Artist and writer Travis Nichols was a great booth neighbor to have at the Staple! show. With his fun sense of humor showcased in both his art and writing, he had a steady stream of fans at his table. Check out his I Like Apple Juice site for lots of art, musings, comics, music, greeting cards and animal detectives.
Back from our weekend exhibiting at the Staple! Independent Media Expo in Austin, TX. We had a great time with lots of sales, seeing old friends and making new ones. A big thank you to everyone that came out to show their support!
This week I’ll be sharing info about some of the great talents and fellow exhibitors we met. First up, the insanely funny and talented duo of Colleen AF Venable and Marianne Ways. They’ve collaborated on writing “Lumberjacks: A Field Guide”. With great writing, a host of clever illustrators contributing to the fun and a cut out cover with felt beard, you have to snag a copy of this gem!
Be sure and visit Colleen’s site Here for loads of other incredible projects.
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Marianne’s site Here that also includes her wonderful jewelry.
A selection of characters from the Union of Superlative Heroes and Order of Nefarious Villains are now available in a wide variety of colors and sizes for kids, men and women.
It’s time again for that wonderful annual event: March MODOK Madness, a curated blog of MODOK inspired artwork. A big thanks to mastermind Brendan Tobin for including my version from the Order of Nefarious Villains, SCORN.
Brilliant rendition of The Last Supper in breakfast cereal form. Brought to you by the talented Brian Stuckey.
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!
Check out all of the wonderful fun over at Curio & Co.
(We’ve been huge fans of Philip La Carta for years!)
Last week the Dallas Advertising League presented an Addy award for the 2011 Half Price Books calendar illustrations.
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.
New set of figures due out from the inspirational mind of Mari Inukai.
Pam Wishbow creates a fun world of retro styled cartoon graphics.
Scotty Reifsnyder has created a very nice series of folk hero prints.
Japanese artist Natsuo Ikegami’s color cat portraits have a simple and straightforward appeal.
Paul Bines over at the wonderful resource UK CardCast honored me with a fantastic plug for the “Union of Superlative Heroes” set with his latest podcast.
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.
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.
Visit the Etsy shop of illustrator Matt Forsythe for some lively fun.
Artist Scott C. has a way of distilling great movies down to the essentials, all the while presenting them as beautifully rendered caricatures.
Check out the graphically fresh work of Magen Mitchell over at Paper Wasp Nest.
