ABP editorial

Wow, it's been a long time.

So, much has changed since I last wrote here.

I'm married. I have 6 nieces! I'm an art teacher at a super cool elementary school. I have so many more friends. I'm a part of ImprovMania. I am a part of the art crew for Philip Haldiman's autobiographical comic book My Big Break (which is about him playing Denny in The Room). I went from Christianity to Taoism. I'm now writing children's books for Santoon Productions. I've been involved with drawing stuff for Failure of the Free Press. And, I've worked on a handful of short films, check out the Supersonic Soul by Shane Carey. The thing that hasn't changed is that I'm still madly in love with cartooning. It's fascinating. Phil Haldiman's comic book does push me to the edge of my love and patience. The style it's going for is a John Romita/ John Buscema Spider-Man-esque look. It's kind of on the pretty side with more realism than I'm used to using in my work. But, I appreciate this opportunity greatly. It's like free art school. It pushes and pulls me. It takes my abilities to the farthest reaches of my mental universe. It feels terrible trying to beat these pages into submission, but when I get the approval of one, it's an amazing feeling. I'm a lucky man.

I Know All of the Web Comics You Should Be Reading

Axe Cop

Ratfist

The SWEFS

.... and I have my own little project where I don't even attempt to make decent artwork.

Check that out here: Fred the Mustard Packet.

 
 

Doug TenNapel Sculpts and Animates a Stop Motion Puppet

.... and the Chiodo brothers are in on it. This was for an episode of Sarah Silverman's Comedy Central show from two years ago or so.

Axe Cop

Ethan Nicolle, the creator of the Chumble Spuzz graphic novels, has a new creation for us up on the internet.

Axe Cop!

Axe Cop was created by Nicolle's five year old brother, Malachai Nicolle. From what I understand Malachai provides the stories and Ethan illustrates them with his rockin' art.

It's a fun read so go check it out.

AxeCop.com

It's Almost Halloween

Hey everyone. The count down to Halloween is on! It's my favorite holiday so I'm excited. No other holiday is as entertaining as Halloween is.

In my last post I mentioned the Monster Cereals blog. And since it is October I'm going to bring it up again. So, visit http://monsterscereal.blogspot.com/.

Also, you all should visit the Unofficial Boo-Berry page. http://www.i-mockery.com/booberry/

Boo-Berry is my personal favorite of the Monster Cereals so I figured that I'd share the link.

Also, here's an animated Halloween treat from Grickle. Enjoy.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0j3rlmqyWg

Breakfast Cereal Cartoon Culture

I love the popular cartoon art culture that surrounds the marketing, promotion and packaging of our breakfast cereals. If good old fashioned American capitalism got one thing right it is breakfast cereal. Hot diggity dog! I've got some treats for you.

I was shopping at a Target one night when I came across a retro style box of Trix. The design looked like one of "Jolly" Roger Bradfield's. I emailed him and it turns out that it was indeed one of his designs! Amazing!

Also, I found a blog that I just get lost in. It's all about the monster cereals. You know, Count Chocula and Boo Berry. They're all represented at http://monsterscereal.blogspot.com/

They've got it all the toys, the boxes, commercials, the works. Man, this blog is tops.

Anyway, enjoy, have fun and.... BE SAFE.