Cut-Away Comics! #1: TREE SWALLOWS

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, here's a new mini-comic I just finished. It's part 1 of 3 of a little mini-series called CUT-AWAY COMICS! published by OILY COMICS, available now! Here's some background and sketches.


The story is about young John James Audubon and his early days in Louisville, right as he's starting to really get obsessed with birds. Specifically, the Chimney Swallow.


Audubon has heard about a massive dead Sycamore tree said to house thousands of swallows, and he sets out to investigate.



Hi-Jinx (literally) ensue:

Thumbnails for the entire issue (12 pages, b/w, fully halftoned, risograph printed, $1):

Check it out, and stayed tuned for issues nos. 2 & 3 where JJ really gets into the nitty-gritty cut-aways!

AMAZING FACTS & BEYOND

Out now from Uncivilized Books, for sale this weekend at C.A.K.E.

New Minicomic at CAKE

Here's my new minicomic that will be debuting this weekend at CAKE- Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, published by Oily Comics. My foray into the "Audu-Bio" genre. See you all there! I'll be at the all-STL table with friends Kevin H, Mardou and Ted May.
For everybody else, I'll have more info and ordering details soon.

Party Pages

I _____ {verb} these ______ {adj.} "Band Libs" for this week's Riverfront Times. Pick up a paper or download .pdfs here. Fill one out at a party this weekend and send 'em in!
Here were my ______ {adj.} sketches:

We  _____ {verb} you the best of  _______ {noun}!

Rockets from the Crypt

Here's the rocket I jury-rigged for this year's Missilefits Launch, held last weekend in Forest Park. Some sketches:


The Launch! (photo by Michael Kilfoy):

Here's a recap on how the 2 voyages went:

The wreckage:

And here's a full line-up of all the rockets built by me, my Dad and my Uncle Doug for the launch:
Videos coming soon of the amazing swimming pool noodle rocket in "flight" and the TP-X rocket.

Sex Done Wrong

Here are some drawings for this week's Dallas Observer cover story Sex Ed the Texas Way, along with some brief underdrawings tucked discretely into my sketchbook. Everything is a cluster of ink and vectors and should be pretty self-explanatory.

Kentuckiana Sketchbook, April 2013

Matthew McConaughey in A Time to Chill

Here's a cover and a bunch of interior illustrations I did with my friends at the Dallas Observer a couple weeks ago. The pieces were all a part of their Dallas International Film Festival guide and mostly featured a local mostly shirtless hero. Here's some making-of stuff.
Ideas for cover:
Cover thumbnails:


Rough pencil drawing:

Traced into vectors in Illustrator:

Output at 150% (on to 2 sheets of paper, tiled), then drawn on top of:

Lineart lightboxed and inked on another sheet:

Everything added together:

Addt'l fun stuff for the inside of the paper. Paper doll sketch:

Final art:

3 Visual Guides:


BINGO card:


Some ref. I collected along the way: