Category: General

80s X-Men as Drawn by E.C. Segar

I’m not sure why I got going on this particular tangent, but here’s a drawing of the early 80s X-Men (I used the lineup from the 1982  X-Men/Teen Titans crossover) done in the “bigfoot” style common to newspaper strips in the 1920s/30s. I used E.C. Segar’s Thimble Theater characters as my models here. In reverse …

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My “15 albums in 15 Minutes”

So, this “15 Albums in 15 Minutes” thing is apparently something that’s going around Facebook.  I’m the last person on the planet without a Facebook page, but I did recently give in to Twitter and that’s where I got wind of this exercise.  I went at the thing without knowing exactly what the “rules’ were …

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Sketchbook 10/9

Craft: “In the Weeds” Character Designs

I’ve been working more on character designs for In the Weeds, refining some of the characters I’d already got rough versions of and adding a few secondary characters.  I’ve still got a girlfriend or two, as well as a pastry chef (for some reason, I’ve saved the female characters for last) to get together visually, …

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Leonard Weisgard’s Secret River Illustrations

I’m fortunate enough to have a daughter who’s really interested in books. As a result, I’ve become immersed in the world of children’s book authors and illustrators over the last few years.  She’s a fan of the old standbys–Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak–and I’ve subjected her to my childhood favorites, particularly the wonderful Tomi Ungerer, but …

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