MoCCA and Pinups.

Over the weekend, MoCCA took over my life and beat the hell outta me. I was contributing to the So...Buttons Comix 2009 media onslaught with one Mr. Jonathan Baylis, and one Mr David Beyer Jr. We debuted the So...Buttons #2 Preview, which came out very nice. Here's some photos to prove I'm not a liar! We also had some very cool tablemates and caught up with some old comics friends.


Also, since I don't post artwork nearly enough, I'm including some pinups I drew for the following projects;

- Kevin Church and Benjamin Birdie's The Rack Year One ( a MoCCA Debut )
- Thomas Boatwright and Ryan Rubio's Zeke Deadwood: Zombie Lawman
- Ross Campbell's Wet Moon

FLUKE 2009 Anthology

I forgot to mention in my last post that a story I worked on with Mr. J. Baylis has been featured in this year's Fluke Anthology, alongside many great talented folks from the small press comics community. The story itself was drawn quite awhile ago, but has been remixed a bit for the Fluke format. It was Jonathan's 'Annie' story and many people's favorite of our collaborations. Thanks to Wide Awake Press for including it! Here's a photo...

Anthologize

Well gee, it sure has been awhile, blog. There are two new things to talk about! I'll be appearing in some brand new anthologies this summer with up-and-coming writers Jonathan Baylis and Elton Pruitt. The first is a music themed comics anthology edited by Rachel Dukes and published by Poseur Ink - Side B: A Music Lovers Anthology, a companion book to her previously published Side A Anthology. I illustrated a story written by Mr. Baylis about his childhood Beatles memories, and I think it came out pretty well... There are many many top-notch cartoonists appearing in this book, so tell your local comic shop or bookstore to order!

The other anthology appearance will be in 803 Studios' 'Fire and Ice' themed book, which will be rolling out in the summer as well. This story, 'Toppled,' has previously appeared in my 'Inflated, Deflated' minicomic, and was written by the talented Elton Pruitt. It's a 5 pager about a father and son trip to the state fair. No happy ending here!



More to come, so stay tuned!

Oh God Its COLD again...Or...Link Happy.

Couple things to talk about...

1. Julia Wertz's I SAW YOU Anthology, in which Jonathan Baylis and I have a comic in, is now available for preorder at both Amazon and Random House's website. Click Here...

This book is going to be good. Take a look at the mammoth list of contributors that are lined up. It's like a who's who of today's best indie comics creators...

http://missedconnectioncomics.blogspot.com/

2. I attended, or exhibited at the Tight Knit show in Troy, NY a few weeks ago.

I made up a new minicomic named Inflated, Deflated which was basically my Murder Of Crows comic from Top Shelf 2.0, and a new 5 pager Toppled, written by Elton Pruitt. I was also selling copies of Uncle Slam and the Jonathan Baylis-penned So...Buttons.

I found out about the show through cartoonist Jess Fink, and it was cool to talk comics with her for a little while. Crissy bought some of her comics for me, too.

Here are some pics from my booth, and some more of the very nice venue in downtown Troy. There are some better pics on the show's website at www.tightknit.org.

More to come soon!

Breaking News!

To all of those who received a physical copy of A Murder of Crows at SPX, hang onto it - it's a rare gem! I'm taking it out of print for the foreseeable future, to make way for it's online version hosted at Top Shelf 2.0! Here's the link...

http://www.topshelfcomix.com/ts2.0

Thank you to editors Leigh Walton and Brett Warnock for graciously accepting the story.