Their Wails Sounded A Dirge

This is my version of a panel from "Phantoms From The Sea" a story in Ghost Comics #5 from 1952. I'm not sure who the artist is. You can read the original comic over at The Horrors Of It All.

Flora

After Adriaen Van Der Werff. Part of a concert poster for The Denouement

Silverlake Jubilee

The Silverlake Jubilee is happening this weekend (May 22) here in LA, and there are a few cool comics events scheduled. At 10:30 (that's in the a.m., folks) I'll be doing a comics "reading" at El Cid with Robert Goodin, Tom Neely, David King, Jesse Moynihan, and Ted Stearn. Throughout the day I'll have some comic books available for purchase in the Literary Village and I'll be doing a signing from 2-3. For a full schedule of the comics signings (which also include Joe Matt and Tim Hensley) click here.

Also, the panel above is from a new short comic called "Sweet Dreams" which I'll be reading at the El Cid along with another new one called "Samuel".

So stop by if you can!

Next Comic

Right now I'm working on my next comic, River Rock. It's going to be a lot longer than my previous comics - about 150 pages. I'll be doing shorter comics to bring to conventions while I work on this one, so I won't drop off the earth completely. Also, in July I'll be posting a 15 page preview of River Rock on my redesigned website! So stay tuned...

Show Flyer

I made for an upcoming concert by Robert DeLong.

Beasts of Kay-7 Available!!

You can read the whole thing for free at Top Shelf 2.0. If you're the type that prefers print (like me) you can also purchase the comic for only five bucks, just to the right of this post.

Stumptown Loot!

"You Can't Be Here" by Nicholas Breutzman
"Miranda Baby" by Sean Christensen
"Labanotation: The Center of Weight" by Sean Christensen and Amy Kuttab
"Bird Brain" (1-3), by François Vigneault
"Debbie's Story" by Kelly Froh
"The Ratnest 2" by P. Keck
"Kitchen Conniption" by Vanessa Davis
"Future Ghost" by Aaron Whitaker
"Brave Mr. Elephanter" by Lark Pien

Postcard/Business Card

Something to give out at Stumptown this weekend.

Portland Bound!

April 24th and 25th I'll be at the Stumptown Comics Fest, sharing a table with my two cartoonist buddies, Jed McGowan and Matt Sheean. I'll also be debuting The Beasts of Kay-7, my new full color comic, and I'll have some artwork hanging at Pony Club Gallery with a reception Sunday night. If you're around, you should come!

Album Cover

I recently did the artwork for Robbie's new solo album. It's going to be available through iTunes soon. You can hear some of the songs here.

Back Cover

"The Beasts of Kay-7" is coming soon!

Jungle

This is one of two pieces that will be at Pony Club at the end of April.

Early Stages

Right now I'm furiously trying to finish "The Beasts of Kay-7" in time for Stumptown. I have about ten (full color) pages to go. In the midst of that project, I'm also planning the next one, which will be much longer (probably released in four 30ish-page increments). Above is a rough layout of the first three pages and a sketch of the main character. While working on the story and characters, and pretty much any of the preliminary stuff, I listen to a lot of music. I've developed a playlist I use that sort of fits the mood of the comic. It's set in the Mesolithic (pre-farming) and the music seems to reflect that in a way. It's hours of mostly ambient stuff, but I thought I'd include a sampling of some representative songs below.

1. The Microphones - (Something) Cont.
From The Glow, Pt. 2, 2001

2. Andrew Bird - Carrion Suite
From Useless Creatures, 2009

3. Camille - Vous
From Le fil, 2005

4. Old Time Relijun - Indestructible Life!
From Catharsis in Crisis, 2007

5. Tim Buckley - Dream Letter
From Happy Sad, 1969

6. Low - Violent Past
From Drums and Guns, 2007

Foamed!

I'll post some stuff unrelated to this project soon, but for now, more panels from "The Beasts of Kay-7"

Some Panels

The story's called "The Beasts of Kay-7"!