Wednesday, December 30, 2015

HAPPY NEW YEAR, ROBO WOLF!

 

Old fav, colored with Corel...


Sunday, November 15, 2015

POW! PUT MOTION IN YOUR CARTOONS!


 
What puts motion into the picture of a guy getting punched in the face?  The ABSENCE OF STRAIGHT LINES -- sure, a bullet or an arrow shoot straight, but here it's the ARC of the punch and the BOWING of the recipient that bring the picture to life!
 
The book ANIMATION by Preston Blair shows great examples of the above.  And you can find a PDF copy online!  That book over every other really helped me learn to draw...

Thursday, October 15, 2015

JABBA THE HUT BUYS IT -- THE ALTERNATIVE VERSION

One of the RETURN OF THE JEDI cartoons I did, part of the extensive STAR WARS strips Craig McNamara and I drew at the Minnesota Daily when we supposed to be working.  I know ROBOT CHICKEN did a lot of the same kinda gags, as did FAMILY GUY, but if it's any consolation, Craig and I were decades ahead of them...

Monday, October 5, 2015

WEREWOLF? THERE WOLF... GETTING HIS ASS KICKED

 
A personal favorite trio of panels from Twelve O'clock Somewhere -- inspired in part by Gene Colan's artwork in the old Marvel Dracula comics.  Accompanying (and apropos) poetry by Robert Service.


Tuesday, September 29, 2015

MAD MAX FURY ROAD

 
Saw MAD MAX FURY ROAD a third time in the theater.  Man, what a great film.  See it on the big screen if you still have a chance!  (The above drawing is not in any way, shape, or form connected to MMFR...)

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

FRANKENSEIN MEETS THE BABY SEAL

 
 
No, it's not some unknown Universal monster movie discovered stashed away in some attic steamer trunk... I was doodling at OUTCAST, and the above pictures were oddly juxtaposed.  Colored via Corel PAINTER.

Monday, September 21, 2015

DINO DILEMMA

Sure, Dinosaurs had lizard brains, but big huge ones... and who's to say they weren't puzzled by the prehistoric world around them?   A doodle done whilst at the OUTCAST offices...

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

HANNIBAL IS OVER. LONG LIVE HANNIBAL

When NBC announced it wasn't picking HANNIBAL up for a fourth season, I drew this cartoon strip as a final send-off... but waited until the series had officially ended before publishing it here.  Whether it was to your taste or not, nowhere on network television could you find a headier, more stylish or daring show...

Thursday, July 30, 2015

NEW GIG -- OUTCAST


HANNIBAL is halfway through its third season, but alas there won't be a fourth.  I'm happy to report that I'm now on the new Robert Kirkman series, OUTCAST.  The super-cool poster (which I DID NOT illustrate) is above... and you can watch the trailer at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJzVP_4HYT8

Look for the series in 2016 on Cinemax...

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

'EMPIRE STRIKES BACK' AT-AT WALKER BEATS THE SUMMER HEAT

 
 
The model is planted in real, honest to goodness Minnesota snow.  Using photos from ESB as reference, I built this ATT out of cardboard, balsa wood and styrene McDonalds burger containers (the feet and head.)

Remember McDonalds styrene burger containers?  Your great grandchildren will -- as those burger pods will still be bio-degrating a thousand years after they're gone...