Did you think spending a long weekend in Toronto, Canada would make me slack off on my “F” animal this week? Think again! I managed to execute this drawing of a flying fox in my hotel room over the course of TCAF. I foolishly forgot to pack my bottom-of-the-line watercolor set, but that just gave …
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May 04 2011
Illustrated Lord of the Rings… by Ben Towle, age 7
Before my daughter takes her afternoon nap, I usually read her a few pages from a non-picture book to help her doze off. We’ve gotten through a surprising number of books in this fashion–mostly things like William Steig’s Abel’s Island and the Ramona books. Last week we started reading The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. My …
May 03 2011
Portrait Night 5/3 (Grant Achatz)
Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is chef and restaurateur Grant Ashatz. This is actually one of my favorite portraits so far, I think because it’s so stripped-down, cartoony, and not over-rendered as some of my past ones have been. It also looks like a character design that I’d actually do for one of my comics. I wonder …
May 03 2011
I’m TCAF-bound, Y’all!
You’re Going Where?! That’s right, people: I’m breaking out of my crusty SPX/Heroes Con-only shell and exhibiting at a new (to me) convention this year! I’d heard nothing but fantastic stuff about the Toronto Comics Art Festival (AKA “TCAF”) and so I applied to exhibit this year… and was incredibly surprised and honored to have …
May 02 2011





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