What are you doing on Saturday?

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If you live anywhere near Clarion, PA and you're not busy Saturday, December 11th, come on out to The Bathtub, The Kitchen Sink & Petey Dink's (this is all one place with a long name).  I'll be signing copies of The Year Without a Santa…

Santa’s eyebrows!

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My friend Jerry Russell (whose fantastic work you can see here) observed that in The Year Without a Santa Claus I "made Santa’s eyebrows black, instead. For more expressive impact, I’m guessing." It's true that the darker eyebrows make…

Santa’s bed

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Here's a shot of Santa getting out of bed from The Year Without a Santa Claus.—the thumbnail sketch and the tight sketch.  Luckily I came to my senses and realized that Santa wouldn't sleep in a four-poster—but a sleigh bed!

Santa’s house

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The Year Without a Santa Claus opens with a long shot of Santa Claus' house—the establishing shot, as they say in the movie biz.  It's early morning, dark, with light coming from one bedroom window—the only warm spot in the picture. For…

Cover ideas for Santa

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A bunch of sketches for The Year Without A Santa Claus jacket art.  In the first few I was trying to summarize the story: Santa is too tired and cranky to deliver presents this year.  They don't work well because they don't look fun.  Jim…