SIGN UP FOR MY COMICS WORKSHOP!
LEARN HOW TO MAKE COMICS | JUNE 10-14 Just a quick reminder that I’ll be teaching a 5 day comics workshop next week for children ages 13-18. Classes will be held at Higher Ground Learning in Salt Lake City, June 10-14, and will cover everything from generating and filtering story ideas to developing characters and story arcs, … Read more
DAVID HOCKNEY MAKES A PICTURE
To follow-up with my earlier post on David Hockney and his studies of the camera lucida, here he is talking about the making of his photo collage, Pearblossom Highway. If you missed this week’s posts, click to find out more about How to Make Comics Nirvana and the Beach Boys New Album Artwork Draw a Picture, … Read more
OREO SEPARATOR MACHINE
It’s a basic human desire to separate an OREO cookie. Humans love either cookie or creme. And sometimes a man just needs to invent a machine to do the hard work of separating the two. Today, that man is physicist and cookie-part preferrer David Neevel. Watch him operate the machine he created that separates OREO … Read more
I MADE A PORTRAIT OUT OF PAPER AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS
MAKING PORTRAITS Some of my favorite pictures to make have been portraits–specifically portraits for couples and families. I love being able to create something meaningful for a specific person, or group of people. Knowing that my picture was created for and given to a single person for a special occasion makes the picture a very … Read more
THE THOUSAND DOLLAR RAMEN NOODLES SONG
WE LOVE MONSTERS! Yesterday was absolutely nuts! I launched my Monster Look-N-Find book on Kickstarter and the response has been nothing less than incredible. Not only have 53 people picked up a copy of the book, grabbed some original artwork and had themselves drawn into the book, but we’ve managed to raise $1,276 in only … Read more
I MADE A BOOK AND IT IS OUT TODAY!
LOOK-N-FIND BOOK Rumpus on the Run is Kickstarter’s very first Look-N-Find book, packed with exciting full-color imaginative scenes, characters and surprises! I’ve been wanting to make this book for a long time and am excited to finally make it happen! Get the book, grab some original artwork, and get involved in a special community monster art project. … Read more
THE WISDOM OF MISTER ROGERS
INTERVIEW WITH MISTER ROGERS Thanks to fellow comics-maker, Dave Scheidt, I spent yesterday working while listening to a nine-part interview with Fred Rogers (AKA Mister Rogers). This interview touches on so many of my loves in this world, and is an incredible glimpse into the heart and mind of a very kind and intelligent man. … Read more
COMICS WORKSHOP
GUEST AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS One of the great joys in my life is when I get to visit schools and libraries to talk with students about writing, drawing, and making comics. I loved it when guest authors and illustrators visited my schools! It was an education to see the creator’s work in person, and to be … Read more
