Archive for October, 2006

Couch Potato

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Over the summer I worked with the great people at Weekly Reader to do some illustrations for their Big Comfy Couch issue. BCC, for those of you who don’t know, is a childrens’ show on PBS that originates in Canada. It was pretty challenging staying on model with these characters. I just recently saw the [...]

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Ho, ho, ho, my, it's a new panel!

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

I haven’t posted any new art from Love and Capes #2 for a while, so I thought I’d fill that vacuous hole deep in your soul for new super sitcom artwork. As the Christmas issue continues, Mark takes Abby home to meet his folks. Even though I write Love and Capes in a four-panel meter, [...]

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Three, Two, One

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Last night was the annual Lake Communicators Apex Awards. I’m a member of the Communicators, and always enter the awards. I’ve won a few before, and, fortunately, last night was no exception. That’s saying something, too, as competition gets fiercer every year. Going to the Awards makes me want to go back into the studio [...]

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VD Day Looms on the Horizon

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

Due to the weirdness of the publishing market, I had to get the cover for Love and Capes #3 done before I’ve even finished up #2. The third issue will be out for Valentine’s Day. Mark must take on his most difficult super-feat yet: helping Abby find a date for her sister Charlotte. Meanwhile, I’m [...]

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Crowded House

Friday, October 6th, 2006

A long time ago I did a “Where’s Slider” for the Cleveland Indians. It was kind of a “Where’s Waldo?” with the Cleveland Indians’ mascot, Slider. The piece was wildly popular, but a lot of work to do. It was very much one of those “seems like a good idea at the time” kind of [...]

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Goin' South, Part Two

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

The fine people at the Houston Press also asked me to do their "Best of 2006" section this year. And they wanted a superhero theme, too. I was very careful to work in a completely different style for this. The art director wanted something similar to what I’d done for Scene last year, so I [...]

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Live Long and Prosper

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

I don’t usually burden you guys with cute baby pictures, but this one of my Goddaughter Erin and her relatively-new brother Johnathan was just too cute not to. Judging by John’s hand, he’s clearly been raised right, isn’t he?

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Hitting a Stride

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

Work continues on Love and Capes. This is probably my favorite panel from this page, of Mark pretending to struggle with a jar of tomato sauce. It’s a quiet moment, but one that I think works pretty well. And, best of all (for me at least) this page wasn’t the Bataan Death March that other [...]

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Goin' South, Part One

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

I recently did the artwork for the "Best Of Fort Worth" issue of the Fort Worth Weekly. I’ve done a few jobs for them before, starting last year with their 2005 "Best of". It’s an honor to be asked back two years in a row, especially since I know it’s their big advertising section. They [...]

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Now I Have It In Writing

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

The new Previews catalog is out and hey, Love and Capes #2 is Certified Cool. This is a designation given by Diamond to books that are, in their words, "Certified Cool" is Previews’ way of showing you a comics world that is powerfully unique unto itself. The titles listed below stood out to us as [...]

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