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 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'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...

In a recent post from artist Mitch O'Connell he included the following quote from an email that he had received, along with the photo...

Many years ago Canadian artist George Freeman was visiting Chicago, and somehow he ended up in my apartment. Possibly for one of the wild...

The tall, handsome representative of the Chicago area comics community, Dan Dougherty is an award-winning writer and illustrator of...

This is a follow-up post on the creation of the ABC Sketchbook cover and poster. Chris Sprouse was the first artist to pencil and ink...

Chicago area creator Dan Dougherty told me to say that he is an award-winning writer and illustrator of comics and children's books. He's...

One of the best gigs I ever had was drawing Splash Brannigan for Alan Moore's line of comics, ABC. Splash was both a descendent of Jack...

Writer Donald Benson is contemplating writing his second novel. His first is Her Temporary Prince. Donald also writes the occasional...

This is the latest comic strip in my Flip the Script project. Which means I draw the strip first, and you can see that process on my...

Writer John Arcudi's entry on Wikipedia reads as follows: John Arcudi is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on The...

Writer Donald Benson is contemplating writing his second novel. His first is Her Temporary Prince. One reader wrote of it, "Absorbing...

I've known Chris Duffy since his days at Nickelodeon Magazine. More recently we worked together on the late, lamented, SpongeBob Comics....

David Cairns is a filmmaker, writer and critic. David has directed and written several films, including the multi-award-winning CRY FOR...

Ian Boothby is a Canadian television and comic book writer and...comic. No, Ian's not a comic book -- he's a stand-up, sketch and improv...

This is my second collaboration with director/writer/animator/artist Jay Lender. It's part of my ongoing comics project Flip the Script....

I've been friends with Chicago transplant Tim Seeley for many years. His comic book credits are too numerous to mention, but here's his...