20,000 NON-LETHAL MILES

(Part 1 of 3).

A comic/zine about learning to ride a motorbike that I started a few months back. Right now Ireland is in lockdown, our hospitals and care services are overwhelmed and government restrictions forbid us from travelling more than 2km unless it’s for essential supplies. So being in confinement and working on this comic about freedom/fear of mortality in between caring for my very frail grandmother has been a hell of a trip in itself.

The full thing is available in PDF form on Gumroad here for $1/pay what you want: https://gumroad.com/l/hXOCF

I’ve been traveling and writing lately, which hasn’t left much time for painting. I’m in research mode, gathering information about approximately a billion things I am currently interested in or vexed about or in awe of or in love with. Maybe I’ll get around to actually making something some day soon. 

In the meantime, here are some photos. I decided to take a trip on the DART train from Dublin to Bray and back last week, for no other reason than to snatch photos out the window and see what happened. Most of them were blurry or mundane (of course) but these I liked. 

The other thing that’s been occupying my time lately is gadding about on remote islands off the coast of Donegal. Cruit Island, Owey Island, Coffin Island, Periwinkle Island. This photo was taken on Owey. There are several houses on Owey, but no electricity or water mains. This might have been a pub. Then again it might not. 

Also, you know what I like? Rocks.