A Graphic Novel
For a long while I have been working on projects for freinds or commissions and haven't really had time to focus on something that suits my own particular tastes. So...I am happy to annoucne that I am...
View ArticleWell, now I have a website.
After shunning all that was the vast burnt hellscape that is Facebook I took to Instagram's format pretty well for sharing artwork with folks and following other artists as well. My little hobbie has...
View ArticleInspiration in Black and White
I have never written a grpahic novel. This is my first. So I stack my table high with work from folks I respect and have loved since I was a kid. I realized that most of the cartoon illustrators I...
View ArticleI have no idea what I am doing...
I read an article recently by this gal. Bree Ogden, a respected agent, tells me that I should probably already have written a script. Well, I have not done that. Further, a gentleman I respect greatly...
View ArticleDragons and Hot Sauce Makes the News!
My good freind and children's book author Mike Moore was recently interviewed about our collaborations on Dragons and Hot Sauce! You can read the press at the Portland Tribune, here! Way back in the...
View ArticleCharacter Design
Going through this process of writing a loose form story and then seeing the characters in my head has been interesting practice. My usual process of drawing is very one-off so I don't often have to...
View ArticleJust keep sketching, Just keep sketching...
We are trying to sell our house, and in the midst of all the upheaval I have not been able to work on the graphic novel with any real earnesty. All my art stuff has to be packed away every time we get...
View ArticleInterviews and Projects
Finding a home in Indiana thats in our price range, old, and has room for a studio has made for a long couple months. Not having an art space at home has really gotten to me! I noticed it last night...
View ArticleCircle City Industrial Complex 2E
In the midst of all the madness surrounding packing and unpacking my artwork every time a home buyer calls I ran into a spot of luck. Researching various studio spaces in South/Downtoen Indy yielded...
View ArticleFake it, Make Shit Up, Repeat
I have a full time job as a non-profit director here in Indiana. As such having this little studio is my creative outlet. I could not survive the work world without it, as passionate as I am about...
View ArticleWe Serve Everyone
Just ordered my "This Business Serves Everyone" stickers for the studio window and added this badge to the website. There is an interesting, and heated, discussion in Indiana regarding the recent...
View ArticleFestival Newb
It looks like I am going to have a booth at the Virginia Street Folk Festival in May. This is exciting stuff and a great opportunity, but I have never run a booth before. Like the studio, the...
View ArticleLaurel, Indiana Mini-Comic Con
Over the weekend of May 30th, on my birthday in fact, I was invited to teach a class in the small town of Laurel, IN at the local library. It doesn't appear the kids get out of Laurel much and never...
View ArticleThe Beer and Art in Seattle
Well, this old cartoon artist has been married happily for 10 years. Usually we head out to Belize where we had our honeymoon, but this year we went to Seattle and Portland. We landed ourselves right...
View ArticleFREE Graphic Novel Classes at CampFire Comics Studio
So I got a Nice Grant from Smallbox. That sounds weird doesn't it. Well, in any case I am going to try and replicate some of the classes I have done teaching Graphic Novels and comics at the studio...
View ArticleSpear
Now about 30 pages in I find my self deviating from the story I laid out. The basic concept is a girl loses a spear she has been guarding with no real understanding why. The journey to recover the...
View ArticleOngoing Projects Update
SPEAR: I have put my little SPEAR project on hold as I work on commisions and edit the final cover for Caye Boy: Jungle Adventure. I haven't heard back from Dark Horse which is to be expected. My...
View ArticleMonster Drawing Rally IMA 2015
Another Monster Drawing Rally has come and gone at the Indianapolis Museum ofArt. This was its second year and has apprently grown! I remember fewer folks last year and certainly more illustrators like...
View ArticleKickstarter Preview!
We are just weeks away from launching The Working Dead: An Undead Office Card Game via Kickstarter. The video is in prodution and I am collecting the last of the feedback on the...
View ArticleWindupBird Games
Games and puzzles whether it be crosswords, board games, or videogames have always been close to my heart. As I type this out I have just introduced my daughter to Pokemon on my old Nintendo Advance...
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