Category: General

Pinocchio by Winshluss: Read this Now.

It’s been a while since a comic really rocked my world to a degree that made me rush online to extol its virtues–I think maybe 2008’s Gus and His Gang by Christophe Blain is the last such book–but the recent English translation of Pinnochio by Winshluss is one for sure. This book is a masterpiece. …

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Portrait Night 5/17 (Robin Pecknold)

Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is Fleet Foxes singer/songwriter/guitarist Robin Pecknold: If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either via the comments section here, or via my Twitter.

Animal Alphabet: G is for Giant Squid

You can follow the other “G” 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. G is for Giant Squid The original art for this is for sale here.

Portrait Night 5/10 (Auguste Escoffier)

I guess I’m still stuck on this “Famous Chefs Trading Cards” idea from last week; Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is legendary chef, father of modern French cuisine, Auguste Escoffier: I did an initial drawing of Escoffier that I later decided was too literal for my tastes–especially if it was going to be in some sort of …

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TCAF 2011 Con Report

The Toronto Comics Art Festival—AKA “TCAF”–is now over. This was the first time I exhibited there and here’s my con report in short: there’s a heck of a lot to love about TCAF. Getting There Pre-show, I wasn’t really able to suss out the general consensus on whether TCAF was a show where original pages …

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