They exist!

It feels great to have my little wood shop fully operational in my garage now. I've been cutting new woodcut characters every weekend, then carrying them around with me in my backpack and drawing on them wherever I go. I'm going to try to fill an entire wall of my studio with them before July. then they'll all travel to LA with me.

Laughing monster woodcut in the sunlight

I've been working on new woodcut pieces for my solo show at Giant Robot that opens in late July. My plan is to make it my biggest and best show I've ever done.

Ishi's Brain

It was a real pleasure getting to host Eamon Espey and Lisa Krause when they came through Missoula with their hand made puppet show performance of Ishi's Brain. Watching their show was like having a waking dream. They're still on tour across America, check out their tour dates here. I highly recommend catching them if they're heading anywhere near you. Two amazing people doing inspirational, haunting work. It's the real deal.

Capacity number eight

I'll be tabling with Secret Acres at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival on May 11th and 12th. I'll be debuting Capacity number eight along with some other surprises. I'm thrilled to finally be going to this Festival!

Sideshow Musicbox

Today's my brother's birthday so I thought I'd celebrate with a little fan art for his new music project.

Earth Day

The seventh release from Space Cadets

 Just got this in the mail from London. I have so much fun doing all the art for Space Cadets. I'm in the middle of working on the eighth release right now!

Random

I keep a couple of pieces of hardboard in my backpack to keep my drawings safe and sometimes random things end up happening on them.

My Brother's Music!

My brother, Matt just started releasing some of his new music online and it's great! You can listen to his first single here.

Zootown Arts Community Center

I made this little piece for the Zootown Arts Community Center's first annual Mini Benefit auction that opens tomorrow night. I'm excited I'll get to go to this. Mini cocktails, mini plates of food, and music, all for an awesome place that provides so many great things to Missoula's art community.

words on my insides

The official write-up on the Lind Ward Prize books can be read here. It's always strange and interesting to hear people describe this book. It was such a personal process for me, I was actually kind of terrified to let anyone read it at first. There's a copies available over at my etsy shop if anyone wants one. I always sign them with a small original drawing.

Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize Honor book!

I found out today that The Understanding Monster, book one has been named a Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize Honor book alongside Lilli Carre's excellent "Heads or Tales". The big prize went to Chris Ware for his complex and multi layered publication, Building Stories.  It's a really nice bit of encouragement as I work to finish book two!

It also feels like a huge honor to be awarded something named after Lynd Ward, who made beautiful silent novels with wood cut prints back in the depression era. The God Father of the Graphic Novel. I get to receive a box set collection of his six novels in woodcuts! As an avid book collector, I'm completely thrilled!

compliment the ghosts

From and unfinished comics page.

fields and eagle's nests

Griffin's been wanting to walk non-stop, so I've been taking him to big open places where he can wander to his heart's content. The other day we walked across a baseball field and watched an eagle building a nest.

Sudden Cosmic Experience

My new Art Zine that I only work on right before bed has been coming along. It's going to be a companion publication to Capacity Number Eight and both of them will debut at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival on May 11th and 12th. I'm excited that I get to go to the Toronto festival. It's suppose to be one of the best around!

Pony Club group show!

I made this little piece for the group show called "Search Results" that's opening this Thursday at the Pony Club gallery in Portland, Oregon. There's an amazing group of artists involved. I can't wait to see it all online.

nine inner-space explorers

Here's another little spontaneous drawing I just put up for sale on my etsy shop. 

Ghost Doctor on my drawing table

Bit by bit, The Understanding Monster, book two is getting finished.

Magic Fish

I've got a big Magic Fish woodcut for sale over at my Etsy Shop. It's one of the biggest woodcuts I've made so far. It's been living on the wall of my studio, watching me draw, but I think it might want to get out and meet new people.

4 little drawings

These four little drawings of characters with their favorite transportation devices are on sale over at my Etsy shop.

The surface of Toy Mountain

Micro-World Explorer

A new mini woodcut for sale over at my etsy shop. This Micro-World Explorer had to be magnifies ten thousand times to become this four inch tall portrait.

Crayon portrait of the Monkey Lord's cousin

                           More crayon time with Griffin today.

Whale-headed girl

Suddenly showed up right before I left my studio today.

Monster Detective in Animal Shoes

I finished this little woodcut character today and put him up for sale on my Etsy Shop

Explorer

Another late night doodle

This, and the previous doodle were both drawn directly on the cover to the pad of paper I've been making my comics on. Just a bit of the overflow that happens along the way.

Let's teleport!

Stayed up late doing some tiny doodles instead of going to bed when I should have.

weird times for mummy

The mummy tumbles through the doorway upside down from the ceiling. It's good to be back at work on The Understanding Monster, book 2 after a week away.

road

ASC, Flood Tide Rising

Here's the cover I made for the newest record from ASC. It's the seventh release from Space Cadets that I've done the art for.

Are you okay?

Another panel from The Understanding Monster, book two. I'm having so much fun making this!

Spiderman sighting

I wish I could've gotten a better picture of this, but it all happened so fast. Spiderman flew by me on a skateboard yesterday. Right after I snapped this photo he completely wiped out. I yelled "are you okay, Spiderman?!" and he jumped up, gave me two thumbs up and sped away.

Crayons!

More crayon drawing with Griffin. He's really into throwing balls right now.