Flying Tigers

This was a birthday card commission for a friend of a friend of a friend. India ink, reflex orange paint, & silver leaf on watercolour paper, 11 x 14".

Zoe+Kaftan+Banana+Gaga+Papoose

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Leon in Stereo

New Leon Beyond Picture Puzzle over at Amazing Facts... & Beyond.

Polyethylene Punch-Out!

Last week at Shanghai Normal University in China -- as part of EXPO 2010 -- there was an international poster exhibition entitled "Messages to the World! " and I was flattered to participate (although not attend, unfortunately!). Here's my poster, and some behind-the-scenes junk.Plastic polyethylene (mostly low-density, but often high-density) sacks are by-and-large wasteful, ridiculous, terrible, etc. Hopefully by drawing this poster I can at least remember to bring my re-usable sacks to the grocery. A Message to Me! I wanted to do a "How That Works" infographic, and keep it international/pantomime. My sketch:Some reference:Library of Ink Drawings, parts that I thought I would need (I didn't end up needing a sad molar or a pickle flying out of a pickle jar):All my drawings vectorized, rebuilt, colored, textured and designed into place:I really would've liked to screenprint these (and still might), as they were conjured as a 2-color silkscreen, but since these things were being FTPed to Shanghai to save on shipping costs anyway I took the easy way out. Here's the scan of part of an old canvas duffel bag I found in the basement:And here's the finished poster! Click for a larger view.Keep fighting the good fight, canvas tote-bag!

Wilderness Travelogue Doodles

My Love is like A...

Lungfish Doodles

Doodled while listening to LOVE is LOVE (one of my favorite records) by LUNGFISH (one of my favorite bands).

Ripped from the Headlines

Pro-Wrasslers Drawn From Memory

Gets Cute

New Leon Beyond strip on newstands now!

Endpoint & Sunspring

So, I'm probably more excited than I should be for this weekend. Several bands from my Louisville youth are reuniting to play a couple of shows for a good cause. Two of 'em in particular - ENDPOINT and SUNSPRING - helped shape my musical taste (and personal identity, in so much as the two were interlinked) from ages 15 to 18 more than any other. And despite the Civil War Re-Enactment vibe I get from most reunion shows, I still love heartfelt / homemade hardcore music and am looking forward to seeing the bands and a bunch of old friends. poster by Hero Design Studio, riffing on the iconic cover of Endpoint's Catharsis record.
The only thing that would make the shows better is if there were held at The Machine, a suburban PHOTON facility that held most of Louisville's all-ages shows around that time. I liked that place and its duality of purpose so much that it has since seeped into this comic about barfing I'm working on. Here's a photo of the place during the day:And here's what it looked like at night: See you in Louisville! Thanks in advance to all involved in getting these shows together.

Curio of Chainsaws

This week Leon Beyond cuts through the BS and shows-off a bunch of noteworthy chainsaws. Here's the V8 behemoth he talks about:

Ranking St. Louis

I did a bunch of drawings for this week's Riverfront Times article about St. Louis' standings in a number of national surveys. You know, those lists that come out ranking "THE DRUNKEST CITIES"--or the "BEST BASEBALL CITIES"--Or the "MOST CRIME"--Or "BIGGEST PENISES" / "MOST STDs" (those are 2 different lists)--
Or just plain ol' "CRAZIEST"--They all fit into a 'Cheap Thrills' style illustration that opens the feature. Keep reaching for the stars, St. Louis!

STL Polish Fest Poster

Last weekend. Polishfeststl.com.Inspired by Polish Wycinanki (cut paper) folk art.