My Dad
Toots Zettwoch & I collaborating on a new mini-comic series called
Tel-Tales. The first issue - - containing a story entitled
Cut Lines & Intricate Minds -- is finished and
available now!
Above: 2-color screenprinted cover, printed on AT-T/Bell Systems punchcard, c. 1983.
Toots wrote the story, did rough breakdowns (
shown above), and provided reference from his days working at the phone company in the 70's (
below).
Here were my rough layouts:
And here are a couple of examples of how I translated his breakdowns into final spreads in the book:
The book is 3.75" x 3.25", with a big center foldout and a wrap-around color cover. The endpapers were inspired by the intricate art-deco metalwork found on the outside of the
AT&T building featured in the story:
The book is
for sale at the Catastrophe Shop,
Star Clipper in St. Louis, and will be available at more distros and specialty stores around the country soon.
Here's a new print hot off the press! It's an expanded version of an Amazing Facts & Beyond strip from last year's baseball season, detailing the evolution of the St. Louis Cardinal's famous Birds-on-the-Bat emblem.
3-color hand-pulled screenprint on ivory Canson Mi-Tientes pastel paper, 19" x 25". Here was a sketch:
Messing around with the 3 inks:
The ink drawing & final digital art (Note how much copying and pasting I did of the birds once I had a few good ones drawn):
These will be debuting for sale (for $25) this weekend at the Rock and Roll Craft Show here in St. Louis, next Saturday at the Cherokee Print League Holiday Sale, and are available from me directly I reckon. Thanks! 
