Join me and Bill Cox for conversation on January 3rd at 1pm CST. We'll talk about my career in comics, and also discuss the art that we'll be selling LIVE! It's all on the Comic Art Fans YouTube channel. You can both set a reminder and tune in live here.

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 to get a reminder and also watch live is here. For the sale I've selected work from the very beginning of my career as an inker to drawings I created over the last couple weeks. Some of the highlights are pages from The Thing, Power Pack, Plastic Man, and Splash Brannigan! Power Pack was my favorite inking gig at Marvel Comics. Penciller J

I'm currently sorting through my published comic book pages and art, as well as creating new drawings for an online sale coming next month. This Splash Brannigan piece is one of the new drawings. Splash Brannigan was co-created by yours Surly and Alan Moore, and appeared in the comic book anthology Tomorow Stories, published by America's Best Comics. The sale will be held on Comic Art Fans Live on Saturday, July 19th. During the next few weeks I will post updates about other

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