Skidmark

New story for S&R 6. Hope you like it. I scripted, Tim drew.

Some random illustrations to keep up appearances

Here are some random newspaper comissions (among others) from last year...

TCAF mini Excerpts

As promised, here are some samples from the mini we made for TCAF 07. First is a story I scripted up about meeting Chester Brown that provides sort of an overview of our trip, followed by a few cartoons Alex did.
Enjoy.

Our trip to TCAF '07

We got back from TCAF last night and it was even more awesome than the last one. We met lots of people, got alot of comics and ate like slobs.
Highlights for me include:
-Meeting up with my friend Helen who left to pursue her education in Toronto
-Meeting the awesome David Yoder, who probably has the most consistently entertaining journal comics I've ever read.
-Finally getting a copy of Project: Superior from Jamie Tanner
-Meeting Drew Weing in person
-Getting a sketch from James Jean
-Having the TCAF 05 mini ready in time for the festival in question. I'll be posting more about this and excerpts of it later.

The Rock Show

Brand new comic, all for you, you're welcome internet. Now how about you read this blog. And hopefully we'll start posting.

Script: Me

Art: Alex

Rock Goddess

I enjoy just writing little random comics like this in my sketchbooks. It helps to relax me, makes me practice and it's alot of fun.

If anyone razzes you on how much it sucks, just say: "It dosn't sucks! it's SPONTANEOUS."

Snoring

Jenny Potter: World's Tallest Girlfriend

Another excerpt from my next mini. This is about as romantic as I get.
Best not viewed large. Oh, and in the bottom right window, people are hanging from her hand.
Inspired, poorly, by Circus posters.

GINOS!

While there are several known types of gino, two are repsresented here: the "Grease" gino and the more common, hick gino. Generaly accepted as the worst kind of gino.

SHWARMAS!

My job certainly requires me to draw things I wouldn't normally.

-Alex

Random Drawing

Little drawing for an article on "wiggers" a few months back. I always have fun drawing ugly people.

Fish Head Annie

Something I did with Fish Head Annie for a school project last semester. Had a ton of fun doing it. It's in french, so for you anglophones, it's essentially just a strip talking about strategies to pick up guys.

READ UP, UNCHARMING WOMEN EVERYWHERE.

-Alex

A flurry of guilty posts

After a long time doing nothing with the blog, seems we've both decided to add what we can. This is the beginnings of a story that's going to be in my next mini, due out next week or so.

Quiet Racisms

This is a personal mini I'm currently working on. I'll have it done by the end of the semester, hopefully. It's essentially an idea I had cooked up last summer about the way we view race and culture here in Canada.
"Quiet Racisms" refers to an age where violent prejudice and segregation has been replaced with a kind of hidden loathing. The idea of political correctness has relegated us to a kind of forced co-habitation where people seem to swallow or ignore their racial or cultural prejudices in order to properly function in society. What interests me with Quiet Racisms, are those moments we slip up and reveal these little bigotries.

The stories arn't necessarily there to condemn or condone such behaviours. They are natural, and everyone (I mean everyone) does it once in a while. The idea here is to recognize these little weaknesses, laugh about them, take time to consider them rather then pretend they don't exist. It will be a series of undetermined length.

Here's a quick peak, anyway. Not much, but I'm pencilling the first installment.

Also, please check out Kevin Huizenga's Curses. A fantastic urban fantasy. Mythology, life, tragedy. All that good stuff.

New developments

As you can see from the negligence that has been exhibited here, school is really grabbing our attention. I've been recently rethinking the Fish Head Annie Story and, while I like it, it's not really terribly exciting. Fun to draw, yes, but not really something I feel is really deserving of a spot on the next issue.
Instead, I'm going to draw up one of JR's stories. I've even done sketches! SKETCHES!

Some recent work

I used pin up style models as a kind of inspiration for this one, which was used for an article on tattoes.

Happy New Year!

The holidays are taking their toll on my drawing schedule. I havn't drawn for a good couple of days! I've used my vacation to mostly relax.

I'm getting back to work in he New Year however. I just need to fix myself up a work schedule.

Also...


Satoshi Kon's newset film. One of my favourit filmakers in animation.

-Alex