Puerto Vallarta Sketchbook

March 4 - 10, 2010.

Am I Forgetting Anything?

Bleeding Ink!

LOVECRUSHARTPARTY.

One Day at a Time!

This week Leon Beyond discusses the past, present, and future of Page-a-Day Calendars.

Leon Beyond in The 66 YEAR STINK!

USS Catastrophe and their pal Leon Beyond have an exhilirating new 7 page comic strip in this week's Riverfront Times. The best way to experience this sensational overload of facts (as well as the best way to meet singles in your area) is to get your fingers inky with an old-fashioned newsprint copy, but you can also read the story online at The RFT's site, or at Leon's Blog. Here are some DVD extras:
Above: Initial story outline and breadown and evidence of a tragic studio glue-spill. Below: thumbnails and wardrobe.
Some reference involved in the making of the comic:
How my pencilled pages looked:Kevin H.'s cover:
And the teaser and open-source tattoo design. Support your local newspaper and content providers!

Put a Lid on It!

This week Leon Beyond discusses the Secret History of Disposable Coffeenalia. The strip is a continuation of my ongoing fascination with the design of plastic coffee cup lids, seen in this appendix to my history comic Redbird (coming soon!?):
I've since figured out that the mysterious code on the Grub 'n Go cup stands for Decaf, Black, Cream, & Sugar.

Tone Wolf Vuitton

I made this for my pal Tony.

Bad Robot!

I drew this shirt that is currently on sale at Shirt.Woot!
The design is a riff on Isaac Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics, and was suggested as part of a T-shirt contest I was involved with in Las Vegas with my pals at shirt.Woot!

I drew & painted & semi-ruined about 40 custom t-shirts over the course of 2 days, most of which you can see here. Each was based on a concept suggested by a convention-goer. Here are a couple of my favorites. "Inter-Species CES" & "Crap in 3010: Still Crap":"USBacon (suggested by Leslie Townley)" & "My Mom Says I'm Special" (I added the 5.25" floppy disk, even though I couldn't quite remember what one looks like):"Just Brains" & "Lonely Apocalypse / Escort Pamphleteer (suggested by Matthew Shultz)":"The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth" & "Sushi Revenge":"State-of-the-Art Catapult / CES 1010" & the winning design "Overcoming Asimov's Laws (suggested by Jonathan Knell)":Thanks to my Woot! for a good time and everybody who submitted ideas! It was fun, and I still have silver fabric paint under my fingernails.

Vegas Travelogue: Jan. 6-9, 2010

Also: Be sure to check out this week's Amazing Facts & Beyond, also inspired by our trip to Vegas and the Consumer Electronics Show.

Things Leslie Hates!

That kind of sketching just soothes the soul!

Falling on New Year's

Just in time for your explosive New Year's Eve festivities, Leon teaches more valuable lessons involving safety, anvils, pickles and testicles. See the whole strip here!