
| new prez | November 7th, 2008 |
It was a really pretty day in Portland the day Barack Obama came to town, and thanks to my pals the Decemberists
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| war party | September 4th, 2008 |
As one would guess, none of the point&click photos capture the chaos that was Paintallica. Here’s a little review of the “pleasing mess”. I don’t know how to describe things except as an extreme sports version of craft night. We worked with the theme “War Party”. 8pm until dawn for two nights. I felt pretty useless the first night as everyone buzzed about with 2×4s and powertools and strung cables between 30 foot pillars. But the second night I happily busied myself with cartoony details. There were no lights so we brought our own halogens making for eerie illumination (also strobes and smoke machines). There was also no bathroom so we peed (Dan pooped) in a five gallon pail. There was a lot of beer and spray paint fumes.
The new website Bill set up acknowledges the participants: Jesse, Dan, Gordon, Jamie, Cece, Shelby, Jeff, Bill, David, Jay, Greta, Jeremy, and Posie. My role was minor, but I was grateful to be along for the experience. Posted in Friends | 15 Comments »
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| paintallica | August 28th, 2008 |
I’m a bit anxious about what I’ve gotten myself into…
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| you still have some time | August 4th, 2008 |
My longtime Wisconsin buddy & famous painter Dan Attoe and I are doing a talk at the Portland Art Museum
Anyways, Dan and I will be doodling live on stage and sharing scandalous stories of our shared upbringing as troubled rural youth.
What am I showing him in my hand? Come to the talk and find out! Posted in Friends | 22 Comments »
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| quick scribble | July 17th, 2008 |
I took a couple of days off when my buddy Alessandro visited from Italy. Here’s a doodle from a front porch conversation:
And here’s a little jumble of chapter five progress. It’s coming along!
Thanks, as usual, for the blog comments. And on that last round, lots of useful self-preservation tips. |
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| abandoned elliots | May 25th, 2008 |
My advice to young cartoonists is that the biggest and most important challenge
The first is from a pitch I proposed to Dark Horse Comics in Fall 1998. Not long after ending my graphic designer employment there (but long enough to recover from tendonitis), I rounded together a book proposal which included character sheets like this one for Elliot, sample comics pages, and a plot synopsis. The project was turned down by the higher-ups, but if it hadn’t, it would have been my firstborn book, claiming eldest rights over Chunky.
This second preview is a few panels from a jam comic my dear cartoonist buddy and Wisconsinite Aaron Renier had begun. It’s drawn “CONVERSATIONS”-style where we’d render half a panel and email it to the other to complete. I revived lil’ troubled Elliot, and Aaron created this bizarre lunk named Waterbear, and we intended to make-it-up-as-we-went-along until we had a 200 page graphic novel!!!
In other news, I love reading your comments. Yoplem asked about the ROBOX story. It appeared in a Dark Horse anthology called REVEAL with “Lone Wolf 2000″ on the cover and published in November 2002. Hope your weekend’s been good, everybody! Posted in Friends | 26 Comments »
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| sockman’s salvation | April 19th, 2008 |
My brother Phil and his wife Ami just visited for a week. No pee-fights this time around,
It stars characters crafted by my brother in our childhood - Sockman, Detective Skelly, Robot Egg, and Ninja Thrasher!
These “salvation army” battle scenes were doubtless inspired by our father’s plumbing occupation
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| dueling pencils | October 30th, 2007 |
Apologies for slow updates since returning from Europe. Believe me, I’ve been focused on HABIBI. It’s sort of a comic book tradition for cartoonists to depict each other’s characters, but this time it’s for a book in progress.
And here’s dueling portraits — Jen’s drawing of me drawing — and my drawing of Jen drawing (drawing me drawing?)
Thank you again, everyone, for blog comments. For those in the States, watch for MENOMENA on tour — though I won’t be with them for this round. |
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| escargot | October 17th, 2007 |
Home from the tour! Here’s a quiet domestic scene from Lyon — Alanis, Laëtitia, Koupaïa, Samuel, Frédéric …
… and here’s one last rocknroll image — the song “twenty cell revolt” performed in Barcelona. (stolen from “elchicodelaleche” ~ lots more on FLICKR)
Big thanks to my dear Menomena buddies Danny, Brent, and Justin ~ and to Sascha and Severin for managing this adventure.
Check out Danny’s satisfyingly detailed tour log at LOCALCUT. Now back to serious work. Cousin Brianna, please e-mail! |
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| give it to us | October 6th, 2007 |
My first chance to update while on the road — my apologies to all neglected emails!
(Danny on drums, Brent on keyboards/guitar, Justin on bass/sax, |
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