SPECIAL NOTE: By now, the Atlantic Center for the Arts has notified applicants of my Associate Artist selections for the October residency. I just wanted to thank everyone who submitted proposals. There was so much amazing work that it made the selection process challenging and frustrating, but also bodes well for the future of the

The last page of HABIBI was completed today. It’s a bit anticlimactic, because though chapter nine is wrapped up, I still need to tackle chapter eight. Theo Ellsworth was over drawing with me, and we listened to the touching tribute to comics-great Harvey Pekar on Fresh Air. All this is happening in the midst of

My buddies in MENOMENA are releasing a new album in about a month. With their last album, FRIEND&FOE, I contributed album art, and joined them for part of their European tour (and the Grammy’s). This time around, their MINES album cover made an appearance in a HABIBI panel — a studio full of idols being

Just as Kirk mentioned, I’ll be doing an “artist demo” at the Portland Art Museum on June 19th, 2-4pm. It’s all part of the museum’s summer-long exhibition of Robert Crumb’s Illustrated GENESIS. For those in town, I’ll be drawing live and projected while simultaneously giving a talk. For those out of town, do pick up

Paul Gauguin‘s influenced some of my drawing lately. A) a recent pin-up for Mike Allred’s MADMAN referencing Gauguin’s 1897 painting. B) Gauguin’s “MANAO TUPAPAU” translated as “the spirit of the dead keep watch” … C) flipped backwards in a HABIBI panel this week. OTHER NOTES: 1) Last minute reminder to apply for the ACA graphic

a) spring blossoms … b) my only collection … c) close-up on page … d) inspiration Thanks, all of you, for the flood of chapter seven support. The ninth and final chapter is underway! I skipped over the penultimate chapter for now – the logic of which will reveal itself. This weekend in Portland will

First page drawn December first; Final page completed April sixth. FOUR MONTHS in-between … preceded by a five month stretch of rewrites. The good news is that only two short chapters remain – a mere 67 pages – which keeps things on track to complete the book this summer. Above’s some glimpses of the recent

Portland’s Stumptown Comics Fest is fast approaching, and I’ll be participating on Sunday, April 25th, with a signing and presentation. For those of you who are local or able to attend, I’m curious what topics, images, and formats you’re craving. It seems like the last three years I’ve just talked about progress on HABIBI —

Lately, I’ve been redrawing lots of pages. The work days have been full of false starts — completing most of a page before realizing the composition or rhythm doesn’t flow. The fix is usually an extra panel or dialogue tweak or simply flipping the panel. Always better to catch this in the thumbnail version!

Thank you, readers, for sticking with my bimonthly updates. Today’s theme is sloppy collage! Sorting through my flat files for contributions to the upcoming NeoIntegrity Show at MoCCA – NYC, I excavated these random CHUNKY RICE related scraps. 1) The “clunk” spliced off the last page of original art, slathered with “brush test” doodles. 2)