Welcome To The Bohemian Cafe .....

Welcome to the underground and outrageous world of Bohemian Cafe`... Although much of the focus will be on the art and writings surrounding my graphic novella series( old and new comic strips and characters, blogs about my drawing and writing process,comments, sketches, etc..)
It's ALSO meant to be a showcase for poetry ( mine as well as work from other guest poets) and topics related to and about the 'artsy-fartsy set'...you know, bohemians.
I basically wanna' bring the world of spoken word and neo-soul culture here, a TRUE cyber cafe'...minus the incense burning, green tea and mocha lattes, but feel free to sip your own as you browse....So enjoy yourself, I hope you find it roomy and pleasing to the eye...AND DON'T FORGET TO DROP ME A COMMENT, so I'll know you were here! Come again and tell a friend, won't you?
Sincerely Yours,
Lena

"JUICE!" Bohemian Cafe Comic Strip 4#

"JUICE"
This is an old strip that I'm finally posting on the blog. Before I created the "Bohemian Cafe`" graphic novella, I drew 'B.Cafe' as a comic strip that used to appear in "Cultural Calendar", "COMEDY" magazine, 'SOTAC" magazine and 'SILK' magazine. I felt limited by the typical four to six panels with the set-up & punchline in the end ( and I honestly didn't think the 'Almighty' newspaper syndicates were going to make a room for another ethnic cartoon) So I adapted to the graphic novella; changing my whole storytelling style to a detailed,longer, more adult format with an ongoing storyline.
But I still like drawing and writing the strips, it's also a great way to introduce each character's modis operandi ... these lil
quick snippets into who they are.