Year In Review

So, with the end of the year closing in I found myself doodling a self portrait/commentary on how the year was, and then found myself totally and utterly depressed. Of course the two aren't related but... oh god, so sad. Anyway, still messing around with a new method of digital coloring, haven't got all the kinks out yet, but it'll come.


Next week I'm just gonna do Santa themed images, that should be less of an utter bummer. Actually that sounds like a challenge to draw a melancholic Santa, which is something I must now do.

And Yet I Am Not Tan

Chicago is (supposedly) besieged by blizzard, I lounge relaxed by a pool in Malibu. Actually I've spent most of my time here indoors or watching/playing with my awesome cousins Truman and Ivy. As a result I am paler now than I was when I arrived. Marker drawings below were done for/in conjunction with cousinal units.

To Lazy to Buy a Card, I Drew One

Arghh! Ok, well it's been a while since my last post, but I'm getting back up on the internet horse to continue my ride. My ride to metaphor town. Fuck, that kind of got away from me. Anyway, here's a doodle I kicked around today: baby Jesus as awesome space surfer, who is for legal reasons unaffiliated with "the Silver Surfer", Jack Kirby or his estate, Marvel Comics, or the act of surfing.

There's a version with text already in and a blank one, so you can make your own.



Merry Christmas!
Nearly.

Saturday Boredom Update

Boredom induced sea-monster post, maybe I'll clean it up and color it at some point...

Friday Boredom Update

So, no new comic post today (or yesterday, or the day before, blah blah blah), I'm trying to figure out how to scan/digitally clean them in a way that looks uh, not crappy.

In other news, my second Chicagoist post went up today, which is good, you can read it here. I'm not "on staff" yet, so I don't have access to the blog posting client, it's a little frustrating (and led to a few minor hiccups in the piece) but whatever. I'm -like- way too cool to care either way, so it'sall good.

Hmmm, what else? Oh yeah, you should read this: Paul Klein's write-up of the Ray Yoshida show opening tonight at SAIC's Sullivan Galleries. It's much more in depth, thoughtful, and better written than my little blurb about it (but then again, it should be), and it really drives home the point that if you live in Chicago and consider yourself an arts person, this is a show you have to see.

MODOK Mondays! ...Fuck. Fucking Illiteration.

In lieu of a comic page tonight we're gonna do a sketch/experiment in GIMP. It's MODOK (Marvel comics rights blah blah), which stands for -get this- Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing.


Silver Age man, a simpler time, a better time.

Movie Night Monday

Whooo!

The SOFA show piece is now up at Chicagoist! Read it here.

Also, page two of short Borges comic is done, I'm thinking the weekends are breaktime for this project, so it'll only update during the week.


I'm also wondering if I should be planning the next pages in advance. Don't think so.