When I was a kid my first book I ever wrote was about a skink who wore a soda bottle cap for a hat (hence his name "Pep C. Skink"), and a recurring plot point was the shedding of his tail. Bookend that with the bear skinning scene in Midsommar, it makes a fertile focal point for a funny.It also served as an encapsulation of the unusually high numbers of mosquitoes that plagued Interior residents ..read more

One of the reasons I grew up as an atheist had to do with being raised (exposed) throughout my adolescence to a steady diet of two main themes: fairy tales and mythology. By the time I was taken to a fundamentalist church, I already possessed enough skepticism and independent thought to question what was being said, something the majority of family members and friends that grew up in such an ..read more

Here's a little teaser for an upcoming gig back at the University of Alaska's Museum of the North. Along with a hundred other artists, my work - both as a cartoonist and also as a drawing instructor - will be featured a part of an exhibit that'll run for almost nine months, titled "Thinking Made Visible" (direct links here to videos for "Sketching the Glacier Bear" and "Sketching the Beaver ..read more

Texas is unfortunately being run by some really sick people, who foment horrible events in turn, while the majority of folks living there aren't at all deserving of the cruelty, misery and despair their state is associated with, populated by some real monsters.Most of all this is an excellent example of how politics will immediately kill off any joy - even a benign topic can elicit such ..read more

As in, chilled and chilling. We are programmed to see the pantheon as figures in white marble so a full-color version doesn't quite sit right for the classicist, but they don't have a sense of humor anyways. Not to mention the big daddy of 'em all probably didn't shave all that much ..read more

Final post of material culled from the collection of Alaska Cannabist magazine's "Baked Alaska" cartoon. After the jump is one more hit of the hit series - at least until the big reveal coming up this 4/20. Also I'll take this opportunity to thank you dear reader for spending time + attention on this fun little experiment that started six years ago. What a long, strange trip indeed..."Make your ..read more

Last week I was invited to give a show & tell + demo to one of the oldest and most active local art groups in our neck of the woods. The fine folks at the Fairbanks Watercolor Society (website, Facebook, Instagram linkage) have monthly meetings held at Pioneer Park (aka Alaskaland) along with fieldtrips and workshops. Their 25th year anniversary group show will be at the Fairbanks Arts ..read more

One of the comparative few panels scanned directly from the pages of the omnipresent sketchbook (hence the rarely-used header addendum designating the same). Done while sitting at the cafe, as there;s only two colors of wash in the man-purse: gray + brown, plus ballpoint + Sharpie + white gel pen. Speaking of Fine Art, I would routinely revisit the Rodin Museum whenever in Philly ..read more

Right about the time I recognized that I had fallen into a predictable pattern - in this instance repeating the Ol' Timer character - I followed some long-time advise routinely given to students in the drawing studio (particularly during the caricature unit and also gag writing techniques) that if you sit back and say to yourself "that's really stupid" that's the time to push it even further, as ..read more

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