comics

I read 2 trades recently.

Death By Chocolate : Redux , by David Yurkovich - I didn't love it. to be honest, i was very put off by the art style. I just didn't think it was great. I wasn't a fan of the concept and I tried but I could not get into the art. this is one of the few Top Shelf books that I didn't love. I'll give it a rating of LAME, but that doesn't mean it's bad, it just wasn't for me. I can totally see others loving this.
RASL, by Jeff Smith volume 1 - I don't think Jeff Smith is capable of doing a book I don't love. he is such an amazing, complete artist. his visual storytelling has no flaws. I'm not even sure if the story is that good or I'm just super biased because I love the art. much like Smith's Bone, I will be buying all the RASL Jeff can put out. I hope one day I am half as good an artist as Jeff Smith is. BRILLIANT

more ink wsh

I'm still playing around with the watercolour pencil. it's not great but I'm learning

Too fat Too Fish

I just finished Artie Lange's autobiography Too Fat Too Fish. If you don't know Artie, he is a regular on the Howard Stern Show. He was part of the original cast of Mad Tv when it debuted in 1995, & I've been a huge fan of his since he did a movie Dirty Work with SNL alum & hilarious comic Norm MacDonald.
this book is very honest, very funny, and tremendously sad. Artie is a very funny comedian, and one of the best story tellers I've ever seen, but he has very self-destructive habits. this book is just BRILLIANT. I love Artie & I love this book.

BIG HEAD !!!!!!

i've recently re-read a bunch of Jeffrey Brown books and I did some Big Head drawings of my own

More GAN 5

I wanted to practise using this Staedtler Watercolour pencil, so I did some more Gan 5 drawings with washes.

GAN 5 !!!!!

i gotta talk about 'The GAN 5' .

if you've not checked out this weekly web comic by Digital Kontent's Iby, then you should do it here.
Iby posts 4 new panels per week and they are dope. the Gan 5 are a group of miniature beings , each with their own unique powers, who are awakened to find themselves in a strange new gigantic world. The Gan 5 will be doing battle with termites, cats, and evil versions of themselves. the action is just geting started, check it out.

I am so obsessed with the Gan 5 that I've been doing lots of my own sketches. here's a few,