Buttercup Festival

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:21:16 -0800

30 January 2012
Sorry that it's been another three weeks wait for a new strip. We've just bought a house, and my plate is pretty full in other ways too. I hope you are all keeping well.

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:19:42 -0800

9 January 2012
I've been visiting family for the last couple weeks, so all Standing in the Sea postcard sets ordered during that time will be mailed today.

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:38:29 -0800

12 December 2011
Parsimony is now officially out of print, so thanks to everyone who bought a copy. And I'm happy to announce that Two Ravens Press will be publishing a second full-length collection of my poetry, The Simple Men, in April 2012. In the meantime there are still plenty of Standing in the Sea postcard sets available, and copies of The Scarecrow too. Some days I feel like the only poet who draws an internet comic, and some days I feel like the only internet cartoonist who writes poetry. But whatever I am, to those of you who hang around: thank you.

The next comic will appear on January 9th.

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:02:56 -0800

28 November 2011
There are a still a few copies of Parsimony left with the publishers. Makes a great gift (even for yourself).

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:06:29 -0800

14 November 2011
Thank you to everyone who has already bought a Standing in the Sea postcard set. As these people are discovering, the postcards are good for mailing to friends, and also for filling little frames on your wall. But the best thing to do with them is to mail them to your friend and let her put them in little frames on her wall.

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:31:42 -0800

7 November 2011
It's been three weeks since the last strip, I know, and I'll make up for it with another one next week. This is partly because I've been involved in Standing in the Sea, my second collaboration with Laurie Hastings, which is now available from the poetry page as a limited-edition postcard set. Perhaps something for gift-giving season?

There are also a couple new things on the Reader Stuff page: Glen's Series 1 transcription and Alex's BF pumpkin.

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:40:36 -0700

17 October 2011
This is the last time I will mention this little event which also has a listing here. If this happens to be near you, I hope you'll come along.

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:27:24 -0700

03 October 2011
Have I told you that this is going on? If you live near Sheffield please come along and say hi.

And if you like animals and you like thoughtfulness, you might like Love Among the Lampreys.

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:58:14 -0700

19 September 2011
I was picking blackberries in the forest this (Sunday) morning, and met an old-timer looking for mushrooms. It happens that I've recently learned a thing or two about gathering mushrooms, so we talked mushrooms for a few minutes. Just the edible kind, I mean, not the mind-altering kind, which I've never used, being fond of my mind as-is. I'm just saying: it's a good thing for a Sunday morning in September to talk to an old-timer about mushrooms.

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:01:49 -0700

6 September 2011
Sorry that this is a day late. Computer problems. But in other news, if by chance you are in or near Sheffield (England), please consider coming to this: Standing in the Sea - print and poetry exhibition, a new collaboration with my friend Laurie Hastings, a sequel of sorts to this. I'll be reading some poems, and talking some words, that sort of thing.

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:17:30 -0700

15 August 2011
The guy at school who could do something with his thumbs was always a guy worth knowing. A new strip will be up in a week (that being the 22nd).

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:17:47 -0700

8 August 2011
I really was hoping to have a new strip ready, but Sunday turned out to have been a day for slowness, unpacking and sorting things after a camping trip, and then seeing the new Harry Potter film with my wife. That morning I was scribbling a few lines in a notebook as I slurped coffee, and a juvenile sparrowhawk landed in the birch tree outside our apartment window. It perched and peered for maybe half a minute before moving on. Beautiful thing. So now I'm listening to It's the Same Old Song by the Four Tops, and what with having just got back from the film and the sparrowhawk and all, I'm feeling rather emotional. New strips for the next two weeks, pinky swear.

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:56:24 -0700

19 July 2011
This is just to say that I am leaving the world for a couple of weeks, so will be out of email touch. I hope to return with a new comic, or at least a new something or other, on Monday the 8th of August.

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 01:36:50 -0700

5 July 2011
If anyone can offer tips about how to use my scanner and Photoshop to produce a nicer scan of watercolor, without the bleached appearance of, for instance, the background in the upper-right of this strip, I would be interested to hear from you. The original looks so much richer and smoother (that sounds like coffee), but after tweaking contrasts and color mixes, I'm stumped. Maybe I just need to use less pale tones on anything that's headed for the web. Hmm.

Buttercup Festival by David Troupes

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:27:33 -0700

20 June 2011
I realized recently how long it's been since I've taken out the watercolors, so I thought I'd do some color strips to try to get back in the habit. Prints of these are available and will be in full color, just as they appear.