Open Letter to my Neighbors
Dear Neighbor, Recently, you may have heard an odd, strangled yodeling echoing around our neighborhood, and wondered what it was. The answer is, it’s our rooster, Achilles! I’ve always wanted to raise chickens, for fun and for the eggs, and this spring I decided to give it a try. I found a young farmer near the airport who sold [...]
Continue ReadingSD-2 Golden Scythe
Back in 2006 I published a graphic novel called JLA Classified: Cold Steel which opened with a sleek golden spaceship being pursued across the surface of the moon. I had painted that comic in a new way (for me). Instead of painting each page as a single, 11″x17″ image with a lot of little panels, I painted each panel individually [...]
Continue ReadingSchön Magazine Interview
Interview for Schon Magazine just came out. The full online version of the magazine is here. An excerpt is here: Schön Magazine #13
Continue ReadingOff to Gencon
Off to Gencon for four days of fun and relaxation with my little brother. I so rarely get to just attend a convention… no “manning the table”, no worrying about originals walking off mysteriously, no carpal-tunnel syndrome from signing 4″ stacks of cards. Can’t wait!
Continue ReadingLife After Art School: Five Years to an Illustration Career
The one emotion every newly-minted art school graduate experiences is anxiety. Can I really make it? What do I do now? All my friends are getting jobs making $50,000 a year. Where does that leave me? I’ll be lucky to get a job delivering pizza. I graduated from the University of Michigan School of Art back in 1985, ready to take [...]
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