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…
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…
Since 2006 Pittsburgh-based husband and wife Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth have run the Tugboat Printshop, a traditional printmaking studio where everything is made by hand, starting with the giant slabs of wood into which each of their images are carved. The Moon is their largest hand-carved relief print ever coming in at 36″ x 32″ (91 x…
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…
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I’ve been a fan of Dave Stewart’s abilities for the last ten years, and it’s been fascinating to watch him tackle projects as varied as Hellboy, Sandman: Overture, Daytripper and now Craig Thompson’s Space Dumplins. I recently discovered the new comics interview show, From the Gutters, and was happy to find a two-part video interview with…
For the last two and a half weeks I’ve left behind the comfort of my studio to work in a tunnel. In an effort to clean up and brighten the area, the Provo City Police Department has commissioned me to paint a mural along the Provo River Trail. The trail continues below the road at…
From Paste: [vimeo http://vimeo.com/5708115] Earlier this week we learned that the Calvin and Hobbes documentary Dear Mr. Watterson would be released on Nov. 15. Today, we are treated to the first trailer. Brace yourself for a wave of crushing nostalgia. The documentary, which director Joel Allen Schroeder has been working on since 2007, explores the impact the beloved comic strip…
Ha! You like how I titled this, as though I have some free wallpaper download every weekend? Hey, maybe that should be a new thing…Anyway, we’re getting closer to finishing Rumpus on the Run: A Monster Look-n-Find Book, so here’s a wallpaper to celebrate! DOWNLOAD HERE.
Last week, over 100 of you voted on the new cover for Rumpus on the Run: A Monster Look-n-Find Book on my blog, Facebook and on Kickstarter, and now the results are in! Meet the cover for Rumpus on the Run: A Monster Look-n-Find Book! THE VOTES While reading through all your votes and comments, I noticed…