long story, a few more sketches

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there are several storylines running through this graphic novel. here are a few sneak peeks.

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miscellanies

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juggling a lot of things at once, wishing i was back on that island. i can see why so many people run away there. didn't do many good drawings while on vacation, just noodled about. this was the only one i liked, mostly drawn on the planeride back home. couldn't sleep even though it was the middle of the night. of course.

a cardinal under an australian pine

a drunken sketch of a camel's head while
watching Planet Earth the first night.
on a side note, the chapter on caves is amazing.

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doodles for a three investigators fan in germany
it's been fun (and hard) writing in german!

this person wanted a comic or an illustration. when i first started the ideas i had were really dark - people getting murdered in all sorts of creative agatha christie kinds of ways. the ideas eventually lightened up, became more playful.

the three ??? eventually find an exotic vial
that causes them to grow some robust beards.


left to right: bob, jupiter, pete
beloved characters by Robert Arthur

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other projects include the FS graphic novel

the children's book with Candlewick:


another proposal for a giangantor book company

a new minicomic for TCAF:



and who knows when long tail kitty, the book will be out. i am going to stop guessing....


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long story finally

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working on the long story, while still on the children's book. size of this project is daunting, but i'm really starting to get into it now. still pretty difficult to draw thumbnails without drawing completely, but will probably start making sense to the editor soon, thank her for being patient. LTK release date is set back again to June, due to a change in printer. in the hands of the publisher now, i don't get all this scheduling stuff.

some thumbnails

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