OH MY GOODNESS!  I am ridiculously excited to announce that The Anthology Project Volume 1 has been nominated for an Eisner Award!  A big congratulations to all of the artists involved . [link]

Also, I will be at the MoCCA Festival in NY this Saturday, April 9th, along with fellow Anthology Project artists, Sam Bradley & Katie Shanahan (+ their wonderful significant others, Sarah & Gerry). Come by, say hi, and be some of the first to get a copy of The Anthology Project Volume 2!

Pre-orders for The Anthology Project Volume 2 is now available!



(We are also have a promotion where you can get $10 off if you get both Volume 1 & Volume 2 together.)

I have to say, even though I'd read and reread each of the stories for Volume two 20 times over, I still thoroughly enjoyed having the final book in my hands and being able to read each one again! I hope you guys enjoy this as much as I do .

Finishing up a painting on livestream:  [link] !

I'll be at San Francisco's Alternative Press Expo (APE) tomorrow & Sunday.  Come say hi at booth #661!

We've just set up our Kickstarter page to help fund Vol 2 of The Anthology Project, please take the time to check it out and spread the word! This is also the first time we've put up a list of the artists who will be contributing, they're all pretty amazing.

The incredibly talented Karl Kerschl asked me to do a guest strip on his weekly webcomic, The Abominable Charles Christopher, and it went up yesterday! if you haven't checked out his comic before, you really should. (or get his comics in book form here)

My Pokemon self portrait's up on the Portrait-Dex!

576 red col-erase pencils arrived in the mail today! I wonder how old I'll be when it's time to replenish. It's a good thing I'm splitting it with and .

I have a new kitty! I've actually had him for a while now...I've just been bad at updating.  Here he is:

Sadly, I had to put my cat, Dexter, down today.  But on top of that, while I was waiting at the veterinary clinic a car crashed through the window behind me.  It was pretty surreal, luckily the car didn't go too far into the room and no one got hurt.

Last year Mike Daarken Lim asked me to be a part of an art auction called Beautiful Grim. Here's a little bit about it:

"Earlier this year my girlfriend, Cat, was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 25. On November 3rd, 2009, she had a bilateral mastectomy after going through 16 weeks of chemotherapy. As you can imagine it has been hard for her, not only mentally and physically, but financially. In order to help alleviate some of her medical bills Leif and I wanted to throw an art auction. The proceeds that are left over after her medical bills have been paid will go to a breast cancer related charity to be determined by the artists in the coming weeks.

We currently have artists contributing that hail from all regions of the industry: concept artists, animators, photographers, sculptors, fine artists, illustrators, you name it. The theme for the auction is "Beautiful Grim." The interpretation of "Beautiful Grim" has been left up to the artists."

To help support Mike and Cat, check out the auction, spread the word, and maybe even place a bid:

Beautiful Grim Art Auction

My piece: Evening Fairy


(Gouache & pencil crayon on Fabriano Artistico paper)

All of the loose contents of my bag. Inspired by Jason Travis, I had so much fun looking through his photos!

If you're curious about my process for the cover of The Anthology Project. You can take a look here.

I'd have to say that TCAF is my favorite convention.

Doug TenNapel (the creator of Earthworm Jim) taking a look at the anthology!

I had a lot of fun at MoCCA, C2E2, and the Calgary Expo with The Anthology Project gang! I got to meet so many artists that I admire as well as catch up with old friends. But it's not over yet, there's still The Royal Bison in Edmonton and TCAF in Toronto coming up in the next couple weeks:



Hope to see you there!

Hey guys! I'll be attending some conventions with The Anthology Project artists over the next few weeks to come. We will be selling & signing books at:

MoCCA Festival
Where: New York
When: April 10-11, 2010
Booth #: F9

C²E²
Where: Chicago
When: April 16-18, 2010
Booth #: 1263

Calgary Comic Expo
Where: Calgary
When: April 24-25, 2010
Booth #: 603

If you're able to make it out to any of these, feel free to stop by and say hi!

Pre-orders are now available for The Anthology Project book, you can find them here!

Something I've been working on the last year, it's nearly finished!:  www.theanthologyproject.com