Golden Arches! The Gilded Age of Logo Design in St. Louis

This week Leon Beyond takes on a legendary era in local logocraft (above: click to enlarge). Sketches below:

During our research we found this great resource of more current, active Arch-based logos.

Keep up the good work, everyone!

Product Review: Sherpa Sweatshirt

Red Carpet Season

Some art for shirt.woot!'s annual award extravaganza, The T-List Awards:

(click to enlarge)

Beware the fashion police!

Cancun Sketch Dump

I finished my paperback on day two, so had to doodle this comic in the ol' sketchbook instead. Click to enlarge:

Here are some more scenes straight from the beach:

In the Nest of the Piasa

I've got a two page strip in the new issue of the German/Swiss comics quarterly Strapazin.

The theme of the issue is food & eating, and I served up a re-telling of the "First Midwestern Thanksgiving" dinner.

We follow Father Jacques Marquette's expedition down the Mississippi and his meeting with the local Illiniwek tribes near present day Alton, Illinois.
Gastronomical hi-jinx ensue under the watchful eye of the Piasa.
(Thanks to Chrisoph and the editors at Strapazin, and whoever translated and re-lettered my weird story into German.)

Cats Playing Trivia

Happy to help my friends at Tenth Life Cat Rescue with this poster for their upcoming, always-fun, trivia night. My first idea was this cat/ball-of-yarn/brain thing, which was kinda gross:

Then I thought a riff on the classic C.M. Coolidge Dogs playing Poker (but with Cats playing Trivial Pursuit) might be fun too:

And that's the direction we went:

I also recently drew this coffee label for a special Tenth Life blend they were roasting up:

In summation, I love cats, trivia, and coffee. And you.

RFT News Quiz 2011

It's that time of year (THE END) and yet once again I did a bunch of goofy illustrations (and the cover) for the RFT's UNREAL NEWS QUIZ CHALLENGE issue. Here are some of the highlights, featuring some of the weirdest blotter items from 2011:





My palette:

Cover Ideas:



We went with the third one, given that the 'quiz' is basically an exercise in being a Google gumshoe anyway. Tighter layout:

Inked drawing:

Finished vector art (director's cut):

Be sure to take the quiz or else none of these drawings will make ANY sense.

LEON/NOEL

 Two recent holiday-themed AMAZING FACTS & BEYOND strips. See the full strips here and here. Merry Factsmas!

Woot City Mural

I helped design this 2-color vinyl mural that my pals at Woot affixed to a wall in their digs. See more pictures here. 

Also peep this soda machine face I drew a while back.