Discipline, GeorgeJurard!!!

A scary thought…

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:43:15 -0500

A scary thought…

rachelelm: selfie Incredible brush work.

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:15:53 -0500

rachelelm:

selfie

Incredible brush work.

Automatic reference drawing and a half-pencilled page from my...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:51:21 -0500

Automatic reference drawing and a half-pencilled page from my upcoming strip…

brianmichaelbendis: Frank Frazetta HOW AMAZING WAS FRANK...

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:48:19 -0500

brianmichaelbendis:

Frank Frazetta

HOW AMAZING WAS FRANK FRAZETTA?!?!?!

“Goodness Gracious”, as my dad’s dad would say.

Best drawing of the Joker I’ve ever done. Period.

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:26:26 -0500

Best drawing of the Joker I’ve ever done.

Period.

Another new panel from my upcoming strip… If you...

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:54:14 -0500

Another new panel from my upcoming strip…

If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out my first two here and here on Trip City!

I’ve a new strip up on Trip City May 30th. This is the...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:59:00 -0500

I’ve a new strip up on Trip City May 30th.

This is the first page from it.

I got Written up on The Comics Beat!!!

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:49:16 -0500

I got Written up on The Comics Beat!!!:

I’m excited and flattered beyond words… Thanks so much to Hannah Means Shannon!!!

angrywhistler: Mitchell Hooks Holy smokes!!!

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:51:48 -0500

angrywhistler:

Mitchell Hooks

Holy smokes!!!

brianmichaelbendis: Kyle Baker Dick Tracy movie adaptation...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:47:42 -0500

brianmichaelbendis:

Kyle Baker Dick Tracy movie adaptation (1990)

No jokes— this is one of the greatest comics ever made.

meghannaltomare: When Liz and I dropped a Christmas tree out of...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:43:04 -0500

meghannaltomare:

When Liz and I dropped a Christmas tree out of her bedroom window.

I love my room mates

orano: Moebius 2007 - Panel from “Le Chasseur Déprime” Stardom...

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:29:36 -0500

orano:

Moebius 2007 - Panel from “Le Chasseur Déprime” Stardom Edition, Paris - 2008

“The quaint local customs doesn’t even interest me any more…”

The line-work in here is just jaw dropping— good lord.

I haven’t used a brush in a minute so I did some warm-ups...

Sun, 05 May 2013 18:12:11 -0500

I haven’t used a brush in a minute so I did some warm-ups with mine today. For whatever reason, that got me wanting to draw Batman and Ra’s al Ghul.

This turned into a LOT more than a warm up and I’m pretty damn pleased with it.

60 minute automatic drawing… I kinda feel like my...

Sat, 04 May 2013 12:48:45 -0500

60 minute automatic drawing… I kinda feel like my game’s been slipping a bit so I did this as a challenge for myself. Drawing those shoe-laces with no pre-planning was HARD.

fantagraphics: comicsworkbook: I’m going to be doing a summer...

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:06:14 -0500

fantagraphics:

comicsworkbook:

I’m going to be doing a summer correspondence course. The focus will be on advancing your understanding of layouts, color, contour line drawing, and printmaking for producing comic books. The 8-week class is $500. This class is limited: only ten students will be accepted.

Who the hell am I? I’ve been drawing comics since 1988 – and writing about comics since 1995. I’ve taught drawing at Parsons. My work has been exhibited at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. I have worked as an assistant to fine arts painters such as Francesco Clemente, Dorothea Rockburne and Gary Panter. Many of my paintings are in the collection of Bruno Bischofberger. My comic Storeyville is, allegedly, one of Chris Ware’s favorites. I’ve collaborated with Ben Jones. I was in a drawing contest against the French master Blutch – and it was deemed a tie! I have appeared in two volumes of Kramers Ergot. I am working with Dash Shaw on an animation project. I worked for the silkscreen wizard Frank Kozik. I am friends with Yuichi Yokoyama. I got into a yelling match with Brian Chippendale because I’m against photo-referencing. Jaime Hernandez taught me where all the freeways meet in Los Angeles. Gilbert Hernandez said my comic Pompeii was “pretty good”.

Application guidelines:

-3 figure drawings done on 3 x 5 index cards

-3 landscape drawings done on 3 x 5 index cards

-3 still life drawings done on 3 x 5 cards

-specific url links to any comics work you have done.

Applications due by June 1st. Email me - capneasyATgmailDOTcom - and I will send you an invite to the course blog so you see what it’s like. Check out my “Layout Workbook” series over at The Comics Journal. Overseas students welcome. Payment plans available - I will work with you to make it affordable. Thanks! -Frank Santoro

Professor Frank shows you how it’s done.

I was in the first round of this class and it tuned my work up BIG TIME.

I strongly encourage makers of all levels to apply.

Free Comic Book day at Trip City!!!

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:34:00 -0500

Free Comic Book day at Trip City!!!:

Looking to get some reading done this weekend? To coincide with free comic book day, Trip City put a whole smattering of great creator owned comic strips (including my own) in one place for your reading pleasure. Comics are free to read at Trip City as always, so head on over and check it out! I recommend Dean Haspiel’s Billy Dogma and Red Hook, as well as Seth Kushner’s Schmuck, and Noah Van Sciver’s Sketchbook Comix for starters. Also, if you enjoy the work, please let your friends know about us too!

franksantoro: In Search of Steve Ditko - BBC documentary Well...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:32:00 -0500

franksantoro:

In Search of Steve Ditko - BBC documentary

Well worth your time!!!

brianmichaelbendis: Illustration by Mark Schultz from Edgar...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:26:00 -0500

brianmichaelbendis:

Illustration by Mark Schultz from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel, The Mastermind of Mars.

Dude has probably THE MEANEST split-brush game of anyone working right now— incredible stuff.

My illustration contract that was originally supposed to end in...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:02:46 -0500

My illustration contract that was originally supposed to end in the next week or two just got extended to SEPTEMBER!!!

I’m now rocking with a more “professional” haircut so my employers know that I’m BOUT THAT BIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZNESS!!!

…

Or something like that.

popjellyfish: DJ Teck’s Morning Attack, a short by Katsuhiro...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:36:41 -0500

popjellyfish:

DJ Teck’s Morning Attack, a short by Katsuhiro Otomo, published last year in Geijutsu Shincho Magazine. It reminds me a lot of his beginning and ending shorts in Robot Carnival. I love the colors, and realize there aren’t many Otomo comics I’ve seen that were made with color in mind. Just pouring gasoline on the fire under my butt to see his new Shonen Jump longform series, whenever that actually starts up.

A new(ish) Otomo strip?

IN COLOR?!?!?!

Today’s a good day.