For more recent drawings, see the comics from my blog.

COLLECTIONS

8 Scenes of Worry
Eight Scenes of Worry (2011)

A series of drawings about worry (and one of relief!) done during a stay in Kathmandu, Nepal on handmade paper.

phan thog mi 'dug
phan thog mi 'dug (2007)

A soliloquy in Tibetan that I drew in Lhasa. It's a non-standard verse format (four syllables per line instead of the usual five, seven, or eleven). There is also an English translation called Of No Use.

A Short Fable About Loss
A Short Fable About Loss (2007)

A little fable drawn in Lhasa. Done in the style of a children's story, it's about the love between two balloons.

Who You Are
Who You Are (2007)

Another short comic soliloquy that I drew in Lhasa shortly before moving back to America.

Shuriken Jive : Nic & the Ninja
Shuriken Jive : Nic & the Ninja (2006)

Insane with the heat of a New Mexico summer and insane with Sanskrit study, these comics chronicle Nic's real conversations with an imaginary ninja.

Hero of the Grassland
rtsa thang gi dpa' bo (2006)

My version of a Tibetan fable "Hero of the Grassland" about an arrogant beetle, a sarcastic ant, and their encounter with a yak.

Vanity Comics
Vanity Comics : Comics By Nic About Nic (2005)

Some random comics I drew featuring myself and some of my companions at the time in Lhasa.

What Am I Doing Here?
What Am I Doing Here? (2005)

A short and unfinished comic soliloquy that I drew shortly after moving to Lhasa while wondering what I was supposed to be doing and how I ended up so far from home.

Out of Print
Out of Print (2004-2005)

A comic series featuring my friend Ray as he tries to cope with the day to day realities of working at an independent record store. My first attepmt at drawing with brush and ink.

Books: Love/Hate
Books: Love/Hate (2004)

Drawings I did on leftover photocopies while working nights at the Tanner Philosophy Library at the University of Michigan.



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