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December 31st, 2021 | Posted in General
2021 was definitely dominated by working on Desmond Devlin and my CLAPTRAP book. I started turning down jobs to try and keep on track with it, although some jobs and especially a couple of bigger jobs had to be done. Easily the most high profile thing I did this year was the art for a CNN Docu-series called “History of the Sitcom”. This art was seen all over the place back in July, so that was fun to see. I also spent about six weeks in April/May doing a big job for a corporate annual meeting that involved a 16 page comic book and several dozen individual illustrations of… READ MORE
December 30th, 2021 | Posted in General
Here’s a last “Mock MAD Cover” commission from 2021. This one was from my virtual NYCC “Artist’s Alley” back in October. I usually don’t post the ones with personal caricatures but this one was fun and David, who is playing the Cliff Claven role here, gave me permission to share it. I’ll do at least one virtual artist’s alley table in 2022. That’s the only time I do these sorts of comic-con style commissions online. READ MORE
December 17th, 2021 | Posted in General
C2E2 2021 is in the books. It is still a bit surreal to be at an actual comic con again, and this one was still a lot less busy than the pre-pandemic version. It was still a lot of fun and thanks to all the folks that stopped by to say hello. Basically all the commissions I did this year were caricatures of individuals, so I didn’t bother to take any pictures of anything. I purposefully did not take any online orders nor take any commissions at the show I’d have to do later, because I need to spend all my available studio time working… READ MORE
December 7th, 2021 | Posted in General
This weekend I’ll be at C2E2 in Chicago for a for realz, live and in person Artists Alley appearance. Here are a handful of the “live caricature style” commissions I did for NYCC that took place in October. The “live style” drawings are done using the black and white pencil/blending stomp technique I do when I draw live caricatures, except of course I work from photos. This first one is a rare straight commission not involving caricatures, which are always fun. The rest are caricatures of celebrities or “Alfred as…” drawings. As I mentioned last week, I will not be doing a virtual version of… READ MORE
October 14th, 2021 | Posted in General
A couple of the commissions I did at NYCC had to come home with me and be shipped out because my queue got rather long and some attendees couldn’t come back the next day to pick up. This is one, done on a comic book sketch cover in brush pen and copic markers. The nice thing about having to ship it is I got to scan it instead of taking a lousy picture with my cellphone in the bad light of the Javits Center. Many thanks again to all who stopped by my NYCC booth, both in person and virtually! READ MORE
October 11th, 2021 | Posted in General
Headed back to the land of 10,000 lakes today after a fun but exhausting New York Comic Con. It was a bit surreal to be back in a convention situation with the crowds and congestion after nearly two years since the last one we did. Many thanks to all who stopped by the booth, and to those who stopped by my “virtual” booth! I only do a few of these conventions a year, but it was good to be back. READ MORE
October 9th, 2021 | Posted in General
Unlike most years where a lot of the commissions I do at a comic con are of celebrities people request, this year almost all have been caricatures of the people asking for the commission, so I can’t really share them here. The few exceptions have mostly been ones I do in people’s sketchbooks. The one above was done in a sketchbook where each artist who draws in it is asked to do their interpretation of Sergio’s “Groo the Wanderer”. Brush pens and copic marker. Here’s another done in a sketchbook. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The virtual version of my booth is open here on the… READ MORE
October 8th, 2021 | Posted in General
It’s Day Two of my simultaneous NYCC live and virtual Artist’s Alley booth! Yesterday was so crazy at New York Comic Con I barely remembered to snap any pictures of all the commissions I did. Mock MAD Covers are the most popular item this year, but I did a few other things like this black and white piece done in someone’s sketch book. Bruch pen and Copic markers. I’m not often asked to draw Bing Crosby or Bob Hope. My virtual version of my booth is open here on the website through Sunday at 5pm EDT. There you can order any of the types of… READ MORE
