Goner

Sketchbook.

Cup and Pitcher

Sketchbook.

Stairwell

Etching, drypoint, and chine colle.

Petals

Color viscosity etching.

VistaVision

Sketchbook.

La Boca

Etching, drypoint, and chine colle. Pictured above: a state proof on sekishu paper and an edition proof on kitakata green paper.

Bagworm

Sketchbook.

Malt-o-Meal

Sketchbook.

Sinatra Swings

Sketchbook.

Yam Man

Panel from a very short comic.

An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, vol. 2

I have a page in the recently published Anthology of Graphic Fiction, vol. 2, edited by Ivan Brunetti and published by Yale UP (cover above, by Daniel Clowes). Like the first volume, this is a beautifully produced collection of great comics. I am flattered to be in a book with Eugene Teal!

Center of Refreshment

Etching on an 18" x 12" copper plate, with chine colle. The first print above is on yellow Sekishu paper (though the hue is difficult to make out); the second is on green Kitakata.

Comic for Chicago Artists' News

Onsmith and I have a 4-page comic in this month's issue of Chicago Artists' News, a monthly newspaper published by the Chicago Artists' Coalition.

Our assignment was to treat, in comics form, the topic of "comics in Chicago." I scripted and thumbnailed a piece that turned out (surprise) to be more obscurely allegorical than enlighteningly journalistic. I drew the first two pages of it; Onsmith drew the second two. I don't know what the readers of the paper made of our effort--I hope they liked it. I do know that it was a gas to collaborate with Onsmith.

I'm posting my two pages here; his two are up at his blog. .

"Identity" Exhibit

My litho "Bottle and Chair III" is included in "Identity: Construct/Deconstruct," an exhibition of prints in Purdue University's Rueff Galleries. More information on that show, and others, below:

Print exhibitions in Rueff Galleries, Sept. 29 - October 10, 2008:

East Gallery
"Re-Interpreting the Middle East: Beyond the Historical Stereotype"
"Re-Interpreting the Middle East II: Re-Thinking Today's Terminology"
Curated by May Hariri Aboutaam, original contemporary prints

West Gallery
"EXCHANGE IV: Contemporary Prints from the US and Abroad"
Four International and national exchange portfolios:
"IDENTITY: Construct/Deconstruct," Purdue National Juried Exhibition and Exchange Portfolio for Emerging Artists, organized by Marianne Coyne, Erika Villarreal, and Kathryn Reeves, Purdue University.

"TECHNATURE," Metropolitan State College of Denver and Purdue University students and faculty, organized by E. C. Cunningham (MSCD).

"Printmaking IS the Discourse," organized by Charles Beneke (Univ. of Akron) and Jean Dibble (Univ. of Notre Dame).
"Important Details," organized by Melanie Yazzie (Univ. of Colorado).

Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 8, 4:30-6:00 pm.
Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall, Purdue University, 552 W. Wood Street, West Lafayette, IN.
Gallery hours: M-F 10-5

About Face

I have two prints in "About Face," a juried mixed-media art show at the Bloomingdale Art Museum, in Bloomingdale, IL. More info at http://www.bloomingdaleparks.org/c-museum_info.htm

Johnny Hartman

Sketchbook.

Get Your Hat and Go

Sketchbook.

Original Art

Some of my original comics pages, including the Anita O'Day story for MOME 11 and a couple of the "Dance" pages from ASTHMA, are for sale at Rick Bradford's Poopsheet Store.

The World of Food

Sketchbook.

More Tar

Another life drawing done with roofing tar and gesso (some wax and ink, too).

Jo Stafford, 1917-2008

One of the great singers. Recommended listening: JO + JAZZ and G.I. JO, both on the Corinthian label.

Tar Drawings

Life drawings done in roofing tar and gesso (with some house paint in the second one) on wood panels.

Windy Corner Signing at Quimby's

Austin English, Onsmith, and I will be signing copies of Windy Corner #2 at Quimby's Bookstore in Chicago, on July 18th. The signing runs from 7 pm to 8 pm. More details here

Face

Sketchbook.

Looking Nice

Sketchbook.

Big Sloppy Life Drawings

Life drawings done in ink and charcoal and gesso on large brown (and in the last case, reddish) pieces of paper. Most of these were drawn with a tree branch.

Windy Corner #2

The second issue of Austin English's great comics magazine, Windy Corner, includes an interview with me, conducted by Onsmith. I haven't seen the issue yet, but the lineup sounds very promising. Above is the cover, by Austin.

More information, as well as online ordering, at the Sparkplug Comics site:

http://www.sparkplugcomicbooks.com

Chair and Bowl

Sketchbook.

Jackie Paris

Sketchbook.

The Wormy Apple Now

I have work in a group show at Portland's Pony Club gallery. The show is titled "The Wormy Apple Now!" and is curated by Chris Cilla. It includes pieces by him, Vincent Fritz, Ryan Iverson, Jason T. Miles, Onsmith, and Tim Root. Opening night is tonight, June 5.

Postcard images above are by Cilla and Iverson, respectively.

The Child Actor

Sketchbook.

Reward

Lithograph. Same image: one with monotype, one with chine colle.

Second Grade

Lithograph.

MOME 11

I have a 5-page comic in MOME #11, on sale soon from Fantagraphics. My comic is more or less about jazz great Anita O'Day.

L.O.A.: Rock Garden

Lithograph.

L.O.A.

Sketchbook; partially copied from a photo at the Fantagraphics blog.

Sidewalk

Etching and chine colle.

Chair and Bottle IV

Lithograph.

My Life

Sketchbook.