Sketchbook page

Here is the most recent page out of my sketchbook. I’m working on developing a more cartoony character design here. I want to come up with some concepts that fill the page with smaller panels, but still retain a full character body as much as possible. I think it’s starting to come together. now I just need to write a story that will accommodate the new format and we’ll see if this can come together.

Screwed by JMV Entertainment

First off I’d like to apologize to my readers about this weekend. I had announced a personal appearance in Houston with the JMV Entertainment comic book show and that show did not happen. To everyone that showed up for the show you saw the same thing I did when I got there ready to sell some books, draw some sketches and meet some readers ... a whole lot of nothing.

James Vaughn of JMV Entertainment contacted me about two months ago and invited me to be a guest artist at the next JMV comic show down in Houston. That was supposed to be today, but when I arrived to the show at the hotel in Houston I was met with a blank stare from the hotel reception person. There was no show scheduled. They'd never heard of JMV Entertainment. There was a hotel lobby full of very pissed off people; exhibitors and artists and comic fans who all came for a show that wasn't there.

Neither Vaughn nor anyone else with JMV (if there is anyone else) contacted me or any of the other guests to tell us that the show had been cancelled. I spoke to some of the other invited guests and they are all as pissed as I am. Even as I type this the JMV Entertainment web site is still using my name and a few others to promote the fake show today. I flew to Houston, rented a car and paid for a night in a hotel all for nothing.

I’ve heard from other cartoonists about being screwed over by shady show promoters before like the type of extortion that went on at this year’s New York Comic Con in which people showed up to their pre-paid space only to be gouged an additional couple hundred bucks for a table and chair and even carpet, but this is the first time I’ve experienced something like that first hand.

So, again, I apologize to everyone that tried to come to the show this weekend. I’ll have to choose the shows I attend more carefully in the future.

Appearance at JMV Comic Book Show, Houston, May 25

This weekend I’ll be at the JMV Comic Book show in Houston, TX. It’s being held at the Crowne plaza - Northwest. You can come by and find me in the artist alley part of the show. I’ll be selling my comics, including my latest book, Gadgeteria, posters, pins and sketches.

UPDATE: Screwed by JMV Comic Book Show.

New site design

I’m in the middle of migrating my site to a brand new design and hosting service. Check out all the colors! There may be some growing pains here and there, so if you happen to see any problems please let me know.

In the move I’ll be moving to a new blog system as well, so my older posts will be temporarily unavailable. I’ll find a way to archive all that stuff and put it up somewhere online.

Working on my next project

I spent my lunch break the same way I usually spend it, working on my next comic in the back of my local coffee shop. Here you can see the pages I am currently inking, taken with my camera phone. I’m about half way through this current short story. A few more lunches and I should be done.

Sketchbook page

This page from my sketchbook just shows some random cartoony doodles. I had a few ideas for the pole jumper in a cartoon about the upcoming Olympics. I like the skinny legs and arms look, I’ll have to use that more.