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500th post– drawing of the day bonus
Back in April, I let the first anniversary of “a cartoonist in Kekionga” slip by without notice in the wider pattern of cartooning, blogging, and everyday life. So when the software told me this week that we were sneaking up … Continue reading
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best of the drawing of the day, week 57: octopod
This happy little guy is an octopod. Not an octopus, but a person with a very rare eight limbed body type. Ordinary people, of course, are almost always born as tetrapods, with four limbs. In the story world of the … Continue reading
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best of the drawing of the day, week 56: an old lady in a black dress
I have been drawing old women in my drawing of the day sketchbook for a week or so. The process started as design work for a walk-through character in a story undergoing a revision, but now the old ladies are … Continue reading
best of the drawing of the day, week 55– draconic
The sketchbook is a very draconic place. Whenever inspiration fails to strike, you can always draw a dragon. This is because nobody knows what a dragon looks like, so it’s pretty hard to get them wrong. This drawing explores the … Continue reading
book cover idea
Many sketches. There are many, many sketches. Now, at last, there’s an idea that doesn’t look stupid, although I haven’t worked it out well enough to show in public. My favorite cover idea for the book was always based on … Continue reading
best of the drawing of the day, week 54: werewolf cop
It’s very odd that you’ve never seen one of these drawings posted here before, because one of the things that I really love to draw is a werewolf wearing men’s clothes. There’s just something about a wolfy creature in menswear … Continue reading
best of the drawing of the day, week 53– three french pens
Not French hens. French pens. And really only one of them. Which is good, because they are expensive. But I really did buy a French pen last weekend: a ballpoint, stubby, with the point set well back, and very well … Continue reading
a pink elephant
We’re home safe and sound from last weekend’s SPACE ( Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo) show, just in time for a long meeting with our contractor about some fairly extensive revisions to World Headquarters. If you know anything about … Continue reading
best of the drawing of the day: week 52– twister
Brush pen goes nuts! This is actually today’s drawing of the day, done maybe two hours ago while on a break from folding minicomics. I’m falling more and more deeply in love every day with the Japanese domestic market Pentel … Continue reading
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best of the drawing of the day– week 51: cat and rat
(Eagle eyed readers may have noticed that we are a week behind on the best of the drawing of the day. Don’t worry, if indeed that is a cause for worry. We’re catching up today.) Here’s the classic odd couple, … Continue reading
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