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Preview Night
I am posting from my hotel here in sunny San Diego. We got down here a day early, on Tuesday, to set up our booth with a minimum of fuss. Last Night was PREVIEW NIGHT here at Comic Con and it went very...
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The TALE of my Dog
The year that I was six but turning seven years old, my family moved to a new town. I know very well that childhood memories are exaggerated, focusing as they do mainly on extreme situations most...
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Princess Diana
I am writing up my lengthy Comic Con report at the moment, but I am waiting on some photos that I want to add to the report before I post it. Plus, I actually need to fill out my much-delayed tax...
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CON MEN
NO Credit? NO Problem! Here, at last, is the Abismo/Nerve Bomb San Diego Comic-Con report for 2007. JIMMY “Easy Terms” BAKERSFIELD and RODDY “Deep Discount” MONTECARLO working the CON. A COMIC CON...
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Rocket Rabbit by JACK
My Nephew JACK was 6 years old when he drew this pin-up of Rocket Rabbit, which he gave me while I visited his family in Maryland last year. It beats the hell out of any drawing I did at a similar age,...
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Tokyo Sketches
I recently found a pile of sketches that I drew when I was living in Tokyo. These days I don’t sketch from life, but back then I often doodled what I saw, perhaps because everything was so new to me...
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Microscope
I haven’t posted any pictures from my Dad’s elephant book in a while. This is the title page illustration for the chapter on Elephants in Science.
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Han and Chewie
I started drawing this silly doodle, of HAN SOLO and his co-pilot CHEWBACCA the Wookie, while sitting at my booth at Comic-Con. It made my pal Rhode laugh so much that I knew I would have to give this...
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Ms. Monster
This is a pencil sketch and quick colour pass, for a pin-up of of my good friend, the frighteningly beautiful MS. MONSTER, in her sinister yet slinky NEW bone-suit costume. If you’ve attended any comic...
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the GLAD Hatter
Recently my good friend Rhode held a MAD HATTER’s TEA PARTY in Golden Gate Park to celebrate his birthday. This happy occasion inspired a large group of his good friends to once again put on silly...
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Emanata Comix Reader
Recently, I was contacted by GEORGE CHEN, a designer from CHURN LABS, which is a company that makes internet and mobile applications. One of their recent creations is EMANATA, an indie comix reader app...
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Capay Valley
Last weekend, Julia and I went up to the CAPAY VALLEY, a picturesque farming area about 2 hours drive from San Francisco, to attend an OUTSTANDING IN THE FIELD farm-dinner. The trip made a good excuse...
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The Pier
I recently worked in LA, helping my buddy RHODE with his personal project, brain-storming together in an intense schedule that did not leave time for much other than work. But on my last weekend in LA,...
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De Young
Last weekend I did some sketching with MATT JONES at the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, where, along with my pals Bosco and Steve, we saw the FANTASTIC Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit, FROM THE...
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Deane Taylor’s BLOG
In an earlier post, I lamented that many artists who inspired me when I entered the animation business have no web presence. I am happy to say that now, the mighty DEANE TAYLOR has a BLOG, and is...
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Labor Day Weekend!
This coming weekend I will be exhibiting at the SF ZINE FEST in Golden Gate Park. It is a nice little show and unlike other book conventions, it is FREE to get in. The ZINE FEST takes place on the...
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Golden Gate Park Sketches
Here are some watercolour sketches done LAST weekend in Golden Gate Park. Julia and I spent some time drawing the Conservatory of Flowers and the nearby Dahlia Garden. We also did some sketches inside...
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Sculpture Sketches
Some pencil sketches done a few weeks ago at The De Young Museum. This time Julia and I focused on some sculptures. A small bronze by Remington, two marble sculptures by Joseph J. Mora and an Ogoni...
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One Year
Today marks exactly one year to the day since I posted in this here blog. The first few months of that hiatus were purely due to being very busy at work and therefore having nothing much to show for...
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Dogmatic vs Dogcentric
When I was in grade two of Catholic primary school, we started to take catechism classes where such profound notions as ‘Souls’ and ‘Immortality’ were being bandied about, not to mention the biggies;...
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