Tonight’s #PortraitNight drawing is Director (and musician now, apparently) David Lynch. Lynch’s films are well-known and his recent musical efforts are getting a fair amount of attention, but did you know he drew a comic strip for an alternative weekly in the 70s? David Lynch’s Angriest Dog In The World isn’t for everyone, but I …
Tag: Comics
Nov 16 2011
Three Recent Commissions
I recently got three really fun commissions–all from the same person. What a great combo: a drawing from Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, another from my previous book Midnight Sun, and a double superhero commission of Iron Man and Captain America. I asked folks on Twitter what the heck those disk-things are supposed to be …
Nov 08 2011
Why The Single Vanishing Point In 1-Point Perspective Is Always Dead Center
Or, maybe instead of “is always,” I should say “should always be.” You certainly see plenty of drawings where it’s not. But, hear me now and believe me later: this is just plain wrong–or at the very least, unnatural looking. This came up in class today, so I thought I’d do a quick post about …
Oct 25 2011
Illos From An Abandoned Boneshaker Comics Adaptation Pitch
OK, “abandoned” isn’t the most accurate turn of phrase–maybe “on hold for the time being” is better. Anyway… a while back, my then-agent and I were mulling over possible projects to pursue and one possibility that came up was a proposal to adapt an existing book for the great SF/fantasy publisher Tor Books. Looking over …
Oct 20 2011
Come See Me At The Winston-Salem Toy & Comic Book Show
I’ll be at the Winston-Salem Toy and Comic Book Show this Saturday. I’ll have copies of Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean and my other books for sale as well as original art–probably just my smallish things like animal alphabet drawings. Come one, come all! The event will be in the same shopping center as Ssalefish …





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