Wednesday July 7, 2010   ·   Webcomics Auction for the Gulf Coast

Hello, everybody!

In case you haven’t heard, a bunch of really cool artists are donating original artwork to be auctioned off to raise money for the Gulf Coast. This auction was created and organized by Carly Monardo, and I think it’s a really great idea. All proceeds go to charity to benefit the Gulf Coast. Each day there will be new art up for auction, and each piece will be available for bidding for 9 days. There’s some mighty fine work there, so please consider bidding and buying for this worthy cause! You can read more about where the proceeds are going and who else is taking part here.

For my part, I have a Tuesday With Everything In It original art up for grabs, so please bid and spread the news!

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Sunday May 23, 2010   ·   Tuesday With Everything In It comic

I may have neglected to mention this before, but if you’ve been to my main site, then you may already be aware of it — and if not, well, now’s my chance to tell you! My latest ongoing comic is Tuesday With Everything In It. It’s about a mercenary training facility masquerading as a boarding school, and still in its introducing-all-characters-to-you-readers stage, but I encourage you to check it out. Especially if you like humour, girls kicking tush, and moments of my-word-did-she-just-go-there.

One of the first things you might note, right off the bat, is that the strip is handlettered as compared to my other comics. I do not have the neatest writing by far, and for a long time relied on computer-lettering for my comics — plus doing it by computer eased wrist and shoulder pain. In case you didn’t know, too much handlettering can really hurt a cartoonist, which is why a lot of graphic novelists turn their writing into fonts, so that they don’t have to actually handletter 275+ pages of comics!

After some thought, I decided to handletter my Tuesday strips. I’m doing so with as much thought and putting as little tension on my arm as possible, so hopefully I can continue doing so for the foreseeable future!

Anyway, if you’ve liked my previous comics such as Hugo & Bana, I think Tuesday With Everything In It would be right up your alley. Your really dark, offbeat alley.

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Thursday March 11, 2010   ·   Book design: Plans

I’d never designed a book cover before, but when Natalie asked if I could design the front and back for her latest book Plans, I thought, “Hey, why not?” So I gave it a shot.

It’s always the first few tries that are tricky, because you’re trying to imagine the most appealing look for it. Then, at the very last minute, it hits you and you do a complete overhaul, and a look comes out. Natalie was plenty pleased with it, so I’m happy!

The design was completed in January. I’ve just gotten my very own copy of Plans, and man, even I’m impressed!

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Monday November 30, 2009   ·   New site design!

Happy Monday! There’s a new site design, so head on over and check it out! I spent the whole of yesterday designing and putting it up, so I’m beat. I had also Ustreamed the inking process of the site girl images you see there, so viewers got to see me complete them live.

I still have yet to go through the art archives in full to make sure they look okay, so please bear with me! There’s a lot of them. Obviously, let me know if anything looks really wonky, and I’ll look into it. Also let me know about any readability issues.

It’s going to be December tomorrow. That’s just so wild.

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Tuesday October 20, 2009   ·   Explosion of Skin Q&A

Hi guys!

Do any of you have questions re: my comic Explosion of Skin? To wrap it up I plan to have a few Q&A pages. They would be like the acupuncture Q&A pages in the comic, so send me whatever questions you have.

Thanks!

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Tuesday August 11, 2009   ·   State of Lynn, August 09

It’s been really quiet here, hasn’t it? Well, actually, much has been going on behind the scenes! For one thing, I went to Germany and Austria for the first two weeks of July. Boy, did we do a lot of walking. It did rain, which I hear is actually typical July weather for Bavaria, but even so, it was gorgeous. Witness:

Oh my gosh, don’t even get me started on the chocolate there. Delicious.

I’ve also been at work hosting and editing the Girlamatic podcast. I came up with the idea of a podcast, the editor was enthusiastic over it, and off we went! Right now the first episode is up, and I’m currently working on editing the second one before it goes live. Whoever thought mixing sounds could be so much fun?

I’ve also been entertaining out-of-town guests, and let me say that there’s nothing like using your friends to learn more about your own city. It’s the perfect excuse!

Not only that, I’m currently a few pages in on a short-story comic which will give you some insight as to why I hadn’t been able to produce artwork for a couple of months. Suffice to say, one of the very compelling reasons for this was because I literally couldn’t even bend my fingers. If that doesn’t pique your interest, well, then, I’m a truly gone case. I’ll be posting pages of that comic in the next few weeks.

And that’s what’s been happening with me. Hope you folks have been having an excellent summer!

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Saturday August 30, 2008   ·   Marvel Masterpieces II sketch cards up for grabs

My artist proof cards have arrived! If you recall, I did some original sketch cards for Upper Deck’s Marvel Masterpieces II trading card set. We get “artist proof cards” back, which are essentially sketch cards with which we can do what we wish.

So those of you who want an original MMII sketch card done by moi, here’s your chance!

Details:

• There are only 10 cards available, so it’s first come first served
  
• The inked finish product is along these lines
  
• For one character per sketch card, it’s $15
  
• If you want two characters within a sketch card, it’s $20
  
• You must contact me before Sept 26
  

Update: All gone! Last of the cards have been booked. Thanks so much, everybody!!

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Wednesday January 9, 2008   ·   Drawing sketch cards for Upper Deck's Marvel Masterpieces II!

I guess it’s safe to let the cat out of the bag!

I will be doing sketch cards for Upper Deck’s Marvel Masterpieces II collection, and I’m very excited about it! The cards will ship to us this week, and I’m set to do 50 for them. I can’t wait!

I’ll definitely show you scans of some of them as I go along. Whoo!

Much thanks to Grant Gould for posting about Upper Deck’s open call in the first place!

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Tuesday December 4, 2007   ·   Panels & Pages art show

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Hey gang!

If you missed seeing my original comic pages at the UW-Green Bay Lawton Gallery comic art show this past fall, you can get to see them at the Borg Ward Art Collective in Milwaukee this month!

The show runs from Dec 7 to Jan 2. The gallery opening is this Friday, 6pm — ignore the time stated in the flyer above, ‘cause the gallery actually starts opening at 6pm, and you wouldn’t want to miss a beat, would you? (*grin*) Oh, speaking of which, give a hand to my friend Jason for great work on the flyer!

I won’t be able to attend, but there’s going to be bands and music, so go and have fun on my behalf!

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Saturday November 10, 2007   ·   New postcards in the shop!

I’ve added some new items to the Shop! For $4 for 6, or $6 for 10, you can get postcards of the delectable Hugo & Bana and/or sassy Medusa. These postcards truly are quite yummy — full-color glossy on one side, and blank on the other so you can write to your friends! Or you can just keep them for yourselves, as a sort of miniature print (aren’t they scrumptious?). Click here for details!

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