Comic: She

What do you do when you get home after an opening at Secret Headquarters? You crank out a comic, that's what. Then, if you happen to still be up after the ink dries, you post it. Click for a larger view.

Comic: "It Looks Okay"

Another quick one, done today.. Click to enlarge-

Fighting Animals - The Jungle

As predicted, real work has left me very little time for fun work in the last week.. But my day off yesterday led to this disturbing little battle royale. Don't blame me- nature is a violent place. Click to enlarge:


My money's on the toucan.

Animals Smoking, #2

Bereft of short-term ideas, I turn again to smoking animals. Here we have some of our more disgusting animal friends enjoying a smoke or two, apparently on break from being so gross.


Nothing could be more hideous than bats. Look up "bats" on wikipedia and see the picture that comes up.. It's difficult to make them cute and digestible (not literally) and still make them look like bats.

Next, we have a capybara smoking a cigar. Not really gross like the animals above, but not so cute that I would want one around the house.


Capybara's are the world's largest rodent, who sometimes grow to be more than 4 feet long. In the 16th century, the Catholic Church decided that the capybara was a fish, which allowed people to eat it during Lent. I don't think I'd eat one.

Oh, and I need to decide on an actual title for this blog..

More old comics- Spiders, Cat n' Mouse

Here are some more older comics of mine, created toward the end of my college days.. I think that they were done sometime in early 2004, predating the clowns posted last week (so not that long ago, I suppose). The spiders might be a little too cutesy, and I don't think anyone ever understood the cat/mouse one, but still I decided to post them here anyway. Actually, I made one change to the cat/mouse before posting: I added the mouse's line in the last panel. Maybe it's a little easier to get now? Again, I drew them very tiny- I tend to do that, rather than draw larger with the intent to shrink down for web or print. Click to enlarge-


I don't know much about action anime, manga or fighting robots in general, but I still think I did a decent job with the cat/mousebots..

There should be some more new comics posted soon, as I'm just starting a one-pager right now. I don't foresee a great deal of free time for drawrin' in the near future, but I'll make time. Probably some more sketches later on or tomorrow, too.

Comic: Birthday

Here's a quick one I did today. I drew it tiny, too- about 6x2 inches. Click to enlarge.


I wanted to make this toward the end of last year but I never got around to it.. It's not verbatim by any means, but it's based on a true story.

Comic: Clowns

I did this comic about four years ago.. Chances are that if you're viewing this blog you may have seen it before, but this blog needs some comics now. Click for a closer look.


He says "clown" a lot, doesn't he? At the time it amused me that if you put the two clowns together, it would kinda look like Krusty. Homage!

Animals Smoking

Smoking is awful. It's terrible. I'm going to quit, I promise (right after this next one). Yes, smoking is a disgusting habit, but there's a grand tradition of smoking animals in comics, cartoons and other visual arts. From Herriman's Gooseberry Sprig to Kozik's Smorkin' Labbits, many an animal has partook in this nasty yet somehow enjoyable vice.. I felt like drawing some of my own-


These rabbits came out okay.


The thing I like about this one is how the one on the right is holding his cigarette without the aid of opposable thumbs.


I don't know about this bear.. I messed him up twice and tried to fix him without white-out, and he turned into a mess of sloppy hatching (I criticize myself so you don't have to! Comments welcome). I think he's holding his arm because he's emo or something- He came out sadder than intended, thanks to my wrist having a mind of its own when I was inking the mouth.

A Brief Word of Introduction

Here I am, learning how to draw again (though you could argue that I was never really that good anyway).. Over the past few years, my urge to draw and/or write has come and gone, with patches of creativity but just as many periods where I simply don't bother. Too busy with real work, or perhaps just frustrated or lazy, I've neglected my "gift," if you'd like to call it that (and I would). This blog is being started as I catch the latest wave of inspiration, in an attempt to keep riding that bastard all the way through the rest of my days. Right now, though I don't harbor any grand expectations for a large audience with a dinky blog such as this, this blog is a reason for me to keep going. It's something to do with my drawings and comics after I'm done with them (and perhaps in time there will be other things to post about as well).

That being said, I expect to look at these drawings, etc. five years from now and cringe. Hard. Maybe it'll just be a few weeks, I don't know.. I'm kinda cringing at what my first real post is going to be right now. But that's okay (I tell myself). This blog is also an attempt to get better- to grow and learn as an artist, cartoonist, or whatever. So, enough nonsense- It's effin' blog-time!