In honor of Free Comic Book Day on May 4th, TRIP CITY would like to draw your attention to some of the great FREE creator-owned comix we offer, including; Billy Dogma by Dean Haspiel The Red Hook by Dean Haspiel Schmuck by Seth Kushner & various Just Super by Jeffrey Burandt & Zees and various. [...]
TRIP CITY CELEBRATES ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

TRIP CITY, the Brooklyn-filtered literary arts salon was birthed into existence on November 1, 2011 by a cadre of four creatives; Dean Haspiel (BILLY DOGMA, Emmy Award Winning Artist of HBO’s Bored To Death), Seth Kushner (Leaping Tall Buildings, CulturePOP), Jeffrey Burandt (AMERICANS UK) and Chris Miskiewicz (EVERYWHERE). The goal of TRIP CITY was to [...]
FREE WEBCOMICS

For my latest blog that accompanies my free webcomic series, THE FIVE-DIMENSIONAL ADVENTURES OF DIRK DAVIES [written by Ben McCool and colored by Allen Passalaqua for ShiftyLook], I interviewed Mark Waid, Josh Neufeld, Gabrielle Bell, Seth Kushner, Jennifer Hayden, Jim Dougan, and Jeff Newelt about “Free Webcomics.” “The advantage of producing a webcomic that is [...]
TRIP CITY at MoCCA Fest 2012

Hot off the presses! We will have fresh copies of the TRIP CITY VISITOR’S GUIDE 2012, our very first literary arts print anthology available for sale [$5] at Jeffrey Burandt aka Jef UK’s table [I2] at the MoCCA Fest this weekend [April 28 -29, from 11am - 6pm], located at the 69th Regiment Armory, 68 [...]
S’CRAPBOOK (The First Album)

A WORD BALLOON FROM THE CARTOONIST: I originally created S’CRAPBOOK for a website called onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.com while I was waiting for UNDERWIRE, my first book of comics, to be published in October 2011 by Top Shelf. UNDERWIRE had started as a webcomic at ACT-I-VATE but had gone on hiatus while being turned into a book, and [...]
Nov. 16th Live Comix Block with Jennifer Hayden, George O’Connor, & Leslie Stein

You are invited to Cousin Corinne’s LIVE COMIX BLOCK signing with presentations by Jennifer Hayden, George O’Connor, and Leslie Stein Wednesday, November 16 @7:00pm [sharp] BookCourt – 163 Court Street (btwn Pacific & Dean), Brooklyn, NY. FACEBOOK invite/details Jennifer Hayden’s UNDERWIRE collects the wise and witty stories of a politically incorrect mother of two. She [...]
Chicken Broth

So the other day, I was trying to make chicken broth, and the house was filling up with the usual stench of boiling bird, and my daughter said, “I love that smell. It smells so homey and loving.” And I said, “To me, it smells like prison. Like some poor asshole who has to stay [...]

