I’m proud to briefly appear in the BBC Scotland documentary focused on cartoonist Gordon Shaw LONG LIVE MY HAPPY HEAD, which screened in the United States at the San Francisco FRAMELINE FILM FESTIVAL and at the Graphic Medicine Conference 2022 in Chicago, IL. I’m in the trailer below for like one second (in a white shirt with a newsboy cap)

Gordon — my friend and a personal inspiration — passed away in Sept of 2022. Donations in his memory for brain tumor support and research can be provided here: https://gordon-shaw.muchloved.com/

Long Live My Happy Head

DIRECTED BY AUSTEN MCCOWAN & WILL HEWITT2022UK88 MINS

Funny, poignant, and profound, Long Live My Happy Head introduces us to the unique talent, understated wit, and unenviable journey of Gordon Shaw, a Scottish comic book artist who is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in his early 30s. Not the least bit self-pitying but with puckish humor and admirable honesty, Gordon allows the film to accompany him and his long-distance true love Shawn—a sweet American living in Virginia—as they navigate the fragile rollercoaster of health challenges and caregiving amid the onset of COVID.

Gordon’s understated bemusement and inherent comic brilliance leaven the medical scenario with surprising moments that illuminate the realities of living with a terminal illness. In one scene, Gordon turns the relentless, overbearing sounds of an MRI scanner into a danceable soundtrack. Through his smart and funny artwork, Gordon finds an imaginative way to communicate what he’s feeling inside. Despite the ominous subject matter, this brave and somehow inspiring film shines light and love into a world immersed in intense human challenges.

From the FRAMELINE description.