Titmouse Mook Release Party & Gallery Show

I did a 7 page story in the latest Titmouse Mook entitled "Shlukt"

Here's the first page:

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It's being released this Saturday at the TITMOUSE EXHIBIT & BOOK RELEASE

I also did a painting for the art show called "Rollerskating Gorilla (Circa 1978)":

Final:

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sketch:

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color comp:

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alternative colors (I thought they weren't 70's enough, felt more 80's neon):

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Hope to see you there! I'll be signing Analog Age books too!

Life in the Analog Age: Twice A Week!

Just wanted to tell remind all of yous that every week, two Life in the Analog Age posts go up!

This week's strip:



Last week's short:



Don't miss any of them and SUBSCRIBE

Introducing: Life In The Analog Age

I'm happy to announce that I'm launching my new project today.

I've been working on it for some time now, it's called Life In The Analog Age. Check out the first promo:



It's an series of all ages shorts and strips all about my growing up before the internets in Pennsylvania. Don't get me wrong, I love the web, but times were really different back then, especially for me.

I really wanted to go in a completely different direction than Big Pants. They are stories all based on real events, all told straight from the heart. Even artistically, I limited the palette and that freed up the time to draw more and above all, no reuse.

I started really pouring over old pictures and albums and started to become really inspired and nostalgic. The actual color schemes came from them, like this one of my biological dad and I:

Here's the very first strip/inking test:

I kept everything except for the pink, it really wasn't working for me.

It's a really hard thing to try to really illustrate the way you felt then. The strips are really interpretive, but with the shorts, I can get a lot closer when writing the music, and especially the timing.

So, there are going to be a lot of strips and cartoons coming your way on lifeintheanalogage.com, make sure you subscribe to the rss feed or the youtube channel.

I hope you guys like it as much as I love doing it. Please tell me what you think, I can take it--it's good for me.

Dumm Comics

I've been dying to blog about this project since February, and now, finally the time has come:

Dumm Comics is here!


Dumm Comics is a daily comic website that my friends and I started. It features some awesome comics from Sean Szeles, Katie Rice and Luke Cormican, Ricky Garduno and Fred Osmond, and of course some Big Pants Mouse goodness!

There will be a new comic EVERY WEEKDAY! Try to keep up!

We are currently working 3 months ahead, so there's plenty coming your way!

Here's the rough for my first comic:


Of course you have to go to the site to see the punchline...

Dumm on Myspace

Oh, and special thanks to Matt Gadbois for such a wonderful site!

Big Pants Mouse Holiday Special (Part 2)

Stop reading if you haven't read the first part which can be found here.

Ok, now that you know what's going on, here's the conclusion to our magic pantsed holiday adventure...












Happy Holidays to everyone!

Big Pants Mouse Holiday Special (Part 1)

Here's the first part of the Big Pants Mouse Holiday comic I did in 2001:

Enjoy!






What thoughts percalate in that little pup's twisted mind? Stay tuned for part 2!

A Big Pants Mouse Holiday Treat

Finallly a new post! Geeze that took forever! I can't believe how irresponsible I am!

Well, I'll finish punishing myself later.

No in all seriousnes, I took a break from painting/illustration to work on some very interesting projects that will be coming to you soon...

In the meantime, I thought you patient peoples would like to see an old Christmas card I did. See, every year I used to do a little Christmas card or comic and send it out to keep in touch with all of my family in Pennsylvania and friends inbetween. It was a good way to give a little for the holidays because sometimes this was the only thing people would get from me because I was just starting out...

Here's the card:

Would you guys like to see more? I have a really rare 20 page Chrismas comic if you would like to see that...?