Hourly Comics Day 2023

It looks like I never did post my Hourly Comics from last year, but here they are from 2023! I'm mostly active on Instagram these days @cookingupcomics.

Pete's Mini Zine Fest this Saturday July 13, 2019

After a few years away from one of my favorite local events, I'll be back at Pete's Mini Zine Fest this Saturday July 13th. It's free to attend! Come buy a drink, some mini comics and zines and hang out with local artists in this indoor/outdoor bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn from 2 pm to 7 pm.

Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer St.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Saturday July 13th
2pm to 7pm

In addition to my usual auto-bio comics and vegetarian recipe fare, I'll have copies of my extra tiny zine about my childhood cat Bear. It'll be my first time selling it at a fest as it was previously part of Displaced Snail's Pet Zine project.

Happy Holidays!

It's been a while since I posted any personal work here, so last weekend I spent some time making this little Christmas GIF. In other news, I'm celebrating almost a year as an animator at BrainPOP and have been enjoying making educational movies for the youth of tomorrow on topics as varied as Concussions, Mammals, Nicholas Copernicus, and The Texas Revolution. Hope everyone has a nice holiday season!

(I didn't want to send a misleading message with the 3 stockings, so I put our initials on them and was tickled that they basically spell Appa like the flying bison from The Last Airbender series. Nerd.)

From Alisa, Allan and Mr. Princess the cat

Two books I illustrated are now for sale!

I've been waiting until it was at least the end of November to share the news of my latest work for sale. Two books that I illustrated earlier this year are now available exclusively at Barnes & Noble!

All Dog Wants for Christmas

All Cat Wants for Christmas

Because of my experience with drawing cats for The Collected Counter Attack!, my author friend Colleen AF recommended me as an illustrator to her author friend Lizz Brady. Lizz wrote and I drew the illustrations for two books that are now available at Barnes & Noble online and in their stores!

Lizz wrote the hilarious letters from pets to Santa and let me chose the letters I wanted to illustrate. It was a really fun project to work on with a super quick turnaround for publishing. I signed the contract in February (shout out to Thomas Crowell for his legal advice) and handed in the final jacket cover art at the end of June for both books. Lizz even included my cats Moe and Fidget as two of the pets who wrote letters which was very touching.

The folks at MJF books did a lovely job with the printing. Here are a few interior pages:

You can check the Barnes & Noble website to make sure they have the books in stock or you can order online. It seems like they may be able to ship internationally, but I'm not sure exactly how that works. They should be shelved on a table with stocking stuffers or at the bargain book table. If you like them and want to leave a review on the B&N website, that is always appreciated! Also if you take a picture with your pet and either of the books, I will definitely retweet it on Twitter or share on my Facebook page.

Here's Moe looking unimpressed next to the books:

Online comics sale through Monday December 1st!

Check out the Holiday sale in my online shop! Sale runs through the end of the day Monday December 1st. Order by December 15th to guarantee delivery by Christmas. Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving and a good start to the holiday season.

http://alisaharris.bigcartel.com/

The Collected Counter Attack! hardcover book is now available!

I've spent most of this month sending out copies of The Collected Counter Attack! to all of my Kickstarter backers. That means that the hardcover book is now available in my online shop if you missed the campaign or just want to spread the cat comics love. You can also get a cute 4 inch cat sticker from the shop and a bundle of my auto-biographical Urban Nomad comics. The Collected Counter Attack! will be available at a special sale price until the end of November, perfect for the holiday gift season.

http://alisaharris.bigcartel.com/

Another great time at MICE

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to MICE this weekend! In the 6 years I've been doing conventions on a regular basis, it was my most successful one yet. I had a great time chatting with people about comics, cats and cooking. The staff, exhibitors and attendees are always so pleasant at this convention. I didn't get to walk around and see everything else as much as I would have liked, but Allan did get this photo of me behind my table while I was setting up.

The Collected Counter Attack! now available on Gumroad

Happy 4th of July! To everyone who backed my Kickstarter for the Collected Counter Attack!, the digital PDF was sent out to you this week. And for anyone who missed the Kickstarter, it's also available on Gumroad at a special sale price until the end of the day on Monday July 7th. I'll also have the link to the right on the blog for future reference.

MoCCA Fest this weekend!

What is it about an impending deadline that makes you want to give yourself MORE work?! Well I decided at the end of last week to put together a short print run of Cooking Up Comics for MoCCA Fest this weekend (April 5th & 6th).

The comics are full color, about 9x7 inches, 12 pages long and include 3 recipes from the site. I plan to give some of them to publishers and sell the rest at Table H9 where I will be both Saturday and Sunday. I have a handful of Cooking Up Comics magnets left which I will probably not be reprinting any time soon. And of course my Urban Nomad comics, new cat stickers and a bunch of free Cooking Up Comics bookmarks. So come say hi!

Here's a photo of the comic proof I approved yesterday. I think they're going to look pretty classy!

I also got my first convention banner in the mail today! Thanks to my husband Allan for helping me figure out what to do with the name plate design. Pretty excited to debut the banner at my MoCCA table this weekend!

Come visit Alison Wilgus and I at the south side of the Armory (68 Lexington Ave bet. 25th and 26th St.) at Table H9 this weekend! Entry is $5 per day, the convention is open from 11 am to 6 pm. And if you're a woman who enjoys comics, come out to Drink & Draw Like a Lady this Friday at 7pm. RSVP at the event's Facebook page.

MoCCA Fest and Drink & Draw Like a Lady this weekend!

MoCCA is my home town comic show and I'll be there this weekend at table H9 with my friend Alison Wilgus. I'll have copies of my other self-published comics like Urban Nomad, mini zines about freelancing and shuttered music venues, and Cooking Up Comics magnets. I will also have some new cat stickers from The Collected Counter Attack!

If any of you are in New York, I would love to meet you in person!

I'm also helping organize the Drink and Draw Like a Lady party which is a women in comics event on Friday April 4th. If you are a woman who enjoys comics, please stop by The Productive (an awesome, woman-owned, co-working space) starting at 7 pm. The beautiful art for this years' flyer was done by Carey Pietsch and the party is sponsored in part by Work Made for Hire (Creative business advice for creative people).

Final hours of The Collected Counter Attack! Kickstarter!

We're in the final 24 hours of The Collected Counter Attack! Kickstarter and we're only $45 away from another stretch goal: a cat sticker sheet for everyone above the $20 reward tier! Thank you to everyone who has pledged and spread the word. I can't wait to get these books to the printer in the next couple of weeks!


Also if you're in NYC, you might want to check out the NYC Vegetarian Food Festival next weekend. I'll be walking around and might do a comic review of my experience like I did last year with the Just Food Conference.

Announcing stretch goals for The Collected Counter Attack!

Thanks to everyone who has pledged so far, it looks like The Collected Counter Attack has passed its' funding goal! I announced a few stretch goals this afternoon and a new digital tier for additional cat avatars. Only a few days left to reserve your own copy of this 180 page hardcover cat comic. Funding ends this Monday February 24th at noon (eastern time)!

New interview about The Collected Counter Attack!

I did an interview with Rob from Panel Patter last week and it's up on the site now! He asks some questions about the Collected Counter Attack and some of my other work as well. My interview is here.

We're in the last week of the Kickstarter for The Collected Counter Attack! Thanks so much to everyone who has contributed so far and helped to spread the word. The campaign ends next Monday at noon, so now is the perfect time to check out the partially animated video I made for it if you haven't already.

Happy Veggie Valentine's Day!

I painted some cute fruit and veggie valentines that I hope will hold you over for a bit longer. I don't mind if you share these online, but please link back to www.cookingupcomics.com or www.alisaharris.com!

There are still a few days left to pledge to The Collected Counter Attack! I'm at the halfway point of funding and still appreciate everyone sharing the link with your friends who like cats. Thanks so much to everyone who has donated so far! If the campaign is successful, I'm considering doing a Kickstarter to print a Cooking Up Comics book...

11 days left!

Aww Moe and Fidget were being friends this morning! A reminder that there are only 11 days left to pledge to make The Collected Counter Attack a nice hardcover book! It won't happen if we don't reach our funding goal!

New Kickstarter update

I posted an update with some before and after photos of new panel art for The Collected Counter Attack!

Go check it out! Here's a peek at one of them:

My Witchsona

The lovely Brittney Sabo came up with this idea over on twitter and I've finally finished mine for witch week. It ended up a bit more tall traveling hobbit than witch, but that's what happens when you work on a sketch over a few nights. Check out the #witchsona tag over on twitter, so many amazing witch sketches!

The Collected Counter Attack!

Hello and Happy New Year! I've been away from the blog for a little bit but I've been busy organizing my next major comic project. Don't worry, I'll be back to Cooking Up Comics soon.

In the meantime, I'm excited to announce that my Kickstarter campaign launches today for The Collected Counter Attack! I'm raising funds to collect the 5 existing issues of my cat comic series along with 3 new issues worth of work into a pretty hardcover book. Please check out my campaign video and consider donating to help make this a reality. If funds are tight, please share my campaign with friends. It helps to spread the word! Thanks!

Happy Holidays!

Here's my yearly holiday card:

Hope everyone had a Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Festivus, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!