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3-D for Me, See?
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...
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CU @ C2E2
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...
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Belgium Bound
I'm currently taking commissions and drawing pieces for the October FACTS convention in Ghent, Belgium. They love The Simpsons in...
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Me Tarzan, You Jayne
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...
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2023 So Far
I've been drawin' stuff. Mostly my usual subjects: EC Comics inspired aliens and sci-fi, monsters, etc... All inked with a brush on...
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Dare to Be Stupid!
I'm one of the contributors to the upcoming anthology, The Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” Yankovic. As Z2, the publisher puts...
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Jammin' With Jim
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...
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Sir Hilary and Prince Valiant
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...
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Squa Tront! Spafon Wood!
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...
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The Shadows Know
When adding shadows to your drawings, always go with what's graphically right. Forget tepid, anemic notions of "realism". Save that for...
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Cartooning During COVID
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...
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The Dreaded Deadline Doom
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....
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Infected by Barta
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...
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Ink & Drink
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...
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Surly Cinema: Ghengis Khancer
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....
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Barbarian Barbering
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...
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Pep Talk #13: Leap of Faith by Paul Czarnowski
Paul Czarnowski lives in Chcago and is the caffeinated brain behind the cartoon Robots With Coffee. Look for Paul on social media with...
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Surly Cinema: Zombies on Broadway
Fredi Washington in Ouanga. I watched UCLA Film & Television Archive's restoration of Ouanga (1935), an early zombie film shot in...
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Drunk and Drawn
Comic Art Live's DRINK & DRAW event was a lot of fun. I got to hang with a bunch of talented artsts, including Dan Brereton, Jim...
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Drink and Draw Live!
Tonight, Friday, May 21, at 8:30 p.m. CST I'll be part of Comic Art Live's DRINK & DRAW EXTRAVAGANZA! Other artists taking part are Dan...
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