Welcome to Clay Files

Hi there. You’ve stumbled upon the online haunt of  writer, editor, designer, cartoonist, blogger, podcast personality and lounge singer Clay McCuistion. In other words, me.

On this site, you’ll find samples of my stories, pages and cartoons, as well as links to my work online.

I’ve worked for the Concord Monitor of Concord, N.H., since 2005. I’ve also worked for The Tampa Tribune, St. Petersburg Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

You can send me e-mail at claymcc@gmail.com. You can also follow me on Twitter.

Where we’re at

Clay Files has been thoroughly updated for September.

I’ve added a Latest section, which contains designs, stories and cartoons from the last couple of months. It will be updated regularly. I design four section fronts a week; this allows me to showcase a few more.

The Edits section has been spiffed up with a special section that I helped produce earlier this year. Extra pages have also been added to Monitor A1s and Monitor features.

With this new content, Clay Files comes close to fulfilling my goals. It displays a wide range of my work. It gives a good sense of my interests. And it doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Cartoons, cartoons, cartoons

Several comics have been added to the site. The size of the Coffee & Main annex has doubled — it now features a dozen strips from the past couple of years.

I have many more strips in the files (and many more have been printed), but this isn’t the place for an exhaustive overview. These 12 give a good sense of C&M. The latest additions also feature the return of former Supreme Court justice David Souter to New Hampshire. I couldn’t resist.

The Other scribbles section now includes the second installment of my “1809 sketchbook” series, as well as contributions to the “Let’s redo classic album covers using Microsoft paint” Facebook group.