comics by Scott Witmer

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2026-Feb-06

Rimki's new comic The Garden Cat has arrived! It's an expansive autobiographical journey through the sights, scents, dreams, and frustrations of a man reluctantly seeking to gain the trust of a feral neighborhood cat while juggling the pressures of the daily grind. Along the way, the artist reflects on the nature of consciousness, takes measure of the ebb and flow of creative engagement, and makes a strong case for the value of making hand-drawn printed comics in opposition to feeding the social media attention-theft algorithms. Copies are available at the link above, and I'll also have copies at my table at upcoming shows (TBA).
The letters column includes a few pages from a comics interview zine I sent to Rimki in response to Rimki Comix v.1: Land of the Dead, in which I left his speech balloons blank for him to fill in his replies. Here are the first and last pages of the interview, which don't appear in The Garden Cat:

2026-Feb-05

The new issue of Comics Blogger (n.15) includes a review of UP, as well as dozens of pages of short interviews from Destination Dealers Con and a long interview with Sammy Harkham. Go get it!
Also, a bit of site maintenance: All 2025 updates (including sample pages from UP) have moved to the Archive.

Expired Updates: 2025 Archive

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