The Early Years Collected was self-published in 2011. The artichoke graphic was what I used on all my marketing materials at the time. When it came time to reprint the book, I started to rethink how I presented this collection of comics, which resulted in a name change and a full redesign of the book....
The 1st edition of Cut and Pasted was self-published in 2011, the 2nd edition in 2014. Both shared a cover similar to this one, but their text elements were aligned to the left. When I revisited the cover for this post, I did some futzing for fun. The selection of artwork included in the...
I established a very specific approach to the illustration inside my book Utopian Musings. Once the interior pages were finished, I started working on the cover. I wanted the cover to entice readers and hint to what was inside, but I didn’t want it to overshadow what is inside the book, or visually link to...
In high school and college, I took toys apart to make characters for my stop motion projects. I made this humanoid ant by removing limbs and other body parts from the Transformers toy for Inferno from the Beast Wars series. In this image, this robotic ant-man sits upon a planet, too small for it to...
The Sandman comic book series introduced me to both Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. Gaiman’s writing and McKean’s artwork set a high bar for what can be accomplished in comics. The story was epic. Whenever the narrative journey turned away from its title character, it always added thoughtful complexity and dimension to Morpheus’ world. McKean’s...
I made this in the late ‘90s, using a transparency I kept from a high school presentation on echolocation. I’m not sure where I found the photo, but I always loved the image. I used scotch tape to remove the ink from the plastic sheet around the bat, and then applied the tape around the...
These illustrations were commissioned for a 2012 blog post on H&R Block’s website. Some things that actual taxpayers were able to deduct on their tax return included posing oil for a bodybuilder and clarinet lessons to help a child’s overbite. I added the green color to repost these images here.
I was asked to produce a colored image of Becca Killburn’s 7″ Kara. At conventions, I have made and sold a number of sketches. This was my first remote commission and it was to be in color. I was excited to draw something for someone away from all the distractions of the show and in...
This was an evolving collage. It started as self-portrait for a 1996 photo assignment in college. I later digitally superimposed a photo of a statue of Don Quixote over my chest. This version can be found in Bits and Pieces #1. Ultimately, I combined the original collage with a drawing I made of Spiderman in...
I painted this sketch of the X-Man Nightcrawler in the late ‘90s. The jeep grill is panel art from my 2010 comic Martian Debut. The two were collaged together in 2012.
