The Lovely Anna and I will be at Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon this weekend doing our usual comic-con thing! I’ll be at booth #1066, which is NOT in Artists Alley but in an area for featured guests… so come and find us! I’ll also be doing live demos at the Wacom booth on: Fri Sept 7: 5:30-6:30 Sat Sept 8: 5-6 Sun Sept 9: 3-4 If you are at RCCC stop in and say hello!! READ MORE
Bonus SotW this week: musical dynamo Pink! As always the original is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
Since I missed doing a SotW last week I’m going to do two this week, starting with this one of the multi talented UK star Stephen Fry. This was one of the warmup subjects we did one day in my workshop in London last month. The original is available for purchase in the Studio Store. READ MORE
A MAD fan brought this home made Alfred E. Neuman bust to Chicago Comic-Con last weekend and had me sign the shirt. It’s made from of one of the classic Cesar Company Alfred masks from the early 80’s, combined with soft foam sculpture and hand painting. So cool! READ MORE
Q: After reading your book and scouring your instructional blogs I’m still unclear about your pencil roughs. Once the first rough sketches are penciled out (at normal print size), how do you transfer those penciled images to larger heavy cardstock for inking? Do you enlarge the first rough sketch and put the card stock over it on a light table, or do you re-pencil the whole thing from scratch in greater detail, and ink on top of the pencil lines (and then erase the pencil lines)? A: My process has changed in the last few years, but what I refer to as “roughs” are often… READ MORE
The comics community lost a true legend and pioneer with the passing of Marie Severin yesterday at age 89. Marie was a pioneer for women creators in comics. She began her career in the 50’s as a colorist for EC comics, where her brother John worked as an artist. In fact, Marie colored the original issues of MAD during it’s Harvey Kurtzman comic book incarnation, as well as many of EC’s famous horror and adventure comics. She would of course go on to become an important part of Marvel Comics, working as head colorist through the 60’s but also penciling and inking various titles during… READ MORE
I took a 24 hour breather yesterday to fly out to THE Ohio State University and see the “Artistically MAD” exhibit at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. I met my pal and fellow Usual Idiot Ed Steckley there, and go the grand tour from the museum curator Jenny Robb. It’s a great show I highly recommend if you can make it to Columbus. Here’s some pics of some of the highlights: READ MORE
Here’s a look at a handful of different commissions I did last weekend at the Wizard World Comic Con in Chicago: READ MORE
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