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Last week was beyond hectic. A whirlwind tour of the East Coast, taking in Vermont, Greenwich and NYC, followed by a stint hosting the Center for Cartoon Studies‘ table at San Francisco’s Alternative Press Expo. Here’s a photo of me at the table looking as primed as you can be after a non-sleep redeye the night before.
As well as manning the table, along with CCS students and alumni (thanks Gabby, Kenny, Denis, Colleen, Emilie and Lauren!) I ran a colour workshop with Jenny Hansen, veteran color designer who has worked on shows like Happy Tree Friends and Batman: the animated series. Jenny waxed lyrical about using value, hue and varied palettes to creating and emphasizing mood in comics, and I was humbled to have her colour one of my panels as part of the live demo, which you can see here.
Last but not least, here’s a caricature of Karl Marx strutting about like Mick Jagger that I did for a friend’s housewarming last night. No nods to the President Obama being a socialist thankyouverymuch. Cheers for the party Nikil and Shannon!
I’ve just finished designing this here flyer for the Center for Cartoon Studies Colo(u)r Workshop that’ll be featuring at San Francisco’s Alternative Press Expo this year on Nov 1st and 2nd. Bit of a departure from my usual style, and a stark contrast to the 9/11 strip above – second page will go up after this weekend.
If you’re a Bay Area local, pick up and treasure your very own flyer from one of San Fran’s fine comic-selling establishments as of tomorrow, when I’ll be dropping them off all over the city.
It’s been too long since my last post I know, but there’s been a lot happening, so bear with me:
I submitted a poster for Moveon.org‘s Obama Poster Campaign:
It didn’t make it to the DNC (old hat of a news story now), mainly cos it looks like they were after more art with a capital A : click here for the paintily finalists. I’ve also been working on a new strip for BASH around the Sept 11 Chilean Coup that brought Salvador Allende’s Socialist regime toppling down, though you’ll have to wait a bit before I post it online. PLUS I’ve finally become a star of the silver screen!! I’m in a trailer for a new documentary out about the Center for Cartoon Studies, made by the award-winning Tara Wray. Click here to watch it.
One of sketches features around 30 secs in too. I don’t remember why, but I also provide sagelike advice on why you should never trust clean shaven men. Which I stand by.
AND most importantly of all, I got ENGAGED!! All my love to my blushing, supportive and amazing fiancee Jodie.
Here’s the start of a project I started at CCS earlier this year on the Great Plague of London (1665-6). It’s in Early Modern English, so persevere with the vocab – here are a few hints:
To Dance the Tyburn Jig – to be publicly hanged at Tyburn, now known as Marble Arch in London
coystril – scallion, rascal
