Awesome Reading on June 28th!!!! 7pm!!!! 921 Oak Street, downtown PDX!!!

New Dumpsty McGrumbles comic! Dumpster Surfin' USA!!! Available from
Reading Frenzy and for $2 to: John Isaacson PO Box 42041 Portland, OR 97242

I will debut Grumpy McBumbles 3 "Dumpster Surfin' You Ess Aye" and
Feedback 11 (featuring Merle Haggard, Retox, the Avengers, Yob, Sloths,
Rorschach, Ritual Necromancy, Nomeansno, Enslaved, No Statik, Limp Wrist, Ledenden Toten and more) at Stumpown Comics Fest. I'll be tabling with Aron Nels Steinke of Big Plans and Crazy Cat Dance at table A-25. Come say hi!

Feedback #10 now available!!! Featuring, zine and record reviews of:
Graf Orlock, Deperate Hours, Bi-Marks, Mundo Muerto, The Ex, Lightning
Bolt, Acephalix, Murderess, Undergang, Asta Kask, Hellshock, Arctic
Flowers, Rabbits, Witch Mountain, & more!

Feedback #9 is out now! Available from Last Gasp. It got a good
review in MRR! Now with record and zine reviews. This issue features
comics of live shows by band like Age, Arctic Flowers, Autistic Youth,
Bellicose Minds, Broken Water, Cat Party, Ceremony, Copy Scam,
Defect Defect, Deviated Instinct, Fun Yeti, Hellshock, Japanther,
Knelt Rote, Onion Flavored Rings, Punch, Sista Sekunden, Superbad,
Tragedy and more.

This is a poster I printed for the Dill Pickle Club, an organization that
produced The Life and Death of the X-Ray Cafe, a comic written by
Sarah Mirk and drawn by yours truly.

Feedback #8 is out now! You can get it for $2.00 from me by mailing cash or check to: John Isaacson 3317 SE 9th Ave. Portland OR 97202
Featuring: Macrocosm, Brutal Truth, Ritual Necromancy, Wolves In The Throne Room, Earth, Bad Religion, Eat Skull, Transient, Honduran, Gone to Croatoan, Raw Nerves, Hazard's Cure, The Depths, This Runs In Blood, Caulfield, Surroundings, Bad At Best, Proof 151, Sightings, Autistic Youth, The Estranged, La Ursss, Walls, Ecoli, Migraine, Nerveskade and more.

2012 NEWS:

6/1/2012:

I'll be reading from the new Grumpy McBumbles at Print Fancy, a monthly reading series put on by Reading Frenzy on Thursday, June 28th. More deatilas at www.readingfrenzy.com

4/27/2012:

I will debut Grumpy McBumbles 3 "Dumpster Surfin' You Ess Aye" and Feedback 11 at Stumpown Comics Fest.

4/25/2012:

Oregon History Comics artwork (including Life and Death of the X-Ray Cafe) are up for display at Backspace

3/4/2012:

Oregon History Comics reading at Powell's Books 7:30pm! I drew the X-Ray Cafe comic. The other comics are about Lone Fir Cemetary, Black Panthers, Dead Freeways, Vanport and more!

2011 NEWS:

9/18/11:

I am re-printing Do-It-Yourself Screenrpinting myself. You can get copies directly from me for $5 each. The 188-page book is now a 40-page zine of the most crucial infrmation from the book about how to screenprint in the comfort of your own home!

6/16/11:

June 24th: This Friday I will read fom Ride the Lightning at Reading Frenzy along with headliner Cassie Sneider who will read from Fine Fine Music! Heavy Metal comics, yo! My fave subjects combined!

June 25th: Opening night party for Faque Cartunez, an art show of animation cells from Cartoons That Never Existed at Guapo Comics and Coffee from 7-10pm.

August 3rd: I'll be reading from and discussing Feedback: Concert Review Comics at the Portland Public Library as part of the Zinesters Talking series.

August 6-7: PORTLAND ZINE SYMPOSIUM!!!

So far this year, I went to Stumptown Comics Fest and Wonder Northwest, a new convention put on by Billy Galaxy.

Feedback #9 is out now! Still available at Reading Frenzy and maybe through Microcosm.

DIY Screenprinting is up for re-print.

Feedback #10 is almost complete and will feature zine and record reviews in addition to the usual show reviews.

I'm working on Grumpy McBumbles #3.

2010 NEWS:

My Madres De Plaza De Mayo Poster is in the new Celebrate People's History book published by Feminist Press!

Feedack #8 is out now!
Availble from lastgasp.com and microcosmpublishing.com

My Feedback Concert Review comics are now featured on the Willamette Week's music blog localcut.com

I'll be teaching in IPRC's new certificate program. Excitement!

I'll be teaching zine workshops at Maryhill Museum in Washington on November 14th for Family Fun Day.