"Naturalist" A Graphic Adaptation 5:08 PM

Naturalist. A Graphic Adaptation.

Island Press 2020

236 pages

Adapted from Dr. E.O. Wilson’s autobiography of the same title. Jim Ottaviani developed the script from book and I illustrated the life of famed entomologist Dr. Wilson.

You can buy it here and here 

In the TRENCHES 2:52 PM

Been neck deep in illustrating the interior illustrations for “Guts & Glory: WWII” It’s been awesome! Drawing tanks, planes, and sea battles! Here are a couple of previews for you to feast on!

Vikings! RIPE! Ripe Vikings (I suspect that goes without saying) 11:59 AM

What do you do when you're a viking who has just been ambushed by 15 or so bandits? If you're Egil Skallagrimsson you fight until you lose your weapon and then beat them with rocks. All of them, including their buddies who show up later.

This is one of 40 illustrations I've been working on for the next book in the Guts & Glory series by Ben Thompson published by Little Brown.

I'm drawing vikings all day, every day. Life. Is. Rough... and by rough, I mean AWESOME!

This upcoming weekend I'll be exhibiting at the Rhode Island Press Expo! or... RIPE. I'll be selling comic books, silkscreen prints, and drawing VIKINGS! Come check it out!

World War II pencilling! 3:24 PM

Pencils for the cover of a book about World War 2 that I'm doing for Little Brown. Love drawing the P-38 Lightning- quite possibly the coolest plane ever. EVER

Guts & Glory: Civil War is out! (buy it...) 3:50 PM

I've been pushing pencils and brushing ink on the second book in the Little Brown "Guts & Glory: Vikings" series (and already have sketched the cover for the 3rd!) when I found out that "Guts & Glory: Civil War" is available to be purchased. I had a blast drawing this book. It combined more than a few of my favorite things- History, Accuracy, Action! I love illustrating history as exciting/terrifying and as closely to how it actually was that I can... and this book let me do so!

Ben Thompson is a terrific writer to illustrate for. He's understands that history and non-fiction is exciting and is often done an incredible disservice by how it's taught and presented in textbooks. I wish I had more time and couple of extra arms to illustrate every cool or surprising moment that he describes! I've done a lot of American Civil War illustrations and Comics and when this book came up I was wondering if I was burnt out on the subject (A few articles and sites have said I'm Civil War Buff- I am not. History Buff, yes. Civil Rights Buff, yes. Civil War has a lot to do with those) Thompson's text was so much fun and enjoyable without downplaying the severity of war that I was excited to draw the Grey and Blue all over again!

So please purchase it! I promise you will learn more than a few things new about the Civil War!

•The Illustration above is the 1st Louisianan Special Battalion "Wheat's Tigers"
•The Illustration below is of the CSS Hunley- the Confederate Submarine and my favorite thing to have drawn in the book!

Lightening Roy 3:03 PM

I started this comic a while ago but it kind of lost direction and I set it down until I could figure out what was going wrong. I knew I wanted to do a non-fiction comic about Roy Cleveland Sullivan, a guy who was struck by lightening seven times. My first attempt was becoming either too didactic or way more interested in drawing a guy getting struck by lightening over and over and over, which, I'm not gonna lie, was one of my early motivations (he did survive every strike!) I want to take a broader look at this subject this time- figure out all the elements that are at play. Wish me luck. I want to have it out for MoCCA 2015

Illustrating a new book for Little Brown about VIKINGS! 3:17 PM

Little Brown signed me to illustrate another book! Which is awesome- what's more awesome? It's about VIKINGS. I'm gonna get medieval! Above is the cover in process! 

I'm Back! 8:18 AM

This last summer and early fall was a about busy as it could get, but that's no excuse for not posting here especially since I've drawn some pretty cool things during this time and I've started teaching a new class at the School of Visual Arts entitled "Creating Independent Comics". The class and students has been amazing! I'll be keep you updated on some of the extraordinary things happening in that class. These pages here are from a mini-comic I'm working on that will collect my non-fiction work.

On another note- A new Rabid Rabbit is at the printers! It's called "Rabid Rabbit Goes to Hell" stay tuned here for updates!

Some Doughboys 11:44 AM

Here are some World War One British soldiers I illustrated.

MANTIS! 1:26 PM

Who doesn't like a mantis drawing? that is rhetorical.

and breath 2:08 PM

Yow, I'm now slowly recovering from what was a really long run that started way back at the Rabid Rabbit release and original art show that was on the March 27th at Bergen Street comics (The show is still up but in it's final weeks so check it out! Info HERE) that was quickly followed by the MoCCA Festival which was followed by and unpronounceable volcano stranding my swedish friends in NYC which was then followed by the Stumptown Festival which was great- simply great- Now I'm back at work storyboarding and decompressing from a crazy schedule-

Here- enjoy some tiger drawings I did for Time for Kids awhile ago!

Red Fox and busy busy me 1:11 PM

Well, I've not been posting as much as I'd like partially because I don't like to post without an image to go along with it. I have been super busy with preparing for the Rabid Rabbit #11 Release Party and Original Art Show and the very quickly upcoming MoCCA and Stumptown Festivals, both of which I will be attending. I will also be in the stumptown comic art exhibtion in which I'll update here with the details. This red fox comic is the first page to the second Supertalk anthology which will be released at Mocca.

Sqiddle 1:30 PM

squid. squid. go! another drawing reflecting my keen interest/obsession with skeletonless animalia. I also recently wrote a response review for the supertalk blog to a terrible review Asterios Polyp (which, if you haven't you really should read) you may check that out here.

Vulpe Vulpe 10:06 AM

who doesn't like a Red Fox drawing?

Blue Crab 2:37 PM

need there be an explanation for it?

Matthew Brady Sketch 3:39 PM

This is a sketch of the Civil war era Photographer Matthew Brady and the type daguerreotype Camera that they used during the period. Brady was one of the most famous photographers of his timed a was early pioneer into photographic journalism.

NEW YEAR SQUID 1:48 PM

Hmmm, Calamari. It is a NEW YEAR with all sorts of new things to do- I'll continue to make comic and drawings and I will be attending the MoCCA Festival here in NYC and Stumptown in PDX (A week apart this year). There will of course be New Rabid Rabbits and all the good fun that goes with that. So stay tuned and all the best in 2010- it can only be better than the last decade

The Fog of Doom 11:43 AM

Here's a short two page comic I did for a new anthology which at the moment is so far nameless- but as soon as it does have a name I'll let you know all about it. This is a continuation of my attempt to create compelling non-fiction comics.

Giants at Sea 12:34 PM

I read an article about Giant Squid and got that irrepressable urge draw one- I hope you all enjoy it.

Lightning Roy preview 3:41 PM

Here's a preview of the next page of my "Lightning Roy Sullivan" series. The type is only temporary and the finish will being full color like the pages I posted before. I have a few more pages inked, but won't post them until I've colored and lettered them- until then enjoy this preview