Awhile Back I had Pandemic in the third tournament of Fist-a-cuffs.  I had completely intended to go into the fourth tourney and Chris Schweizer and I had talked a little bit about what we wanted to do.  I had sketched this up awhile back but had never really finished it up so I thought I'd play with it this morning.  Unfortunately I couldn't get the scan to get exactly what I wanted...but I used some warm gray markers for the tone although none of that is really coming through now.  I am really lazy about using different mediums then just a pen and pencil so I thought I'd experiment.  It's not a huge break from tradition with me...but it's a start....I hope.

I finished two issues of Sabrina the teenage Witch about two months ago and from the looks of things the above issue(#93) will debut on April 16th.  So for everyone interested mark your calendars and pick one up!  Of course you have plenty of time to wait for it now....but in anticipation here are a few little panel details from this issue.  I'll post more from the next after this one sees light.

I threw this together Wednesday morning for Drawergeeks this week.  Go and check it out there's a ton of great stuff on there.  It was fun to do this sketch as I've done little for myself lately except random doodles on a few floating pieces of paper here and there.  It just make me realize though that I'm not drawing for fun enough.  I am SO glad and SO blessed that everything I have been working on is actual work, but there are times when my enjoyment in sitting down at my drawing table is all but lost.  So I need to consciously make an effort to do that, but with so much on my plate(work, wedding, and future move to Texas....all within the next 2 months) it's hard to find the time.

This is how I'll remember you. 




I've read Spider-man since I was 8(and for the record I stopped buying this crap months ago).  But these developments are keeping me off for the foreseeable future.

Yeah, I Know, It's Christmastime - Andrew Dost (Anathallo)
Christmas Time(Don't Let the Bells End) - The Darkness
Christmas Night Of Zombies -  Mxpx
The Christmas Sound - The Swimmers
Christmas Windows - Youth Group
The Firebolt - Harry and the Potters
Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas - Eels
Christmas at the Zoo  - The Flaming Lips
Fairytale Of New York - Stars 
Here Comes Christmas - Remington Super 60
Let's Wrap Each Other - The National Splits
Spotlight on Christmas - Rufus Wainwright
We Three Kings - Spinal Tap 
12.23.95 - Jimmy Eat World   
Sister Winter - Sufjan Stevens   

WAAAaaay back in June at Heroes I got the chance to meet a young guy named Nathan who really seemed to love my work.  He's asked in the past for some simple tutorials on my Fox and Goat characters from my Sushi Bar mini.  I've never really done tutorials before or step by steps but I'm glad to show some simple steps in my so called process.  I'm a lot less patient when drawing my characters sometimes.  I rarely break it down and build up like this but I have a feeling it would help a bit...;)...so first off FOX and then Goat....

First I break the body down into it's most basic shapes.  Fox has more of a squat head so I stick with a circle and then kind of a tear drop/oval body. 

Next add some minor details and the arms and legs.  Just put in the basic shapes again.  No need to clutter it up yet with fingers and hair.  Fox's head gets a little more squat when adding his "whiskers" and the ears run round from the original circle.  Maybe some eyebrows to get the expression going and then move on to...

the fun parts.  Get the pupils settled in and add the scruff around his arms and feet.  Fox's mouth is wide and cuts sharp at the lip for his chin and nose.

Everything is pretty much set now...just finish the lines up nice and bold.  And darken up his ears, hands , and feet.  Done.  I hope that helps!  I'm not much of a process guy.

so now onto....

And prints!

Sorry for the complete silence for the past month and a half.  After Jil and I got engaged work piled up and kept me plenty busy.  Unfortunately everything I was working on was kind of boring and a bit stifling creatively.  It made me just want to step away from the table instead of draw for fun.........plus I kind of started to play Warcraft again(the middle one is my old character from before I quit....the shammy and lock are new).

BUT....Jils comic is inked and all set and ready for public consumption.  Next week we'll both be attending Wizard World in Texas and I'll have  her book simply titled Run, Sushi Bar, and the last remaining Sea Monsters & Samurai. 


Last remaining you say?  Whatever could that mean?  Well folks as of this week I'm thrilled to say Sea Monsters & Samurai will be published by the esteemed Viper Comics in the future!  Future being most likely late next year and in graphic novel form, but for those of you who were awesome enough to snag the mini originally I'm sorry to say you're going to have to wait just a bit longer.  No date is set but it's at least something you all can look forward to in late 2008. 

I'll make an effort to post again with some art, but probably not until after Thanksgiving.  The next two weeks are all travel for Jil and I.  When I get back I plan on getting into the swing of things by wrapping up the questions some of you have asked me and some new genre sketches.  Keep an eye open!

I was gone for a tiny bit up in Michigan....and now I'm back.  So here's a cartoon for akoyamiazaki. 

Last week Jil and I decided we needed to get up to Michigan to book a place for wedding.  It was a last minute trip so we had a lot of rushing around to get things in order before we left.  Plus both of us were coming down with a little something.  I fought mine off ok pretty early but poor Jil got the brunt of it.  I looked at a really cool french manor looking place just outside of town, and while it would have been really gorgeous outside, the inside was just WAAAaaaay to antique-y.  Mom and Jil thought it had some charm but I thought the interior was downright ugly.  We then jotted on over to a little cafe for breakfast and ended up at a little farm called Southern exposure, which is where we'll be getting married.  It was quite a site and Jil fell in love with it immediately so it was kind of a no brainer after that.  So in about 8 months Jil and I will be getting married here.

Thank you everyueveryme for a great question!  More questions to come feel free to ask me more folks!

This was a fun exercise.  It's been a long time since I've ever just done a quick sketch comic...since college I think!  It will be nice to do some more of these. Thanks chamonkee for the incredibly challenging question!  I'll be doing a lighter question to get away from this more serious one.  I'm still totally accepting questions for those who would like to ask me one so ask away!  And here's a more "mainstream" Batman sketch for the hell of it...

I whipped this up for my buddy Ziggy last week for his second issue of his comic Sidekicked.  One of my best friends nickfil who colors Powers at the moment was kind enough to throw some colors on it and make me look goooood.  It's all him though.  The guy is amazing.  We used to play Heroclix together.....


yeah that's right nick...I said it....Heroclix....I have pictures but.....I can't find them...someday...when you least expect it...they WILL come back to haunt you.