Free Comic Book Day 2012

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day, and that is excellent. Baltimore folks should swing by Atomic Books and snag a copy of Mutant #3 for the low, low price of $0. It's going to include this Garfield strip by yours truly.

Free Comic Book Day

Whoo! Happy Free Comic Book Day everyone! As part of the festivities, I've got a strip in Atomic Books' "Mutant #2" which you can pick up at Atomic today, for FREE! Here's some rough sketches of what would become my strip, but you'll have to snag a copy to see the real deal.

Vinylmore 4

Hey all! Vinylmore 4 opens this Friday, April 1st, and I'm participating once again! Join me on my latest toy-making journey.

So I started with some sketches related to the boombox I posted a while back, ultimately settling on this:

I did a ton of painting but was totally unhappy with how it was coming out and ultimately ended up scrapping that plan entirely. (It also didn't feel like "me," but rather a kind of generic popular aesthetic thing).
So here's the next sketch I ended up at:

Variations on this dark haired, bespectacled, stripey-shirted gal have been appearing in my work a lot recently, and I decided she was ready to move into the 3D world.
A sketch of the mystery girl for this comic:

She's popped up in varying forms in other pieces like this as well.

So the final result? I present to you "Dream Girl":



A far nicer photo by Rachel Whang can be seen here!

Again, the opening for Vinylmore 4 is this Friday, April 1st, from 7pm–10pm! Check out the Facebook event page here.

Atomic Books Banner

I drew the new springtime banner for Atomic Books' website; you can see it on the site by clicking here:

Here's a picture of the two versions I made; if you scroll to the bottom you'll see the nighttime scene at the bottom of the site.


You can see it in super-rough sketch form here, along with some other really rough sketches I gave them. We went for the one that had the most to do with the store and related to spring a little too.

More Girls

Hey! I'm super excited because May 1st is Free Comic Book Day. Atomic Books is going to have copies of Mutant #1, their annual free comic (Stupid Horse made a proud appearance in Mutant #0), which this year is going to be a pack of mini-comics from a ton of awesome artists. My contribution is "More Girls," featuring all previously unpublished strips from the new Guide to Girls with Toilet-face.
You can peep the cover for my mini here, drawn especially for this project:

I'm itching to make a color version! Oh yeah.

Vinylmore III

Don't forget, the opening for Vinylmore 3 is tonight! Things kick off at 7PM at Atomic Books.

Featuring pieces by Assassin, Holly Morgan Barnard, Nate Bear, Stephen Blickenstaff, Danielle Blue, Michael Bracco, Rebecca Bradley, Peter Chang, Ben Claassen III, Michael Clayton, Donald Edwards, Taylor Fischer, Meg Freeburn, Kate Haberer, Lucas Hanyok, Brandon Hill, Jordan Jeffries, Jereminus, Greg Johnson, Mike Konold, Bonnie Crawford Kotula, Hawk Krall, Jim Lasher, Max Lewis, Sarah Mires, Steve Morris, Ryan Onorato, Rakka, Cathleen Sachse, Michael Sachse, Kevin Sherry, Mary Smith, Wolfie, Erin Womack, Ayumi Yasuda, Jeremy Zombie.

Previous Vinylmore 3 posts here and here.

Hope to see you there!

Clarity

New overheard comic, out today:

"Said What?" is compiled by Benn Ray of Atomic Books and appears in "b," Baltimore's free daily paper. Grab it today!

Putting the "Wham" in Wham City

New comic in the paper today:

"Said What?" is compiled by Benn Ray of Atomic Books and appears in "b," Baltimore's free daily paper. Grab it today!

Pizza Party

Hey! Here it is, as promised, my second Munny for Vinylmore 3: "Pizza Party."

Mmm! I promise this is only loosely based on a real-life person or persons.

Here's the base on its own. I put in footholes so the figure can go on the base sturdily but still be removed- nothing was worse as a kid than discovering your new toy figure didn't come off its base- so I knew this guy had to detach.

Here's the pile of pizza boxes, pre-arrangement & painting.

Remember, Vinylmore 3 opens on April 2nd, 7PM at Atomic Books. Be there! I will!

Awesome poster designed by Exit 10. More info on Vinylmore here and on Facebook.

Love Hindu Gods

Baltimore pals can check another "Said What?" I drew in today's 'b' free daily. As always everyone else, here you go!

Gabba Gabba Hey

Hey! Atomic Books' annual toy show Vinylmore is nearly upon us again. This year the show is Munnyland, and I'm going to have two Munnys in the show. The first to be completed is this guy, a (temporarily) unnamed lil' punk pretty openly based on this painting I did a few months back.


He's a mini Munny, so with his 'hawk he measures around 5 or so inches high.

Vinylmore 3: Munnyland opens April 2nd at 8PM. Info at Atomic Books or ol' Facebook.

Social Network Celebrities

Hey! Another "Said What?: Overheards" drawn by me is in today's "b" free daily paper. Baltimore pals, grab a copy! Everyone else, here ya go:

This was one of the strips I was sketching hipsters for, as posted before. If you're interested in a peek at the process of the steps inbetween, these are the pencils and inks:

Shower Conflict

Hey all, I drew a comic for Benn Ray's strip "Said What?: Overheards" in today's issue of the b free daily, so Baltimore friends should pick up a copy! For all you not in Baltimore, you can see it here, or on the paper's blog.

FCBD

Hey, tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day, which is a grand and wonderful thing. Support your local comic book store and go get some free comics and y'know, maybe buy something too. If you're in Baltimore you should totally drop by Atomic Books and pick up Mutant #0, which includes a previously unpublished one pager I did starring Stupid Horse- you might've seen it here on the blog, but now you can legitimately own it! Mutant also has work from a ton of other awesome folks and friends, and will cost you exactly $0... check it below.

A bad man who has done bad things

Here's the second munny I made for this year's Vinylmore at Atomic Books. It's opening on April 3 at 8PM. I will be there, and so will this guy, my little Bloody Buddy.

Touch of Evan

This

became this

and then this.

Munnys are underway

In need of some touch-ups and plenty more work, but, this guy (and another) are officially happening!

MUNNY'D

I took a crack at my first custom vinyl toy for the upcoming Vinylmore show at Atomic Pop. I'm excited, It came out better than I expected (because I expected very little of myself!). I was readily convinced by several friends to pursue my chunky pale clownish characters for it, and while the Munny will never be as fat as I like my characters, I'm still pretty happy with the results.