Author Archives: thelocalconstabulary

About thelocalconstabulary

We are a comics creator who lives in Olympia, Washington. We create and distribute the tangible comics pamphlet, Eight And A Half By Eleven Comics, which is available for subscription.

is a chair, is not a chair

Posted on 8 August 2014 by thelocalconstabulary

  in which i break my considerable internet silence by ranting about… chairs?

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i’ve swam upon the firedoglake

Posted on 8 July 2014 by thelocalconstabulary

my adaptation of John Kiriakou’s first public prison letter has found publication on firedoglake, the very website that first published the letters themselves.  so now i’m working on letter no. 2, but don’t wait on me to read them.

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dogs with dreams

Posted on 12 June 2014 by thelocalconstabulary

  i should make it known that i do not intend to encourage or endorse the use of cigarettes by anybody, especially not dogs.

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where i’ll be

Posted on 4 June 2014 by thelocalconstabulary

  i’ll be the maybeparade table at olympia comics festival this saturday.  five separate volumes of comics are in supply.  there will be a listening station for alabama chrome comics.  also, a box of back-issues of the not-at-all-discontinued series Eight … Continue reading →

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cricket hunter

Posted on 13 May 2014 by thelocalconstabulary

  i pencilled this about a million years ago, it started as a portrait of one of my dogs-in-law.

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all natural insulation

Posted on 18 April 2014 by thelocalconstabulary

  this little gent was gathering dog hairs from the back landing when we returned from a week away.

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one with lungs like your own

Posted on 20 March 2014 by thelocalconstabulary

i encountered this fellow in a busy bike lane.  i thought him dead but he batted his arms when i pinched him by the scruff to remove him to a patch of ivy.  he started breathing, and there were no … Continue reading →

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up for discussion

Posted on 14 March 2014 by thelocalconstabulary
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cribbage

Posted on 12 March 2014 by thelocalconstabulary

two characters from a story i’m working on, who’ve been locked in an unfinished game on my drawing table for a month now.

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Alabama Chrome #89

Posted on 27 February 2014 by thelocalconstabulary

  A scene from Alabama Chrome #89.  You really have to hear this song. First comment gets the mixtape and a high quality photocopy of the comic sent to a mailing address of their choosing.  For those who visit Portland, … Continue reading →

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