On the move
UncategorizedHey, Gang—this evening at 6:00 I'll be at Queen City Café & Gallery (The "Q") in Titusville Pennsylvania for Regional Writer's Night. I'll be reading my book, The Really Awful Musicians! If you live in northwestern Pa, please drop by. Next…
Jack’s daddy’s recipe book
book promotion, illustration processUnlike the original Jack and the Beanstalk where Jack is a thief, in Jack and the Giant Barbecue the Giant stole Jack's daddy's recipe book long ago. Jack beards the Giant in his barbecue shack so he can get it back.
Here are thumbnails and…
March 2012 PSInside
UncategorizedYou can read it here!
Lieutenant Blueberry
UncategorizedHere are a couple of panels I really like from L'Homme Qui Valait 500000$ (The Man Worth $500,000) drawn by Jean Giraud. This is one of the stories in the Blueberry collection.
Jean Giraud,1938-2012
UncategorizedI encountered the work of French cartoonist Moebius in Heavy Metal magazine when I was in art school. I didn't realize until later that Moebius was Jean Giraud, who drew the Lieutenant Blueberry comics I loved from high school. A fantastic…
Nini in the news
book promotionA nice review and a mention of Mary Nethery's Famous Nini.
A lovely visit
UncategorizedThank you, Mrs Goldberg and the Deer Run Elementary School PTO for inviting me out to Dublin, Ohio for a visit on Wednesday! I hope everybody had as much fun as I did.
The jukebox with a broken heart
book promotion, character design, illustration processIn the great old mediæval fairytale, Jack & the Beanstalk, Jack steals a golden harp from the giant's castle. Eric Kimmel's update, Jack and the Giant Barbecue, sets the action in west Texas and replaces the harp with a jukebox.
I have…
Color for Jack and the Giant Barbecue
book promotion, illustration processJack and the Giant Barbecue is Eric Kimmel's retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk, set in west Texas. I wanted my images to tell the reader where he is, so the costumes and settings were carefully researched.
Color is a powerful tool for telling…
Eric reads Jack
book promotionHere's Eric Kimmel reading Jack and the Giant Barbecue—
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/37501127]