Words and Pictures by Grant Snider. Friday, March 2, 2018. This comic appears in the Sunday NY Times Book Review. You can order my work in book. Page if you are interested in seeing process posts or owning an original drawing. Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Wednesday, February 14, 2018. Monday, February 5, 2018. Incidental Comics at Changing Hands Bookstore. More about the event here. Hope to see you there! Links to this post.

April afternoon, Garry Oak meadow. Tagged as plein air painting. Quietly she waits, keeping the eggs warm. The hummingbird sits patiently still. No babies yet to be seen. Nearby we see some other birds, no doubt thinking about nesting, or are they? Nearby on the hi.

Fountain pen, typewriter collecting, and maybe more. Saturday, April 7, 2018. A Home For The Hermes Ambassador. When I brought it into the house and it fit the Hi-Lo typing table I lifted the tables wings to see how much space I could get. More than enough for an Ambassador. The footprint is so huge it takes nearly the entire center section of the table. Had to test the note holder. Notes sent from my Hermes Ambassador and Curvex desktop fountain pen.

Hermes 2000 and Japy 50. I was lucky at a German bay auction and got a Japy 50 portable. It came in its original case, quite used, a few things to clean an polish. Mechanically, it is sound, and alignment is still perfect, despite obvious heavy use in the past. Why was I surprised? Still, why was I surprised? Now, this new Japy specimen is number 20525.

Another blog about typewriters and the joys of using and collecting them. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. I have been busy this summer working on my novel and going places and doing stuff, but here are a few typewriter photos I took for blog postings I never finished or chose not to post. A picture taken after going outside to make a phone call, you can just see my bright blue Royal QDL in the window of my favorite coffee shop, the White Hart in Lynchburg, VA.

Typing for peace, democracy, and the glory of the Typosphere. Monday, 6 July 2015. Thursday, 25 June 2015. Tuesday, 23 June 2015. Friday, 22 May 2015. A bit more about this typewriter. Wednesday, 22 April 2015. All Mod Cons, ETCetera.

What is the Typosphere? Where In The World. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Friday, July 10, 2015. Friday, July 17, 2015, 5-7 pm. Tuesday, June 23, 2015. From Louise Marler, our artist friend from a typewriter family.

To err is human, to typewrite err, divine. Posted on August 12, 2015. 25 June 1909 1 April 1966. Had a lasting influence on his work. Dimov was married three times. His first wife, the famous translator of Charles Dickens,.

One typist in the 21st century. Friday, August 14, 2015.

Things have been a little chaotic here at Filthy HQ, and in a lot of ways it has been living up to that very name. A quick review of online typewriter communities.