Alan Moore/Book Jacket

I was excited about the prospect of designing a jacket for Bill Baker’s interview with Alan Moore. I’m a big fan of Alan’s (The Watchmen, Tom Strong and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen are some of my favorite books) and Bill and wanted to do them both justice. The reader of an Alan Moore [...]

When Harry Met Maddy

Here is the Illustration I did to accompany the review of Joanne Harris’ Book Rune Marks. Taking place in a post apocalyptic world (five hundred years after the end of the world), The protagonist of the book is a 14 year old girl named Maddy. Any book involving a young teen and magic invites comparisons [...]

Mammal and Hemingway at ComicCon and MoCCA

This is a bit late but Mammal was present at MoCCA Art Festival 2008 of course showing off their very cool wares (issues, posters, tee shirts, original art). I’ll be stopping by their table and checking out what’s going on. I just can’t say enough nice things about them.
There’s a lot of talent there [...]

R.I.P. Papa

Today, July 2nd marks the 47th anniversary of Hemingway’s death. In observance of the date I’d like to pass on something I came across while researching his suicide. There is a fascinating story concerning the belt that Hemingway was wearing at the time he shot himself at his house in Ketchum Idaho. The belt is [...]

What to Do With Your Old Cardboard

When I’m working on an illustration that involves a particular object I’m not familiar with and find hard to draw (or I’m having trouble visualizing the hand position on the object), I’ll often mock up a prop. This might involve using something as a stand-in that has a similar shape ie: a [...]