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Welcome, You Weirdos.
Can you believe it? I have my own website, and you’re on it. I don’t understand how any of this happened, either.
It’s good to see you today.
Dennis Vogen is a writer, artist, graphic designer, musician, poet, and definitely not several squirrels in a human costume, who uses pop culture and his own work to talk too much about stuff we don’t talk too much about, like addiction, sobriety, loss, grief, pain, anxiety, joy, hope, and creativity.
He’s been publishing since 2013, releasing fourteen books while also being featured in several anthologies. He’s an active blogger and overactive oversharer; an unfortunate practitioner of radical empathy.
Creator of Maple Island, Cold World, Theia, Jojo, Brushfire, The Weirdos, Flip & Push, Them + Us, Time is a Solid State, Sunny Days of Rain, and more. Lives in Minnesota.
Check out my blog here.
- Fight SongJuly 3rd, 2026 I saw a t-shirt today that made me sad. It also served as an important statement on the state of this country during our birthday this weekend. The shirt itself was joyously racist and aggressively obnoxious; in other words, it well-represented the administration and its supporters. It’s not always a shirt; sometimesContinue reading “Fight Song”
- In The HuntJune 29th, 2026 Being weeks out from graduation now, the first question people usually ask when they see me in the wild is: “How’s the job hunt going?” My answer is always succinct and honest: it is a nightmare out here. It is a daily humiliation, a habitual humbling, a constant experience of rejection andContinue reading “In The Hunt”
- DualJune 17th, 2026 I don’t know what I am. Zen Buddhism says that in our absolute reality, each of us are the whole universe and nothing simultaneously; in our individual, relative versions of reality, however, I believe the entire point of our existence is to discover who we actually are before we’re gone. Usually whenContinue reading “Dual”
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As The Next Step, I’ve released three full-length albums and have played shows all over the state of Minnesota. You can find my music on every major digital platform, like Apple, Spotify & YouTube. Learn more about my music here.
Something Old, Something New on YouTube
Love & Fear on YouTube
Honesty & Happiness on YouTube
The Next Step on Soundclick
This website is a lot. I’m a lot. If you somehow find yourself wanting more, please follow me all over social media, in places like BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Substack & TikTok. You can also buy my original comic series, books & other merchandise at The Sleeping Kitty Productions Shop & Redbubble.
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