Most film directors have been influenced by other directors and films. Many movies contain scenes that quote an earlier film. A few directors repeatedly quote specific scenes or shots, paying homage to favorite films and directors. A notable example is Brian DePalma, who made a career of borrowing from the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock certainly had his influences, but I don't recall him ever directly quoting other films. Recently, however, I noticed a visual connecti

This Saturday, July 19th at 2PM EST I'll be interviewed and selling my original art live on the Comic Art Fans Youtube Channel. The link...

I'm currently sorting through my published comic book pages and art, as well as creating new drawings for an online sale coming next...

I've always wanted to draw a 3-D comic. I fell in love with 3-D comics when I put on the special glasses and read a friend's copy of...

I'll be a guest at C2E2 2024, April 26, 27, and 28. I'll be signing and sketching at the Hero Initiative, booth # 1575, 1-5 PM all three...

I'm currently taking commissions and drawing pieces for the October FACTS convention in Ghent, Belgium. They love The Simpsons in...

Jayne Mansfield was the larger than life star of the films Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? and The Girl Can't Help It. A vivid childhood...

I've been drawin' stuff. Mostly my usual subjects: EC Comics inspired aliens and sci-fi, monsters, etc... All inked with a brush on...

I'm one of the contributors to the upcoming anthology, The Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” Yankovic. As Z2, the publisher puts...

Here's a comic jam I did with gelatinous Jim Siergey. It was for the 89th issue of the APA-zine, Cartoon Loonacy. Loonacy is a...

A number of years ago Gary Gianni asked me to help him on the Prince Valiant strip. Gary was working on a side project or two, and felt...

Like most kids growing up in the 1960s, I liked monster and sci-fi movies. But the primary inspiration for the aliens and space-men I...

When adding shadows to your drawings, always go with what's graphically right. Forget tepid, anemic notions of "realism". Save that for...

The life of a cartoonist is often a solitary one, especially if one works at home. So quaranting last year wasn't that much of a change...

The bane of every commercial artist is the deadline. Blow a deadline, and you might not get another job from that editor or art director....

I have many friends who are comic book artists and illustrators. From time to time some of them have asked me to pose for them. Artists...

Regretably, I will not have a table at C2E2 in December. If you were hoping to see me there, please contact me. I might do a walk through...

Dick Powell started in show business as a singer, which led him into acting. After many years as a star, Powell directed his first film....

I've drawn a two-page strip for Pretty Conan #2. Looks like volume one is also still available. Both are available at the link, here. The...

Paul Czarnowski lives in Chcago and is the caffeinated brain behind the cartoon Robots With Coffee. Look for Paul on social media with...