EXPERIENCE
artist & writer for comics
mostly funny in a sad sort of way
I create, write, draw and design my own comics.
If you would like to know and see more, go to COMICS in the menu.
To check out reviews of my comics, go to NEWS in the menu.
Recent Publications:
“Fuzz & Pluck: Splitsville” and “Fuzz & Pluck” books
Fantagraphics Books
http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart...
“The Forgotten Dream of a Melancholy Chef” #4
The Ganzfeld, issue #4
http://www.theganzfeld.com/
Ignatz Award Nominations
2007 outstanding comic, outstanding artist
2003 outstanding comic
story artist for animation
mostly funny cartoons, or ones that try to be.
To see samples of my storyboards, go to STORYBOARDS in the menu.
Some of the shows I have worked on:
- Sit Down Shut Up
- King of the Hill
- Squirrel Boy
- Drawn Together
- Downtown
- Beavis & Butthead
art educator
and missionary for teaching the visual narrative
I developed and taught the following courses at the Sequential Art Department, Savannah College of Art and Design from 2001 to 2004.
- Introduction to Sequential Art
- Character Design and Storyboarding for Animation
- Advanced Storyboarding
- Pencilling and Inking
- Cartooning
- Alternative and Experimental Comics
- Graduate Studio I & II
Read my essay on teaching comics here.
Presentations
2003 “Words and Pictures in the Classroom : a Symposium”
participants: Jeet Heer, Marc Singer, Ted Stearn, James Sturm,
Peter Weishar, and Joseph Witek.
Museum of Contemporary Comic Art New York NY
2004 “The Case for Comics”
participants: Ted Stearn, James Sturm, Christina Donner,
Christian Hill, Joel Priddy.
College Art Association Conference Seattle WA
ILLUSTRATION
2009. “The Name Game”
by Donna Jackson
Inside illustrations and cover art.
Viking Publishing
1998. “Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly and Other Misheard Christmas Lyrics”
by Gavin Edwards
Inside illustrations and cover art.
Harper Collins
EDUCATION
school: Rhode Island School of Design
major: Painting
minor: Thinking Too Much
graduation: 1983
school: School of Visual Arts
major: Fine Art
minor: Thinking Way Too Much
graduation: 1992
school: Life in this World
major: Survival
minor: Mild Amusement
graduation: pending....
EXHIBITIONS
2006 “Fantagraphics 1976 - 2006” Museum of American Illustration,
Society of Illustrators New York NY
2004 “Comics on the Verge” Decker Gallery Society of Illustrators New York NY
2003 “Comic Release” Regina Gouger Miller Gallery Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore MD
2002 “Fantastic! The Art of Comics and Illusion”
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco CA
2001 “Fantagraphics 25th Anniversary Show”
Roq la Rue Gallery Seattle WA