Joyeux anniversaire, Asterix!

By Toutatis!  The French comic strip Asterix le Gaulois debuted 50 years ago today in Pilote magazine.

Creepy spooky haunted house

I did this picture for a collection of stories or poems—I don't remember—and this was for the cover.  It's a caricature of my dear old house in Pittsburgh.  That house doesn't have a tower, but what's a haunted house without a tower,…

Where The Wild Things Are

Oh, boy.  It looks like Spike Jonze is giving Where The Wild Things Are the same psychoanalytical grilling the Grinch got in his movie.  Goodness knows I'm happy for Maurice Sendak—and I'd be the happiest boy in the world if the cinema…

The briny waves beckon

I'll be away for a week, immersing my lily-white bod' in the surf. Be well.

From the archives—Señor Don Gato

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Here's a book I did a while ago—Señor Don Gato. Due to a copyright dispute, it's no longer in print.  This project was a turning-point in my style.  I closely studied the work of Diego Velasquez: his palette, composition and lighting. …

Asterix le Gaulois is 50 years old!

Nous sommes en 50 avant Jèsus-Christ.  Toute la Gaule est occupèe par les Romains…Toute?  Non!  Un village peuple d'irrèductibles Gaulois rèsiste encore et toujours à l'envahisseur.  Et la vie n'est pas facile pour les garnisons de…

Welcome, Drawn! readers!

I guess I better change my shirt and sweep up around here.  Please make yourselves at home.

Prepare to repel boarders!

A pox on't! Henry & the Crazed Chicken Pirates is finally here!  Just click on the title to get a copy of your own. As Drake said to his men before Nombre de Dios in 1572, 'Blame nobody but yourselves if you go away empty!'

Paper/Pencil/Brush.

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My pal Margeaux Lucas has a blog, Paper/Pencil/Brush.  She shows a lovely example of underpainting in a gouache illustration. Her style reminds me of picture books I read when I was little.  It's all too easy to become heavy-handed with gouache,…

Two Bad Pilgrims

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I've got another book coming out in August, Two Bad Pilgrims. It's the true story of the Billington brothers, who came to the New World on the Mayflower.  They were a couple of brats who nearly blew up the ship while fooling around with a…