Staple! Independent Media Expo

Next weekend marks the seventh annual Staple! show, the event to promote independent creative media: comics, art, animation and self-published literature. If you find yourself wandering around within the city limits of the live music capital of the world, come on by!

I’d like to thank the Academy…

Last week the Dallas Advertising League presented an Addy award for the 2011 Half Price Books calendar illustrations.

Order of Nefarious Villains Card Set

The Order of Nefarious Villains serve as the evil counterpart to the Union of Superlative Heroes. Spawned from the dark recesses of spider pits and graveyard shadows, this collection of evil deviants inhabit the same parallel Steampunk Victorian universe as their heroic foes. 20 cards in the set, including the characters Professor Cephalopod, Sir Samuel Lodestone, Black Piranha, Feline Fräulein, Lord Venomous, King Congo plus 14 more. Each card showcases their portrait along with a brief description of their malevolent deeds, origins and abilities.

Now available in the Etsy Shop.

~Update-2013 Desk Calendars Now Available~

Click Here To Learn More About the 2013 Desk Calendars

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Manuel Gomez Burns

Check out more fun work from Manuel Gomez Burns over at his blog Cartoon Mutoscope.

Scissorhands 20th

Scissorhands 20th is a tribute for the 20th anniversary of Tim Burton’s movie “Edward Scissorhands.”  There’s a host of well-done interpretations worth checking out.

ChetArt for the iPad and iPhone

A selection of images are now available on iPad and iPhone cases.

Visit HERE.

Pam Wishbow

Pam Wishbow creates a fun world of retro styled cartoon graphics.

John Stezaker

Whitechapel Gallery presents a collection of John Stezaker’s arresting photo collages.

Christian Montenegro

Fun graphics from Argentinian illustrator Christian Montenegro with his Muertitos series.

Jake Parker

Fun vehicle concept illustrations from Jake Parker.

Melabo’s Ceramic Frankensteins

Melabo’s Etsy shop is a fine representation of what would have happened if Dr. Moreau had taken a ceramics class instead of buying that island.

Secrets of Corel Painter Experts

I recently had the honor of being included in the Daryl Wise and Linda Hellfritsch publication Secrets of Corel Painter Experts.” Each of the seventeen artists are given a chapter that includes a step by step process and a gallery of works.

Matt Forsythe

Visit the Etsy shop of illustrator Matt Forsythe for some lively fun.

The Great Showdowns

Artist Scott C. has a way of distilling great movies down to the essentials, all the while presenting them as beautifully rendered caricatures.

Brendan Wenzel

Bright and colorful, Brendan Wenzel’s animal studies also exhibit an enjoyable flavor of humorous caricature.

Glenn Barr

Glenn Barr’s work captures a wonderful blend of mythology and carnival theatrics with his lush color palettes and textures. Check out his great collection of works contained in: Haunted Paradise: The Art of Glenn Barr.

Happy New Year!

Or, as the Klingons would say: QISmaS botIvjaj ‘ej DIS chu’ botIvjaj!

Terry Gilliam-“1884 Yesterdays Future”

Terry Gilliam plus Steampunk plus animation? You have my attention.

Have a very Monkey Christmas

Best Christmas card EVER. Thank you Steve and Laura!

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