Tag: Music

Inked Ukulele One-pager

I hesitate to call this a “comic strip” since it’s about 70% words (maybe “illustrated essay” would be more accurate) but whatever it is, it’s inked.  This strip will appear in the Fall issue of Signal to Noise magazine, which is where my previous very wordy one-page music strip about Winston-Salem’s “5” Royales also appeared. …

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Sketchbook 5/8 – Johnny Ramone

I guess that last drawing I did of Prince just got me in the musician-drawing mode… so here’s Johnny Ramone.  This is from a picture in the Henry Rollins book, Get in the Van, but I switched his denim jacket in the picture to the traditional “Brando” leather jacket usually seen on Ramones of any …

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Sketchbook 5/6: Prince Caricature

…And here’s an inked and colored version of my sketchbook image from yesterday.  It’s lost a little in the eyes area, I think–but still an OK drawing, especially for me since likenesses aren’t my strong suit.

WAP Michael Jackson Tribute Now Online

Not too long ago I did a Michael Jackson pinup for a Wide Awake Press MJ tribute book.   The whole book is now online and you can check it out for free here.  It features comics an illustrations from Duane Ballenger, J Chris Campbell,  Gregory Dickens,  Juan Díaz-Faes Díaz,  Scott Elingburg,  Mike Gowan,  Jason Horn,  …

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International Michael Jackson Tribute Exhibit

If you happen to be in Bucharest, Romania (by all accounts a pretty amazing city) next Friday, the 28th of August, be sure to check out the Michael Jackson International Tribute Exhibition (details on the poster below).  The exhibit showcases 49 pieces of artwork from 33 artists spanning 17 countries.  Holding down the fort for …

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