Alec Longstreth

PHASE 7 4-issue Subscription

A four-issue subscription lasts as long as it takes for me to complete four issues of PHASE 7. It could last a year, or it could last FOUR years! Issues are released as soon as they are completed. Subscribers also get PHASE 7 minicomics, and supplements for free!

You can also buy gift subscriptions. Just include the name and address where you want the comics sent!

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!

With this issue I am finally putting my very first comics story, BARCODE, into print! Drawn entirely with stick figures, this collegiate conspiracy details one Boy's heroic fight against conformity! Includes a four page letters column with more great Basewood fan art!

"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!

Phase 7 #009

The fifth and final chapter of Basewood!

Phase 7 #008

Basewood Chapter Four

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

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

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!

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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