Vacation!

I am finished "Archie Snow: Snakepit", the three-part series that runs from Proof #26-28. That concludes my obligations to Proof until the start of Season Two later this fall. Alex and I have planned something cool for it, can't wait to get started.

Squeak! is, at long last, finished. I delivered the last of the artwork (including cover) to our letterer/designer. Time to kick back, I think. I will be visiting New York City for the first time, but I will be gone for a week so no blog update until I return.

Until then, here's two Archie sketches I did that never saw print anywhere. They're both practice for con sketches, the type I normally do at shows. I like the first one a lot, but the second one (a blatant ape of Tim Sale's default 'dude with a sword' pose) has a short, short arm. The Sword of Ten Destinies, Archie's blade, was obviously still in the planning stage at this point.

Something to tease... Here's Ernie, Archie's guide, saying something important in "Snakepit, Part 3". It will be out in five weeks. Cheers!

Calgary Expo

I will be a guest of the Calgary Expo this weekend. I'm not on the website but my spies tell me that I will be at table C01. I'll be selling Proof and Archie Snow pages, as well as a couple of prints and minicomics. I'll be sketching, as well.

It was my dear friend B-Mac's birthday yesterday, so I drew him this birthday card. Happy birthday, Brian. You're one of the good ones.

Speaking of Squeak!, we're in the home stretch; only a couple more pages to complete and a cover to decide on. Feels great to be thisclose to finishing the book up.

Interview at The Fabler; first SQUEAK! preview

I did an interview for the Calgary-based blog The Fabler. Click here to check it out. There's a two-page preview of Squeak! (featuring a brown snake) and another page from the new Archie Snow adventure.

It was a lot of fun. I love phone interviews, you can ink at the same time.

Be nice to each other, everyone.

Interviewed by Donna Mei-Ling Park on EP Daily

Donna Mei-Ling Park interviewed me for The Electric Playground television show a few weeks ago, and here it is. Lots of shout-outs, and the first preview images of my new book Squeak!: Werewolf! with Alex.

Thanks, Donna and Leland, it was a blast to chat with you.

EDIT: If this doesn't work for you (it's been funky) you can check the interview out by ==> CLICKING RIGHT HERE <==

Montreal Comic Con, September 19th-20th

Hey hey hey,

I will be a guest of the Montreal Comic Con this coming weekend. I will have pages, prints, mini-comics, comics, a preview of Squeak!, and I'll be doing commissions as well. I'm looking quite forward to the show, it's a local one and the last one was a lot of fun.

See you there!

New blog post at MySpace

Just to give you the head's-up as to what I've been up to.

Check out the blog on MySpace.

I just cracked the 300 friend mark this morning, which is not impressive but it is a round number.

Toronto Fan Expo

Hey hey,

I was in Toronto at the Fan Expo, kicking it with awesome folks like Russ Hironaka, Tim Sale, Scott Chantler, and Cameron Stewart. It was a particular thrill to meet Darwyn "My Portfolio is Worth More Than Your Kidneys" Cooke and new friends like Michael Cho, Stuart & Katherine Immonen, Wes Craig, and Jason Armstrong.

Anyway, here's two sketches I did this weekend for my new pal Jared:

The unnamed mouse/werewolf from Squeak!, my upcoming book with Alex Grecian:



And here's a Captain Jack Sparrow for Jared's Jack-themed sketchbook:



Quite tense to be sharing space in a sketchbook with Tim Sale, Adam Hughes, Jason Latour, Scott Morse, Cameron Stewart, and many many others... But the drawing looks okay, now that I look at it again. Thanks for the scans, Jared!

Good news everyone!

I sold my first book.

It's called Squeak!, and it will be written by Alex Grecian and drawn by myself. It's coming out from AiT/Planet Lar sometime in the near future. I'll post more when I'm not totally buried under work (hopefully never?).