Alec Longstreth

Phase 7 #018

Weezer Fan: Part 2 tells the story of my first ever concert-going experience, to see Weezer live in Seattle in 1997 on the second leg of the Pinkerton tour. Tragedy, elation and ROCK! This chapter has it all.

COMING LATE SUMMER OR EARLY FALL 2013! Check the homepage to see how close I am to completion!

Weezer Fan: Part 1 contains ten short stories, one for each track of Weezer's self-titled debut, "The Blue Album." In this issue you'll find out how Weezer became my favorite band, and why their music meant so much to me during my teenage years.

As a special sneak preview you can now read the first short story online for free!

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B-Sides: Phase 7 #012-#016

Issues #012-#016 of Phase 7 were released while I was chipping away at my first graphic novel Basewood. These comics stories, essays, travelogues and sketchbook selections have now been collected into one volume. B-Sides all five issues of Phase 7 in their entirety, including all covers, introductions and letters columns. B-Sides is available from Lulu.com

Transition: Phase 7 #010 & #011

For the first time ever, my 100-page autobio story "Transition" is all together under one cover! Phase 7 #010 and #011 are reprinted in their entirety with covers, intros, notes, and letter columns! Transition is available from Lulu.com

Using the magic of print-on-demand, the first four issues of Phase 7 have been collected into this single volume. Issues are reprinted in their entirety with covers, intros, notes, and letter columns! It is available from Lulu.com

Basewood Issues No Longer Available

The Basewood issues of Phase 7 (#005 - #009) are currently unavailable. I am in the process of trying to get this material published (with a "real" publisher). This means that I cannot put the entire issues up online as I have done with all the other issues of Phase 7 that have gone out of print. If you are just trying to get the last chapter of Basewood or fill some gaps in your collection, please contact me and we can work something out.

A collected version of Basewood is currently available in French.

After seven years of laborious crosshatching, Basewood is finally finished! The final chapter provides a cathartic conclusion to this epic adventure story.

All the mysteries of Basewood converge in this exciting chapter. You'll learn the origins of the amnesiac protagonist and much more in this penultimate installment of my cross-hatched adventure series. Only one chapter remains!

It is a time for action as Winter comes to Basewood. Snow fights and more expert tree climbing make this third installment of my five-part adventure series the most exciting chapter yet!

Questions are answered and mysteries deepen in the second chapter of my five-part adventure series, BASEWOOD.

Mystery and monsters abound in this first exciting chapter of my five-part adventure series, BASEWOOD. Winner of the 2005 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic!

If you bought a copy of P7 #005 in 2006 or 2007 PLEASE READ THIS

This issue of Phase 7 features sixty-four pages of sketchbook comics from 2004 to 2008 - the four years I lived in New York City. It features stories of me working all over the city as a temp, various tales of heartache and girl trouble, as well as many hilarious interactions with some of the diverse denizens of The Big Apple!

I put together this issue of Phase 7 using selections from my sketchbooks, dating from 1995-2004. It includes drawings from life, many humorous 1-3 page comics, inking tests, diary comics and much more!

In January of 2009 I took my first trip to Europe, to attend the Angoulême International Comics Festival. I built a sketchbook just for the trip and filled it with comics about my trip, about the festival and about some of the differences I noticed between life in Europe and life back here in the U.S. It also features drawings by some of the new friends I made in France and Belgium!

This issue of PHASE 7 reprints a semester-long project, from my History of Illustration class at Pratt Institute. The story follows me on a quick journey through thousands of years of art history, focusing on depictions of every day life. It's a fun read, and you might even learn something!

This issue features very first comics story, BARCODE. Drawn entirely with stick figures, this collegiate conspiracy details one Boy's heroic fight against conformity!

"Transition: Part Two - The Best of All Possible Worlds" describes the secret orgins of PHASE 7 as well as many of the things I learned in my first 4 years of self-publishing. This book secretly contains many useful tips on how to start your own comic book!

"Transition: Part One - A Comics Artist is Formed" is the true story of how I grew up with comics, abandoned them, and then returned to them and decided to start self-publishing!

This semi-autobiographical tale explores the idea of graffiti as art. I used all real graffiti from the streets of Seattle, WA.

The epic story of my cross-country road trip with my friend Gabe. Drawn with stick figures in a journal-type Comics form. Adventure! Love! Hilarity! Danger! Gambling!

This issue has three short stories: a trip to New York City with my friend Gabe, working as a scenic carpenter in L.A. and tree-hugging SPACE ALIENS!!! Bonus one-page experiment in sequential art!

This was my very first minicomic! It features a twelve-page "silent" comic about escaping horrible office jobs, plus a variety of one and two-page comics with plenty of gags and jokes!

I drew my twelfth 24-Hour comic on December 20th, 2012 from 7:03am - 6:30pm. It is all about my girlfriend Claire Sanders.

Elementary

For my eleventh 24-Hour comic, I drew the art and came up with the story, and my girlfriend Claire Sanders did all of the watercolor painting.

We made this in Montréal with a bunch of other artists, starting at 8:22am on May 21st and finishing at 2:07am on May 22nd, 2011. CLICK THIS LINK to read the entire thing over at Grandpapier.org

This 174-page book collects six of my 24-hour comics: Scars, Crispy Ginger Crumples, Daydream #0007 (never-before released!), GCB!, The 2008 Phase 7 Summer Supplement, and The PAM Artist. There are also 24 pages of commentary comics, which were drawn, along with all of the endpapers and covers in one 24 hour period on March 21st, 2010. Click "Read" below, to check out the first 8 pages of commentary!

My ninth 24-hour comic was drawn with Max de Radiguès on December 5th, 2009 from 12:00am to 10:41pm. You can read a bit about the process in this blog entry. (TBA)

My eighth 24-hour comic is all about my decision to move to Vermont, after living in New York City for four years... it also explains why I cut off all of my hair on August 1st, 2008 and decided to grow my hair and beard out! It was drawn on September 2nd, 2008 from 12:01am - 8:30pm and was originally sent out as a minicomic to the Phase 7 subscribers.

My seventh 24-hour comic is all about my friendship with my best friend Gabe. It was drawn from 12:01am on September 26th to 2:08am on September 27th, in 2007 (another Eastman Variation... agh!) You can read a bit about the process in this blog entry.

Daydream #0007

My sixth 24-hour comic was drawn on Thursday May 18th, 2006 from midnight to midnight (perfect!) Unfortunately, it ended up being really, really personal, so I don't feel comfortable sharing it on the internet. You can read a little bit about it in my blog.

My fifth 24-hour comic was drawn collabratively with Aaron Renier. Drawn from 12:01am January 2nd to 12:51am January 3rd, 2006 (an Eastman Variation, alas!) Read all about it in this blog entry!

My fourth 24 Hour Comic, which tells the stories about each of the scars on my body in chronological order. Drawn on November 20th, 2004 from 12:00am to 11:57pm.

My third 24-hour comic explored the use of color. Drawn on July 6th, 2003 from 12:00am to 10:25pm

My second 24-hour comic strings together a series of my dreams. Drawn on August 19th, 2002 from 12:00am to 11:30pm

My first 24-hour comic ever! A story about sleep (or lack thereof!) Drawn on December 19th, 2001 from 12:00am to 11:41pm

I drew this minicomic for the November 2009 release of Uncle Envelope, which is an awesome zine-subscription service for kids! As with P7 Funnies #1, this collection is made up of fun and silly material that I had unsuccessfully pitched to Nickelodeon Magazine.

These are the notes I complied to accompany two lectures I gave on self-publishing at The Center For Cartoon Studies and The Norman Rockwell Museum in March of 2008. They are basically an updated and revised version of For The Love of Comics and represent most of what I learned in the first five years of self-publishing.

These are the notes that Aaron Renier and I created for our lecture at The Center For Cartoon Studies on October 25th, 2005. You can read about our trip in my blog.

This was a special minicomic that I sent out to all the Phase 7 subscribers in December of 2007. It is comprised entirely of material that I pitched to Nickelodeon Magazine and National Geographic Kids which did not make the cut. There are plenty of gags, as well as some silly stories and lots and lots of bad puns.

A series of drawings from my sketchbook. Most are from wandering around New York City, drawing in parks, museums, people's apartments or on the subway.

This second collection of my observational drawings includes: People in parks, people in airports, musicians, a dog, trees, buildings, food and friends.

A 24 page zine designed to promote the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard Layout using the power of COMICS. Visit DVzine.org for all the details, including free .pdf and web comic versions of the Zine!

These sketches and comics were drawn by my GREAT GRANDFATHER, John Claghorn, waaaaay back in 1935. See? Drawing with ink is in my BLOOD!