Monkey-Rope Press

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05/30/2017

I'm launching a Patreon! For folks who are unfamiliar: Patreon is a way to give small recurring financial support to an artist. Since my books are research-intensive and my style is (lol) intricate, it is months or years of work before I have a product that is ready to sell. My goal is to offset the cost of childcare for 2 days/week so I can return to a regular schedule of work. If you become a patron you can get a behind-the-scenes peek at projects I'm working on. Thanks for considering! (Also: skip to 3min 26sec in the video for a Very Cute summation.)

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01/18/2016

Forthcoming from One Peace Books in May 2016: the collected hardback edition of "In the Sounds and Seas!"

I am thrilled to announce that In the Sounds and Seas will be published in a collected hardback edition by One Peace Books in May 2016. The book will debut at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival on May 14-15 2016, and I will be traveling around touring the book this summer & fall, dates forthcoming. You…

09/14/2015

Upcoming events: SPX in Bethesda MD this weekend; Token (comics, zines, music & games) at Emporium in Logan Square at the end of the month; a Caxton Club panel discussion and an artist talk in early October at Arts on Elston in Avondale. It'd be great to see you there!

I'm very happy to share a series of upcoming events that will give me much-needed breaks from my current hand-aching marathon drawing for the 3rd and final volume of "In the Sounds and Seas" (exciting news forthcoming!). September 19 & 20: Small Press Expo (SPX) in Bethesda Maryland SPX is one of t…

06/04/2015

Chicago friends: this Saturday & Sunday, 11am - 6pm at the Center on Halsted is the (100% free to the public) Chicago Alternative Comics Expo! I'm so proud to be one of the co-organizers of this event--I guarantee you'll have a great time. Come visit CAKE! http://www.cakechicago.com/

Mop and Fuzz crash through the green house of Jazzy Milkman’s chaotic desert bungalow on a V8 motorbike “borrowed” from a dead guy. Now if they could just find Jazzy and get the “Big Digger” they might get paid. Drawn with an overflowing enthusiasm for depicting MOVEMENT and ENERGY. The third issue…

04/15/2015

I'm going to be exhibiting at Linework NW on Sunday: come say hi if you're in Portland!

Linework NW is at its heart a gathering of remarkable creators, editors, illustrators, cartoonists, and publishers who represent some of the best work that is being produced in these mediums...

04/01/2015

Podcast, anthology, posters, talks, travel: all the spring news you could ask for!

Winter months of seclusion and quiet labor are changing to spring: little nubbins of grass are popping up out of dry soil, snowdrop flowers are brightening up fence perimeters, and Chicago is dressed in optimistic shorts on the first over-40-degree day. The sun is out! Let's shine some light on what…

03/20/2015

Friends in Philadelphia: I'm so excited to participate in this Religion & Comics event at Bryn Mawr on Monday! If you're free and in the area, it'd be terrific to see friendly faces in the audience.

12/31/2014

Bring it on, 2015.

I love this time of year. I err towards the sincere and earnest, so between connecting with family and friends around December holidays and self-reflection at new year, I'm in my element. And so, here on new year's eve it's time to say: farewell, 2014! This was a big year, but not a simple one. Prof…

10/29/2014

Tomorrow I'll be taking the stage with heroes Edie Fake and John Porcellino to talk about making comics!

Three innovative cartoonists with Chicago connections and visionary tendencies will highlight Harper College’s latest art exhibit, “Like Comics Without Panels."

10/25/2014

Seeing my books at a bookstore will never, ever get old. Thanks so much to my distributor So What? Press for the picture of the display at Bergen Street Comics in Brooklyn!

10/03/2014

A reader in Pennsylvania asked if I sold fabric prints of illustrations so she could make clothes for her kids; I didn't then, but I do now! This feels delightfully Sound of Music! Check out the Monkey-Rope Spoonflower account, if that's your thing: http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/monkeyrope

10/01/2014

October news!

I am home from a great show in St Louis with a week to recover & prepare for some exciting upcoming events! First, this coming Saturday is the first annual Great Chicago Fire Festival, put on by Redmoon in conjunction with the City of Chicago. In addition to neighborhood events, live music, local fo…

09/24/2014

Recent illustration work for 826CHI, Cricket Magazine and ASK magazine!

In just one week, three freelance projects I worked on this past spring & early summer manifested themselves in tangible, physical form! Last Friday night I attended the release party for the 826CHI Compendium, and yesterday I received contributor copies of Cricket and Ask magazines. The radiant Ke…

09/23/2014

This Saturday: St Louis Small Press Expo AND the Werkspace "Superheroines" comics-focused gallery opening! Also a notable comics nod! Good week, y'all.

Barely a week home from one Small Press Expo (which was predictably amazing), and I'm off to another! This Saturday, September 27 I will be selling my books & prints at the St Louis Small Press Expo from 11am - 5pm in the Firecracker Press space in Old North St Louis. STL pals, I can't wait to see y…

09/22/2014

The always-generous Brian Cremins asked me some questions about comics for his blog. Check it!

Marnie Galloway responds to emails with the same precision and love of detail on display in the pages of her comics. After she’d answered a few of my questions, she included a warning: “I’ve attach...

09/11/2014

Thanks so much to Rob Clough for the SPX Preview shout-out! That's some fancy & flattering company to be in. See y'all this weekend at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel at table N12!

This is the blog of comics critic Rob Clough, who also has a column of the same name over at The Comics Journal website (TCJ.com).

09/08/2014

Friends who are going to be at SPX: pick up "In the Sounds and Seas: Volume II" at table N12! See y'all this weekend!

In the Sounds and Seas: Volume II August 25, 2014 In the Sounds and Seas: Volume II is at the printer, in a knuckle-biter race to the finish line! The new book will debut at Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland on September 13 & 14. Find me and the pile of fresh, ink-smelling new books at table N1…

08/22/2014

Files are off to the printer: "In the Sounds and Seas: Volume II" will debut at SPX on Sept 13 & 14! http://www.spxpo.com/

08/06/2014

News and upcoming events: Volume II at SPX, gallery shows, a residency, a new distributor and other exciting to-dos. Check it!

Happy August, everyone!It has been a long time since I have written here, but not from want of projects. Here is a short update on upcoming events and recent goings-on: September 13 & 14: First and most urgently, barring unforeseen disaster, "In the Sounds and Seas: Volume II" is going to debut at t…

07/07/2014

If you're into tumblr, consider following Monkey-Rope Press! I'm posting little sneaky previews of In The Sounds And Seas Vol II as I work through the pages.

Comics, prints and drawings by Marnie Galloway

05/27/2014

If you're in Chicago and you don't come out to CAKE this weekend, you can go suck a lemon.

This coming weekend is CAKE, the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo. I've had the privilege of joining the team of organizers last summer to put on the show this year, so my request that you come to see the show is even more heart-felt and earnest than the last two years when I was enjoying the show as…

05/22/2014

Hey, my little illustration for Narratively is up!

Long before “the sharing economy” took the Internet by storm, an ailing German adventurer and a benevolent Spanish couple sparked a forty-year experiment in ad-hoc hospitality.

05/12/2014

International travel, comics and zine fests!

International news as I unpack from the Toronto Comic Arts Festival: at TCAF I picked up my copy of Trip 8, an anthology of international comics which debuted at the show this weekend. It is published by the lovely folks at Éditions TRIP out of Quebec, and the book features an excerpt of my wordless…

05/06/2014

What it looks like to write, mock-up, pencil, ink, trim, fold and bind 40 little books in a week

My new mini-comic, Self-Dual, is set to debut at TCAF this weekend, May 10 - 11 at the Toronto Reference Library. From outlining the project to editioning 40 copies, this little trifold-cover book consumed an intense week of hand-cramping production. I will post this for sale in the Monkey-Rope Pres…

04/30/2014

TCAF is in a week and a half--ACK! New mini to debut at TCAF, so no more social media for me til it's done. See y'all there!!

I just returned from Brooklyn Zine Fest and barely have time to unpack my suitcase: May 10 & 11 is the Toronto Comic Arts Festival! I had a wonderful time tabling last yearand am thrilled to return. I will be sharing my table with the uber-talented Dawson Walker, and (fingers crossed that photocopie…

04/14/2014

Hoping to clear out some back stock to make room for new work! Enter "Spring2014" at checkout for 25% off everything in the Etsy store.

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04/11/2014

April 20th, art auction & comics performances to support the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo at the Co-Prosperity Sphere: see y'all there!

Chicago friends: I can't wait to see you all at the April 20 CAKE fundraiser, CAKE Frame 2, at the Co-Prosperity Sphere! There will be comics performances, live music, live drawing and a gigantic art auction. Cover your walls with affordable art and support an amazing show while you're at it! 30 art...

04/10/2014

If you're in the Philly area, take note! The excellent Brian Cremins is giving a talk on Edie Fake's Ga***rd Phoenix and my minicomic Medusa tomorrow at noon at Bryn Mawr.

Friends in and around Philadelphia: take note! Brian Cremins, Associate Professor of English at Harper College and kind-hearted ambassador for comics in academia, is giving a lecture this Friday at Bryn Mawr on Edie Fake's Ga***rd Phoenix and my minicomic Medusa. Brian is a wonderfully insightful cl...

03/10/2014

Already looking forward to the weekend? I've got you covered.

The time has come! This Saturday, March 15 from 11am to 6pm is the one and only Chicago Zine Fest at 1104 S Wabash, plus a whole host of events the night before at The Hairpin Arts Center on Milwaukee. This is an event that will always have a special place in my heart as the first show where I table...

03/03/2014

New year, new work, new life!

Today is my birthday: I am 29 years old. This is the first day of the last year of my 20s. That feels pretty momentous. Even more momentous: today is my first day working for myself. Friday was my last day as designer for Muse and Cicada magazines, after almost two years of heart & soul engagement w...

01/08/2014

Keep your eyes peeled for a crowdsourcing fundraiser to help the Read/Write Library replace their stolen BiblioTreka mobile library!

Categorize this under "when bad things happen to good organizations:" last August, the custom-built cargo bike/mobile library dubbed the BiblioTreka was stolen from the kind librarians at Read/Write. Curse the world! They are putting together a crowd-funding campaign to replace the bike and reached…

12/31/2013

And so, with 12 hours left of 2013, I say farewell and good riddance. Happy new year, everyone--here's to good health, good community, and good work.

2013 was a hell of a year. There were good things: I mentored a delightfully talented young summer intern! and Sounds and Seas Vol I was collected by the Library of Congress! and nominated for the 2013 LA Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel! and I got to do exciting work with Chicago Zine Fest a...

11/14/2013

I love Chicago Zine Fest something fierce.

I'm beside myself excited to get to share the poster (and buttons and web banner and merch design) I made for Chicago Zine Fest 2014! (final date TBD) Final Date TBD Zine Fest 2012 was the first time I ever sold my books. I was terribly intimidated: I'd made my mini-versions of Sounds and Seas with…