Look how cute and friendly this guy is….but he’s spooked! There’s a haunted toilet in his house and he hasn’t taken a bath in days, afraid that the toilet might strike. Mom and dad have no idea and he’s not sure how much longer he can hide…THE TERROR OF THE TOILET!!! MORE FUNNY HORROR COMICS…
SPOOKY SLEEPOVER For the last few months I’ve been working on Spooky Sleepover, a new book project with the writer Dave Scheidt. Dave and I first worked together on Aw Yeah Comics #8 and had such a good time that we decided to make an entire book together! SCARY STORIES Spooky Sleepover follows a group of…
NEW SPOOKY/SILLY COMICS A haunted toilet! Vengeful ghosts! A garbage-eating werewolf! Spooky Sleepover is my newest book, packed with hilarious horror comics for all ages, written by Dave Scheidt and illustrated by Jess Smart Smiley. Stories include: “The Terror of the Toilet”, “The Horribly Haunted Bike” and “Dinner and a Werewolf”. The book includes an illustration…
THANK YOU to all of you that have sent me your photos! It’s really amazing to see so many people enjoying the things I’ve had so much fun making. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Send in Your Photos Today! If you don’t know what I’m talking about…I’m working on a new project and I want…
Ryan Simmons works as a character designer and animator, and now he’s trying his hand at a graphic novel! Ryan and I had a chance to talk for about an hour at LTUE back in February and I was really taken by his experience in cartoons and animation and “Aiden finds himself in the Afterlife having traveled…
I recently came across this great post from Adam Rex on his process for illustrating the picture book Chu’s Day, written by Neil Gaiman, and thought I’d pass it along. The post is a brief overview of the roughly 6-month process that Adam put into creating Chu’s Day. (Adam mentions in the comments that “I can work on…
Excerpts from John Steinbeck’s diary while writing The Grapes of Wrath (via Austin Kleon) In 1938, John Steinbeck began writing what he hoped would be a great novel, and to keep track of his writing progress, he started a daily diary. “Here is the diary of a book…it will be interesting to see how it…
YEAR IN REVIEW 2013 has been quite a year! I’m so grateful for the opportunity I have to work in a field that I love and to put more of my favorite pictures and ideas into the world. Here are a few project highlights from the year: Life, the Universe and Everything This was my…
The Orem Public Library is hosting its annual Author Extravaganza this Saturday morning! Join me (Jess Smart Smiley), Ally Condie (Matched), Camron Wright (The Rent Collector), and Brodi Ashton (Everneath) for a book and author festival, featuring a panel discussion and book signing. Copies of my books Upside Down: A Vampire Tale and Rumpus on the Run will…