The Folio Club no. 5 - Cover Illo and More

Here is the wrap-around cover I drew for The Folio Club #5 published and edited by Robert Pranzatelli.  I also have some sketchbook selections published in this issue (see below).  It also features new work from Lilli Carré. 

New Illustration.

This is an illustration I did for Columbia College's Encyclopedia Show.  It's a wrap-around cover for their program publication.

"The Folio Club" Issue No. 1

The is the wrap-around cover I did for Robert Pranzatelli's literary/art book series, "The Folio Club."  He also featured seven of my drawings from Claptrap #2 in it.  Here's a review for it from Fine Books & Collections.  Robert also wrote a nice entry on his blog about my drawings.  You can purchase the book through Amazon here.

New Illustration for The Common Review

Here's my version of "A Picture of Dorian Gray" for The Common Review.
Update on the Manifest Design Contest: I didn't win it. Thanks though, to all you folks who voted for me! I appreciate it.

Columbia College Manifest Poster Illustration - Vote for me!

I'm a finalist for my school's 2010 Manifest Arts Festival poster design contest. The contest is open to public voting so PLEASE vote for mine! Here's a link to vote. Pass it on too if you can. Online voting closes on November 13th at midnight.

Recent Illustrations for "The Common Review" Magazine.

"Against Asceticism" (upcoming Summer 2009 issue)

"The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick" (Spring 2009 issue)

"Destination: Auschwitz" (Winter 2009 issue)

New Fake New Yorker Cover.

Anthology of Graphic Fiction Vol. 2 - Video Preview

Ivan Brunetti on An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Vol. 2 from Yale University Press on Vimeo.

This is a preview video for Ivan Brunetti's "An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons & True Stories Vol. 2" published by Yale University Press. I'm fortunate enough to have drawn the title page (which is animated in the beginning of this video - my drawing, "Cartoon Suprematism") as well as having a page of unpublished comics in it. The book is amazing and I highly recommend it even if you are on the "up and up" with today's art-comics.

New Illustration for The Common Review.

This is an illustration I did for the Winter 2007 issue of the The Common Review. It's accompanying an article about a college professor who takes his class on a trip to Europe, but his students don't take in the culture and sights and instead party and goof off.

Fake New Yorker Cover.

This is a fake New Yorker cover I did for a class. I figured I'd do it over Halloween, as it was recent and on my mind at the time I got the assignment. I have plenty of other stuff to post here, but it's just a matter of scanning and uploading, so come on back soon.

Illustration for The Common Review.

This is an illustration I did for the Fall 2007 issue of The Common Review. It's accompanying an articled entitled, "Who Wrote Frankenstein?" (Mary Shelley or Percy Shelly).

In Memory of Sol Lewitt...

Here's an illustration I did a while back in memory of Sol Lewitt.

New Illustration...

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This is an illustration I did for a class project. We were to illustrate four different "ism's", such as capitalism, hedonism, cannibalism, masochism, etc.

Clayboard Weight-Lifter...

Here's another recent clayboard scratching.

"100 Years Of Labor" - Clayboard Project

This is an 11"x14" clayboard scratching I did for a class. The project was to take influence from the WPA posters of the 30s and 40s and create an image in tribute to 100 years of labor.

Big(ish) Update - New Doodles, Drawings, & Paintings...

Here's the classwork:

This is an acrylic painting of the Astro Boy character, "Doctor Elefun" and a crappy sculpture I made using "Sculpey." It was a class assignment where we were to make a still life from one object found and one created using a light source.

This one is an illustration using transparent dyes and India ink. We were to illustrate a cover for an Urban Outfitters catalog - insert ubiquitous hipster in urban environment. Oh, and it's cropped because I screwed up some of the areas of the illustration.

Here's the personal work:
Ink drawing I did on a test paper of colored inks.

Slightly older doodle using Pentel Sign pens.

Acrylic paint with India ink over it (on cardboard).

Transparent yellow ink with colored pencil & India ink.

Whelp, that's it for now.

Slightly Older Illustration (Promo)...

Winter's here.

Here's a holiday/winter promo illustration I did for Rocket Republic.

New Comic - For Book of Children's Dreams.

The book is called "Elmonstruodecoloresnotieneboca" and it's the project of Roger Omar (Spain). What he's done is collect dreams from children in Mexico, Spain, and Brazil and is having artists render them from several different countries as well. The collection will include cartoonists Rene French, Matti Hagelberg, Anke Feuchtenberger, and Max as well as illustrators like Derek M. Ballard, Steak Mountain, and Flavio Morais (any many, many more). I illustrated the dream I chose as a comic strip simply because of the narrative nature of the dream itself. I'm not quite sure when the book will be out or where you can purchase it, but once I do, I'll be sure to post something about it. Oh, and here is the dream I illustrated:

Jesus Roberto (Mexico)
The Puncher Ghosts
"One day I dreamed that there were ghosts in my house... They punched me when I was left alone, and when my mother arrived, she found me all beaten up... From that moment she doesn't leave me alone anymore."

Ivan Brunetti's "An Anthology of Graphic Fiction"

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Now in some stores and soon to be in others - "An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, & True Stories", edited by Ivan Brunetti and published by Yale University Press. You can order it here. I won't go into it too much here, simply because I don't want to attempt to write a full review of it, but the design and production are incredible and it's surely something I see as an essential book on comics (old and new). I just so happened to be able to be a part of it (and am very honored I could be) - I drew the illustrated table of contents of numerous cartoon characters. Here's a sample of some of 'em:

While I'm updating here, I may as well post a couple of random drawings I did a while back: