(poster design by Vanessa Davis)
This show is going to be EPIC. You can find me drowning in a sea of violently purling yarn, in close proximity to shipmates Johnny Ryan and Steven Weissman.
Together, we are the BLUE WHALE ULTRA HEAVY ARMORED FIERCE ASSAULT ANNIHILATION KNIGHT CORP (B.W.U.H.A.F.A.A.K.C.), and will have many fine comics, drawings, and prints for sale. Look no further for your holiday gift-buying spree.
Come see me in SF this weekend at the Alternative Press Expo - I’ll be signing, drawing, and biting my nails in the Buenaventura Press booth!
I’ll have some inexpensive prints for sale:
Plus some original drawings for the big spenders.
Here’s the current signing schedule (please note: ideally one should visit the booth between 5-8 times per exhibition day, so as to avoid feeling incomplete and empty inside):
Saturday
11:00-12:00 Kevin Huizenga Ted May
12:00-1:00 Johnny Ryan Chris Cilla
1:00-2:00 Eric Haven Jonathan Bennett Phil Elverum
2:00-3:00 Matt Groening Jaime Hernandez Matt Furie
3:00-4:00 Chris Ware Dan Clowes Tim Hensley
4:00-5:00 Ted May John Pham Lisa Hanawalt
5:00-6:00 Matt Furie Souther Salazar Phil Elverum
6:00-7:00 Kevin Huizenga Johnny Ryan Sammy Harkham
Sunday
11:00-12:00 Sammy Harkham Jaime Hernandez Chris Cilla
12:00-1:00 Johnny Ryan Matt Furie Phil Elverum
1:00-2:00 Eric Haven Souther Salazar Ted May
2:30-3:45 KRAMERS PANEL- NO SIGNING XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4:00-5:00 Dan Clowes Jonathan Bennett Tim Hensley
5:00-6:00 John Pham Lisa Hanawalt Kevin Huizenga
Why, it’s another flippant beast design for Threadless! I could use some irreverent and adorable distraction right now, couldn’t you. Need a voting warm-up before Nov. 4th? Go over there and click me a 5er, sweet knuckleheads.
In other news, here’s a postcard I just doodled for Swap-O-Rama-Rama:
Lots more illustration and creepy comics coming soon.
Great news! You can now purchase my newest mini comic from the wonderful Buenaventura Press. I dare you to find a better way to regret spending $6.
“It is a rare breed indeed that is able to so successfully pair excellent draftsmanship with retarded hilarity. This mini feels like a personal sketchbook without any of the crappy parts.”
See? Retarded and not crappy. My chicken chest swells with pride.
Click the link above to see the whole design (and vote me a 5)!
I just submitted my first design for voting on Threadless.com. I’m hoping for a high score, but if these yetis fall short, I’ll just try, try again with creatures of a different fur!
Not that Threadless needs my endorsement, but there are some really fantastic artists on there. Since joining, I’ve bought shirts designed by the lovely Priscilla Wilson, the bombastic Joe Van Wetering, and am thoroughly tempted to get the latest from Luke Ramsey. And I’m not even much of a shirt person. Golly, what’s happening to me.
I’m going to be exhibiting at San Diego Comic-Con from July 24-27! So if you’re in the building and looking for something to do after yukking it up with Kevin Smith, gawking at Rose McGowan, and getting Dakota Fanning’s autograph (and digits?), come by to see me and I promise to admire your Battlestar Galactica costume.
I’ll be boothing with Buenaventura Press (in spot 1732, right next to the Small Press Pavilion) and peddling three delicious comic books, along with a handful of affordable original drawings.
New drawing, “The Arcade,” posted in the “Big” section! You can click on it (or any of the big drawings) for a magnified view.
Here’s a detail of that gaming action:
In other news, this gurnal now has RSS. Subscribe!
Artwork by me, typesetting by Danforth France.
Hal Rudnick’s solo comedy show is opening at UCB Theater in Los Angeles on May 29th, and I recommend attending if you enjoy laughter. Check out some of Hal’s videos, or watch him in Reno 911 (season 4, episode 9, you superfans).
Everything on the poster (Hal, people, buildings, billboard) was inked or watercolored separately, then scanned and combined as layers in Photoshop. I’m finally learning to use technology as an aid…
Want to see some roughs?
And the final artwork:
On page 82 of the LA People 2008 special, Mathew Cullen & Javier Jimenez of Motion Theory Studios are drowning in line drawings.
Original Top:
Original Bottom:
And a humble rough:
I drew my desk at work the other day and realized what a slob I am.
I enjoy mapping out mundane objects and machinery with this method…trying to capture the nuts and bolts of something complicated without possessing enough practical understanding of how the parts function together. It might be incorrect to use cargo cults as an analogy, but they come to mind.
That’s a pretentious way of saying, “I don’t care about perspective or scale, and I was also too lazy to draw every button on my keyboard.”
In other news, my mini-comic, It’s Sexy When People Know Your Name, is now available at Buenaventura Press, where you can pick up LOTS of other goodies. I’ve been especially digging the latest from Johnny Ryan, Matt Furie, and Souther Salazar.
My little guy:
Full of practical tips for genders of all sizes. Oh, and drawings of noodles.