About

Staff

Brian Heater, Editor in Chief

Brian Heater is a writer/editor, located in New York City. He has covered music, technology, literature, and films for publications such as: Spin, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Press, The Onion, HEEB, The Oklahoma Gazette, The Santa Cruz Metro, Popmatters, PC Magazine, Laptop Magazine, Rockpile, Skyscraper, DIW, Amplifier, Aversion, and various other publications. He has co-created the following sites, Meh Blog, Stuff White People Liked, Simon and Garfunkel Minus Garfunkel, The Wake, Is Irony Dead, Things That Used to Terrify Me, Expired Jokes, and Eff You Cat. You can follow his senseless ramblings on Twitter.

Sarah Morean, Mini-Comics Editor

Sarah Morean lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she archives her life and ideas through handmade books.  She often knits, blogs and listens to podcasts.  Not surprisingly, she also works in a library and loves Malcolm Gladwell.  From 2008-2010, she coordinated the Twin Cities Zinefest, an annual DIY craft, culture and self-publishing event. She also co-coordinates the Minneapolis Indie Xpo, a fancy new comics festival in the Midwest.  You can read her podcast reviews on PodSquawk, listen to her bookmaking podcast Make Better Books, check in on her seasonally through The Morean Quartelry Observer or read her regular updates at Blog Chicka Blog Blog dot com.

Jillian Steinhauer, Contributor

Jillian Steinhauer looks best when drawn as a comic character by the ever-sharp pen(cil) of her sister. She likes comics and writing about them, as well as art and writing about it, and she’s done that for various publications including The Brooklyn Rail, The Village Voice, and NY Arts magazine. When she’s not writing, you can most likely find her speaking Italian to anyone who will speak it with her, day-dreaming of bright colors, or cooking pasta.

Oliver East, Contributor

Oliver is an artist living and working in Manchester UK, with his two cats and his Clare.  He started making comics by accident, giving them away for free in pubs so people would talk to him.  Some said these were okay.  This went to Oliver’s head and he added colour and started charging a fiver and Trains Are…Mint was born.  Some guy starting up a publishing company took a shine to them and Oliver is now in bed with Blank Slate Books.

Arthur Smid, Contributor

Arthur is an artist living in Portland, Oregon. He regularly writes about culture for online magazines. If you’re curious about what goes on in Portland, send a comment to muralmouth.wordpress.com. When he’s not busy collaborating in his hometown, he likes to correspond with people from around the world. He has taught English as a second language in Japan and Spain. Currently, he is at work on a book of performance poetry to fuel the next adventure.

Timmy Williams, Columnist

Timmy Williams is a goofy little man from South Dakota.  He is one fifth of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U’ Know, who have a sketch comedy show on IFC.  He has been a comic book dork for quite some time and is happy to be blathering on about it on the Internet.  He likes metal and otters, and although he’s never seen a metal otter, would probably like that very much.  He lives in Brooklyn with his lovely wife and a poster of a cat dressed up as Indiana Jones.

Mission Statement

The Daily Cross Hatch was created with the intention of spotlighting the absurd amount of talent currently toiling away in the world of alternative comics, and bringing into focus some of those artists attempting to break into this largely thankless field. Our goal to provide information in the form of news stories, interviews, reviews, and features, in order to keep fans a bit more connected into the goings on of this sometimes enigmatic field. We’re also attempting to keep things relatively ‘underground.’ We love tights and taglines as much as the next blog staff, but let’s face it, if that’s what you’re really looking for, there are more than a few places around to appease your needs.