Comic Con Travel Show 2011

Missed out on going to San Diego Comic Con this year? Well then, why not tag along with my siblings and I in our annual comic-con adventure video and pretend you were there with us!!? Guaranteed more fun than your ol' cousin's-uncle's-aunt's-twice-removed vacation slide show from their trip to Hoboken (unless that was an amazing slide show in which case WHY weren't we invited to watch??) So far episodes 1 and 2 are online with more to follow, and the very last episode will showcase a massive shout out list to thank everyone from our IndieGogo "Silly Kingdom at Comic Con" campaign for helping us fund our book and take promo copies to Comic-Mecca!

... I do not know why the iconic image youtube chose was of my breakfast crepe...

And here are a bunch of photos taken by my buddy Tony Cliff of shenanigans in and around the Flight Anthology booth where the whole group of us were stationed.

More Comic Con reports on their way!

Commission: Alice in a Tea Cup

Commissioned by my uber entertaining and talented buddy Nico!

Plus some extra luv...

Commission: Phoenix Jr.

MARVEL GIRL! Rachel Summers, daughter of Cyclopes and Jean Grey, commissioned for Aurélien. 

(Fancy Instagram makes everything fancy)

Final inks above plus a couple roughs below from before we nailed down an approved design:

(oh man... that phoenix fire does not look happy.)
Phoenix Fire: "BuhQUEEEEH??!"

Uberfriendship Live-ish (Lol Miserables)

A couple months back I had the pleasure of prancing around in a musical spoof my brother Shaggy cut together as an invite for a film screening cocktail-party-gala-extravaganza... it was an amazing party! A bunch of friends, bags of costumes, a smoke machine, and high-school-play quality props made for a super fun shoot.

Dr Sketchy sketch dump

Hey folks! Many pardons for the lack of art posts- between finishing my pages for "Silly Kingdom" and "Womanthology" there hasn't been much time for extra drawing. However! I finally got around to scanning a few pages from my sketchbook drawn during two Dr.Sketchy's sessions back in early July. The two gorgeous models are Toronto burlesque artists Obscura and Mahogany Storm ("Toronto's Prince of Glitter").

Good ol' fashioned sassy fun!

Womanthology Sneak peek

A peek at something I'm working on with Joamette Gil for the upcoming Womanthology book...

Animators Making Comics panel

While at Con Bravo I had the pleasure of co-hosting my first ever panel at a comic con about "Animators Making Comics." I'll admit it was utterly nerve racking the first minutes before starting but as we got into it I started having a lot of fun (it helps to actually know what you're talking about too!) Friend and photographer Chris Cater took some snap shots while my brother Shaggy moderated and some friends and myself discussed how we got into animation, how we got into making comics, and how they affect, inspire and feed off one another.

From left to right we have Stephen Daymond (creator of the webcomic "Specimen B-28") Heather Leach (one of the amazing Con Bravo creators also working in animation) Adriana Blake (creator of the webcomic "Fall on Me") myself and my brother Shaggy (creator of awesome videos and comic writings).

So yeah! The only draw back is we ran out of time for questions, one hour goes by super quickly, but I'd happily jump on board one of these panels again at a future convention!

Summer Art Sale!

As my end-of-August birthday approaches I’ve decided to sell off some original illustrations to good homes to make room for a whole new year of drawing! Each piece is only $50 Canadian (what a steal!) and comes with an 8.5x11 coloured print of the final digital drawing (or grey scaled if its a b&w piece) and an original “Thank you” doodle drawn by myself.

Check out the listings on my TUMBLR if you're curious and email me directly if you're interested in a particular piece.

I'll be putting up a couple new pieces every week until the end of the month, after that they go back into my portfolio for convention touring.

Cheers gang!

Shrub Monkeys #129

Click the link to read this comic on Girlamatic.com!

Connie Bravo

After the whirlwind adventure that was San Diego Comic Con and further California Shanahan-igans, I rolled right back into Toronto only to attend ANOTHER comic convention! Con Bravo is a fun new convention out in Burlington, Ontario, only in its second year but going strong! The folks who run the show contacted me to design their attendee badge (my take on the con mascot Connie Bravo). It was pretty rad seeing upwards of 1100 people strutting about wearing my drawing around their necks or pinned to whacky costumes. Pretty rad indeed.

And yes... apparently my name is Artist.