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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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Stupid Censors
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...
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A Brush With Destiny
Many years ago Canadian artist George Freeman was visiting Chicago, and somehow he ended up in my apartment. Possibly for one of the wild...
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Pep Talk #12: O'Brother! by Dan Dougherty
The tall, handsome representative of the Chicago area comics community, Dan Dougherty is an award-winning writer and illustrator of...
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That Time I Inked Art Adams, Part 2
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...
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Pep Talk #11: Splendor! by Dan Dougherty
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...
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That Time I Inked Art Adams
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...
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Pep Talk#10: Donald Benson
Writer Donald Benson is contemplating writing his second novel. His first is Her Temporary Prince. Donald also writes the occasional...
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Yackety Jack
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...
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Pep Talk #9: The Sim-Phony by John Arcudi and Herman Melville
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...
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March of Robots!
You know what they say: "March comes in like a robot and goes out like a different robot." Wait--that's not right. I did this drawing for...
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Pep Talk#8: Donald Benson
Writer Donald Benson is contemplating writing his second novel. His first is Her Temporary Prince. One reader wrote of it, "Absorbing...
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Pep Talk# 7: Chris Duffy
I've known Chris Duffy since his days at Nickelodeon Magazine. More recently we worked together on the late, lamented, SpongeBob Comics....
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Pep Talk #6: David Cairns
David Cairns is a filmmaker, writer and critic. David has directed and written several films, including the multi-award-winning CRY FOR...
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Pep Talk #5: Ian Boothby
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...
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Literal Alien
This is my second collaboration with director/writer/animator/artist Jay Lender. It's part of my ongoing comics project Flip the Script....
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Pep Talk #4: Change by Tim Seeley
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...
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Pep Talk #3: Donald Benson
Writer Donald Benson is contemplating writing his second novel. His first is Her Temporary Prince. Donald also writes the occasional...
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