For the last few years I've been creating comics for the German Underground U-Comix, where my stories are translated into German. Each annual issue has a theme. The theme for this year's issue is Creepy Crawlers, and it will be published in 3-D. I created two new stories for the new issue, and they've also translated an old story of mine that fit the theme. In drawing the new stories, I kept 3-D in mind, staging scenes with depth, pushing the layering of foreground, middle gr

Many comic book fans write letters to comic books, hoping to see their letter published on the letters page. A letterhack is a prolific writer of such letters. A few letterhacks became famous. This is about a certain infamous letterhack. Power Pack was created in 1984 by writer Louise Simonson and artist June Brigman. Artist Jon Bogdanove followed Brigman on the series and, at some point, I took over as Jon's regular inker. The letterhack in question loved Power Pack. He

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...

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'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 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...