One of the most fun parts of the trip to Vegas happened while I was walking through Juarez on the way back. That’s when a dude tried to mug me.
I was wandering off on some quiet street (I walked from the El Paso airport to the Juarez bus terminal because I’m a cheap bastard) […]

On Wednesday, after taking a 2 day bus journey so I could fly out of El Paso and save the event coordinators about 400 bucks on airfare, I ended up walking around Texas for 24 1/2 hours because the thought of spending 18 darned dollars on a hotel room while waiting for my flight seemed […]

  
For a while, I’ve been alluding to this infamous trip to Vegas I was going on. Well, I just got back, and I’m ready to spill all the sordid details. First of all, you may be wondering…. I don’t gamble, i don’t drink, and I’m not particularly interested in seeing showgirls or Elvis impersonators… so […]

This week, an interesting man came into our lives. His name is Daksha.

I was sitting, working on comics when he followed Pete (a guy who’s visiting the commune this week) home. The conversation had started about the band Daksha had been in, back when he was known as Oscar Zapata. But with Daksha, the conversation […]

Every day, while John and I are drawing comics, wacky stuff starts happening outside our window. Yesterday was the Mexican Independence Day parade. Funny thing is, Independence Day isn’t for a couple of weeks. These people just really know how to party!

John and I have an apartment, and we move in first thing in the morning. But what have we been doing in the meantime? Geez. There’s CONSTANTLY stuff to do here. Just the other night in the courtyard outside our apartment, we had breakdancers on the steps, a Mariachi Marching Band in the street, and […]

As I write this, I’m sitting in the very spot pictured below, lounging on a rooftop patio just across from that magnificent cathedral, over which the sun just rose. John and I are in Zacatecas. We are home.

We have found a city to live in. Oddly enough, very close to the town my grandfather grew […]