Tom Gauld has been a favorite cartoonist and illustrator of mine for nearly a decade now. His small self-published books and comics in the early 2000s were a healthy part of my balanced visual arts diet and his drawings and storytelling have only improved over the years. You might recognize Tom’s simplistic, minimalistic drawing style…
Watch out—today I am unleashing… THE CHAIN GANGย is a hilarious 1,000-page ultra comic about a group of unwanted and forgotten bicycles led by Poppa Wheelie that band together to wreak havoc on the world, one neighborhood at a time! Instead of waiting years for me to draw all 1,000 pages, I’m going to be releasing…
For nearly three months now I have been drawing a portrait of the late night talk show host Conan O’Brien—one for each and every single episode of his show since May 15. To date I have made 62 pictures of our friend Coco and plan on drawing a new portrait, each episode, until this October…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv0YjQ2KN3c] The creator of Habibiย drawing page borders and sharing his workflow for his 12 hour pages (6 hours for panels, 6 hours for page border).
Aftershock is a global response to the disasters of March 2011 in northeast Japan. Over 30 contributors from around the world have donated their artwork and stories to this compilation. The project has two purposes, the first of which is to act as an open letter of support and concern to the people of Japan.…
Tonight I am presenting How I Made My Graphic Novel at the Orem Public Library, from 7-8pm. The event is free and open to the public. I’ll be taking the audience through a step-by-step process of how I made my book, Upside Down: A Vampire Tale—everything from the initial idea, to developing the story, making…
Lucy Knisley has made what is easily my favorite series of images of the year in her pictorial summary of Harry Potter in 8 parts. Each picture summarizes a book, with the last book being split into two pictures. While each picture has, no doubt, taken Lucy hours and hours to make, she’s unable to…
Cartoonist Bill Alger is developing a new graphic novel for kids called Homeboy, and has started a blog to record his process and ideas over the next year. “Homeboy is a kid who runs away from home, then wakes up the next morning to discover that a tiny version of his family’s home has become…