new places. Justin was one of them. My friend Justin is a real fixture in the neighborhood. He is something of an urban legend in his own right for surviving being a chauffeur for blues and rock acts for 20 years - he is also known to wield a mean punchline. Clearly intractably adorable. I have no idea why she gave me the time of day. Above, Girl #1 that I was sick deep infatuated with. She reminded me of an Elliot Smith song from New Moon. "You're so pretty and smart, So why do you ...
Illustrated by Paul Schmitt written by Derek Edwards. Published byGargantuan Media.