Pelican in the lineup. #pelicantober #surftober #stoke #Windansea #surfing
One of the first manga I read was “Urusei Yatsura” published by Viz in the late 80s and early 90s. The hilarious farcical melodrama features Lum, impish troublemaker and “magical girlfriend.” For #Lumtober, here is my slightly zaftig take on Rumiko Takahashi’s wonderful iconic character! #lum #rumikotakahashi
sunny down snuff I’m all right
gwen and her blankey /sketch
it’s not inktober.
Playing at @ink_and_drink_lb tonight. Feels good but I’m out of practice.
At Whistle Stop for Open Oscillator and seeing my pal Charles who I haven’t seen in 20 years. #openoscillator
SOUTH MISSION JETTY 19 JULY 2021 0740 OW! #journal #stingray
Attended a comics workshop on zoom given by @believermag & @tilliewalden who is clearly an extraordinary teacher. #FridayNightComics
Once again it is March, and it’s time for #MarchMODOKMadness. (MarchMODOKMad on Twitter) MODOK is for Masking or Distancing or Killing! MODOK WILL KILL YOU IN DUE TIME, WHELP! #MODOK
Jesus Arthur Silva—“Art”—was born on this day 100 years ago, February 6, 1921. I remember visiting him at grocery stores in San Diego like Big Bear or Food Basket, where he got assigned to whip their produce departments into shape. I wish I could ask him about working in a town that went from 80 thousand people to over 2 million in his lifetime. I want to ask him if it’s true he sold tamales on the streets of downtown. I want to ask him what kept him going when times were hard, working multiple jobs. How did he and Nanie raise 7 great kids? I was 17 when he died. I don’t have a photograph of him working. I’ve drawn him how I imagine he would have looked. Sharp, kind, diligent. After he passed, my mother missed him terribly. A great man. 100 years ago today.
Beat the heat
Rotsy
On the phone with @chrisgreazel takin’ notes
In the 1980s I loved to make Christmas/New Years/Holiday cards. I drew this Technocratic, nearly cyberpunk Santa with a Micron Pigma pen in size 005. That’s still an excellent pen. 32 years later I’ve refined and colored him digitally. I didn’t do paper greeting cards this year. Maybe next year. It’s been an impossibly hard year, and my drawings have comforted me. Be well, take care.
Do You Want To Art Trade?! “Cube Cat’s Drink” is Riso printed by the amazing @burn_all_books at 8-1/2″x11″. Do you have a physical zine you’re proud of? Or an original drawing? Or a killer sticker? This is an experiment in art-trading. I love mail and I love physical art. I’ve got 23 ready to go. DM me and let’s do a deal!
faces
My grandmother told me in 1987 that this jack-o’-lantern design looks like “he doesn’t have good sense”—which is of course the point. Happy Halloween!
stop and smell the roses 🛑🌹 #webcomic #nailedit
Anita doesn’t like her picture taken. #webcomic #robomerman #california #anitagaribaldi #garibaldifish
Experimental Sunday doodling.
T-Deb says “Hiya!” #cube-cat-extended-universe
The Romantic Slug “On Vacation” ©1993 JOE CRAWFORD
I don’t know how it ends. #comic #cubecat
of course i like to say hello!
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