For anyone who’s interested in the arts, you should drop by a blog called Escape Into Life. I’m contributing an occasional post on things comicky and you might find something there to tickle your fancy. My blog is called Toon Musings, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New character coming soon… here’s a sketch: I added the old guy for scale.
I had the opportunity to design some bookplates for people as gifts. For the uninitiated, bookplates are stickers you put inside books to identify who owns ’em. They often include the words “ex libris”, which is Latin for “from the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Peter Bergman of the 60s Avant garde comedy troupe The Firesign Theatre has died. These guys helped nurture the imagination of many a chronic daydreamer (and let’s face it, many a chronic stoner too). I started listening to them in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No, this is not a post about Will Eisner. A friend of mine is opening a distillery, and asked me to devise some characters. Here’s a peek: I did the color ones on the iPad. Now I have to figure[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another missive in celebration of Halloween. Here’s a pumpkin I did in 2002:
We went to see a baseball game in Beloit, Wisconsin– the Beloit Snappers. Their mascot is a snapping turtle. Now I recall the alligator snapper they had at Brookfield Zoo. He was a little slice of the Paleozoic Era, with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let me introduce my dad. He aspired to be a cartoonist when he was a young man, and developed a good deal of skill at it. Though he only published a couple of panel cartoons, he continued scribbling long into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been sort of laid up with some kind of strange flu; cramps, fever, and digestive problems, but no respiratory involvement, thank goodness. I hope to take a break and get a buffer built up. In the meantime, I think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
