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 …
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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 …
Oct 01 2011
Animal Alphabet Part 1: Out With The Old
This past Monday was the twenty-sixth–and final–week of our collaborative Twitter project, the Animal Alphabet. The project began as an offhand comment by me on Twitter that I was thinking about drawing an animal in my sketchbook for each letter of the alphabet. Fellow cartoonist and friend Rob Ullman, though, had the good sense to …
Aug 29 2011
Please Support the Chain World Kickstarter Project
Well, it looks like I’m dipping my tippy-toes into the world of Kickstarter. I’m one of the “five industry artists” in A. Dave Lewis’s fascinating and ambitious “Chain World” project. The project is unlike pretty much anything I’ve seen attempted comics-wise, so rather than try to explain it here, please just go check out the …





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