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2008-07-18T20:44:00.000-07:00

It's just a big pain in my butt to manage two blogs saying the same thing. YOu can read my new blog HERE.

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2008-05-20T16:28:00.000-07:00

One to Grow On

2008-05-14T15:18:00.000-07:00

For all of you in the LA area the gallery show which I have been telling you all about for the past few weeks is going to have it's opening night on Tuesday the 20th of this month. That's next week. The show goes from 7-10PM. Hope to see you all there!

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Graphic Novelicious

2008-04-28T12:06:00.000-07:00

So I've got a secret blog with a secret password and everything that I'm trying out with my editors as a sort of "virtual workspace" to put this project together. We'll see how it works out. In the mean time. Here's some concept work for the book.

You and I Don't Often Agree

2008-04-22T22:29:00.001-07:00

Yup you guessed it. Gallery 1988. I'm most proud of this piece I must say

A metaphor for dating

2008-04-19T15:39:00.000-07:00

Another piece for the Gallery 1988 show. I know it's cynical, but it only pertains to one past relationship

Dinosaur

2008-04-18T09:59:00.001-07:00

Trying out Photoshop CS3

Groove

2008-04-10T08:29:00.000-07:00

For the Gallery 1988 show next month. Sorry for the crap photo

Wall Street Journal

2008-03-27T11:25:00.000-07:00

An illustration for the Wall Street Journal about our current state of economic affairs. That's Ben Bernanke on the upper right.

The Monster That Ate the Stars

2008-03-25T10:28:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the poor digital photo. Still a work in progress. A monster eating stars.

A work in progress

2008-03-24T17:01:00.001-07:00

I'm not diggin the black too much so I think I'm gonna go back into it

El Oso (The Bear)

2008-03-20T22:17:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday - Heavy

2008-03-14T10:38:00.001-07:00

Billy was bangin' out some HEAVY beats

The Women I Have "Loved"

2008-03-13T09:31:00.001-07:00

New Painted Work

2008-03-11T09:39:00.000-07:00

Sketch

2008-02-21T00:33:00.000-08:00

Here's a sketch I did for a possible project I'm putting together

Illustration Friday - Blanket

2008-02-02T12:35:00.000-08:00

This illustration is for my son. He calls his blanket "BeeBee"

Illustration Friday- Tales and Legends

2008-01-28T09:05:00.001-08:00

This is a piece for an upcoming tall tale story called "The Ghosts of Luckless Gulch" by Atheneum Books (Simon and Schuster)

Ilustration Friday- Plain

2008-01-23T09:59:00.000-08:00

Condoleeza Rice has no flash about her. Kind of "plain" in terms of looks if you ask me.

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Illustration Friday- Little Things

2007-12-11T09:14:00.000-08:00

It's a thing all right.

Robert's Snowflake is for sale this week

2007-12-03T22:58:00.001-08:00

My snowflake "Chillax!" is available for bidding all this week for the Robert's Snow cure for cancer auction. When I thought about it I realized that I know far too many people who have been affected by this disease mothers, friends, and so forth and I concluded that if I saw cancer walking down the street I'd punch it in the face and say "You're a jerk cancer!" and then run off into the night.

In any case, I wanted to add an extra incentive. If you are the winner of my snowflake I will throw in a signed copy of "The Secret Life of Walter Kitty" So if you win drop me an email and we'll discuss further details.

Bid for my flake here

"The Replacements" in Chinese

2007-11-30T09:52:00.001-08:00

Here's the opening credits of the show in Chinese that I just found up on Youtube. I love that they actually made they lip syncing worse so it could feel more like a kung fu movie.

Thanks Old Donation Center!

2007-11-30T09:44:00.000-08:00

I spoke at a school in Virginia recently, here's a little movie I made about my trip

Sorry for the lack of posts here. I've got a pretty busy schedule till the end of the first week of December, hopefully after that I'll be back on the ball.

New York- Day 1

2007-10-15T19:58:00.001-07:00

The captain has just turned on the "Disco" light and you may commence raving. Actually, this is the inside of the plane for Virgin Amaerica, which is, in my opinion, America's best kept travel secret.
Here's the monitor I sat in front of for the whole flight.....

It's the coolest interface.... Instead of having fight attendants coming by with drinks and stuff you can order all your stuff with this touch sensitive screen and they bring food and whatever right to you! It also has video games, movies on demand, mp3's, and a jack for you to plug in your laptop so you can work. I knew I was in for somehting special when the check in terminal set up Orchids at their base and I was at a table with a computer interface that printed out my ticket. They even handi wiped their entire setup all nice and clean before letting people entering. Meanwhile, the bitchy people at United Airlines were herding their passengers like cattle next to us. (They're so mean at United.)

Oh, did I mention that NEWMAN, from Seinfeld was on my flight?!

...NEWMAN!.....

Then it was off to dinner with one of my favorite art directors from Harpercollin's, David Caplan, who I worked with on the "Otto Undercover" series.

That's pretty much it for today. Tomorrow I go to Simon and Schuster and Harpercollins. I'll take some pics for those of you who were always curious as to where you're sending those promos.

Peace out

Illustration Friday -OPEN

2007-10-11T22:08:00.001-07:00

Wow, I think I got this right under the wire. Paul Bunyan. When I was kid I was never sure what to think of tall tales and it always seemed to me as if these stories were told to be OPEN to interpretation because no one ever told me if there was a REAL Johnny Appleseed, or a REAL Casey Jones, or John Henry, or PAUL BUNYAN.