Hey, fellers — this guy is an official grad school grad! Here I is at th’ Center for Cartoon Studies commencement dinner with commencement speaker, publisher, pal, Annie Koyama — and th’ college gimme this purty piece o’ paper to prove my puddin’ — drawn by R. Sikoryak and hand-lettered by CCS alumnus Joe Lambert. Whoot!
Ladies an’ gen’l’men! Boys an’ gurls! It’s finally here! The first official collection of “Little Tommy Lost” will be published this fall by the incomparable Koyama Press!
72 self-contained daily-newspaper-style strips an’ 12 FULL COLOR Sundays — every one of ‘em packed with pitchurs an’ plenny o’ words!
The book will debut at SPX, and I’ll be on hand for my first-ever comics convention experience. Come out an’ gitcher hand kissed or yer baby shook.
Or pre-order one of yer own from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or wherever else you kin gitcher mitts onnit.
Read about alla th’ fall releases from Koyama Press over at The Comics Reporter today!
The always interestin’ J.T. Dockery just posted an informal interview with yers truly on his blog. Click th’ pitchur to give it a gander, an’ be sure to browse around while yer there. J.T. makes some fine cartoons and rants some wild rants about comics, whiskey, and the few other things that matter in this godforsaken world.
Here’s a book report I done on “Ibis the Invincible.” Fulla facts, Jack. Gitcher learn on. xoxo
If you (like me) didn’t git a chance to go to MoCCA this year, you kin still read th’ Cartoon Crier in th’ comfort of yer own cave. Now no one will see you weepin’. Mind yer keyboard.
Click th’ cover or RIGHT HERE, sweet hearts.
Readallaboudit! Hot off th’ presses!
Some shots of The Cartoon Crier as it was comin’ off th’ truck, and a coupla shots o’ some toons I contributed. To see th’ rest, yer gonna halfta gitcher own.
April 28th at MoCCA for a physical copy (and more conventions to be announced). May 1st at cartoonstudies.org for a digital download. The Cartoon Crier is FREE — like the wind. It only costs you yer time and yer tears, babies. Gitchoo some.
I recently had th’ somewhat dubious honor o’ co-editing (with R. Sikoryak and James Sturm) a collection of the saddest strips we could cull from the communities of The National Cartoonists Society and The Center for Cartoon Studies. It’s now off to the presses.
The Cartoon Crier is printed on newsprint in the tabloid format, and packed to the brim with morose and melancholic cartoons (old and new) from:
Ivan Brunetti, Patrick McDonnell, James Kochalka, Lynn Johnston, Bill Griffith, Michael Kupperman, Greg and Mort Walker, Anders Nilsen, Brendan Burford, Jim Rugg, Tom Gammill, Jeffrey Brown, Greg Evans, Melissa Mendes, Blaise Larmee, Bil Keane, James Sturm, R. Sikoryak, yours truly, and many other members of the NCS and CCS communities. It’s a sadstravaganza! Gitcher cryin’ pants on and join the pity party!
The Center for Cartoon Studies
The Cartoon Crier
The Cartoon Crier will be available first (and free) at MoCCA on April 28th. It will also be available as a free download on May 1 from the website of The Center for Cartoon Studies. Whoot.
Here’s a header and one o’ th’ panels from somethin’ I’m hackin’ away at. Tumbl Tumbl.
I tried to draw Popeye onct. Seven times total if you count all th’ panels. Hadn’t posted this anywhars, yet.
Segar I ain’t.
Still gettin’ th’ hang o’ this Tumblr thang.
Here’s a cartoon essay I did on “Naughty Pete” that The Comics Journal was kind enough to run on their blog back in November.
