Oct 01 2011
This past Monday was the twenty-sixth–and final–week of our collaborative Twitter project, the Animal Alphabet. The project began as an offhand comment by me on Twitter that I was thinking about drawing an animal in my sketchbook for each letter of the alphabet. Fellow cartoonist and friend Rob Ullman, though, had the good sense to …
Sep 27 2011
My final Our Band Could Be Your Life-themed #PortraitNight drawing is Heather Lewis of Beat Happening. I have to admit, I kind of dragged my feat on this one because I’m not a huge Beat Happening fan. In the imaginary world where I’m the king of everything, I’d decree that the final chapter of Our …
Sep 26 2011
Last letter of the Animal Alphabet! I’ll do a full Animal Alphabet round-up blog post with some thoughts on what the next alphabet project should be soon, but for now… You can follow the other “Z” entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AnimalAlphabet hashtag. To see all the entries …
Sep 20 2011
Whad’ya know?… Another “penultimate” drawing. This time, it’s my second-to-last Our Band Could Be Your Life-themed #PortraitNight drawing: Clint Conley, bassist for Boston post-punk (?) band Mission of Burma. I love love love Mission of Burma and as a former bass player, I had to go with Conley for this drawing. Did you know he …
Sep 19 2011
The yapok, also known as the water opossum, as a marsupial that lives in Mexico, Central and South America. You can follow the other “Y” entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AnimalAlphabet hashtag. To see all the entries so far, check out the Animal Alphabet Tumblr: http://animalalphabet.tumblr.com. Y is …
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