Mar 27

Squad Car APA #3


Issue three of the Squad Car APA features an awesome lineup of artists including Matt Jones, Ty Kinard, Ian Morris, Billy McKay, Joseph Tenney, Harrison Bridges, Dustin Trimble and myself.

Some color pages, some black and white, featuring comics, illustrations and experiments galore. There are even a few mini-comics embedded into the book! It is a great anthology that I’m honored to be a part of.

Thanks to Joseph and Matt for assembling this crazy thing.

The print run on this book is tiny and I’m not sure if copies are still available but you can definitely send a few well concealed bucks to Joseph Tenney at 913 Eastview St. Shelby, NC. 28152 for some quality comics.

Mar 22

Lung


Lung is one of the most powerful musical acts I’ve had the pleasure of seeing perform live. Cincinnati’s Kate Wakefield and Daisy Caplan play with so much vehemence you would think you were hearing a five piece band unleash the fantastic presence that is a Lung gig.

But no, it’s just these two amazing monsters.

Check them out here.
And be sure to see them live. They are something to behold.

Feb 15

Captain America #107


Jack Kirby. Can you measure how much he contributed to the world of comics? Probably more than anyone in the history of the medium.

Here is my homage to The King. The expression on Cap’s face the same one I had upon hearing the news that my country had elected Donald Trump as president.

I try not to get too political on this site but he is the worst. Amongst the most racist, sexist, classist, ignorant humans that currently walk the Earth.

It is truly sad to think our friends and neighbors had a hand in getting him into a position of power.

We will survive his presidency but I fear there will be some lasting damage done by this entitled fear monger. I just beg everyone to realize he is wrong.

Hate is wrong.

Here is the original Kirby cover.

Feb 03

Christopher’s Exhibit


If you are in the Dayton area and would like to see some of my original artwork please visit Christopher’s Restaurant on E. Dorothy Lane in the Woodlane Plaza.

There are currently sixteen pieces of my art on display including illustrations and collages and most are for sale.

As if that wasn’t reason enough, Christopher’s has some of the best food in the city! So stop by, have a meal and look at my first solo art exhibit now through the end of February!

Jan 26

Crickets #4


Crickets by cartoonist Sammy Harkham is easily the best ongoing comic series I have read in twenty years.

It’s not for everyone, but sometimes it genuinely feels like it was made just for me.

It looks like it could’ve been drawn yesterday or a hundred years ago (even though the story is set in the 1970’s).

It is big, magazine sized, and beginning with issue three tells the story of Seymour, a screenwriter working on the set of the b-movie ‘Blood of the Virgin’ who suddenly finds himself thrust into the position of the film’s director, a role he wasn’t ready for, to say the least.

Packed with great dialogue and characters, this is an amazing dark comedy by a master storyteller and cartoonist.

At times maniacal and at others subdued to the point of feeling oppressively quiet, Crickets is simply wonderful in a way few things ever have been.

I can’t say enough good things about it so I’d better just quit now.

The above is my recreation of the cover to issue four. Original cover by Sammy Harkham below.