Second Star Character Profile: Uncle Buck

 

5x8

ink in sketchbook 

So, I'm currently inking the third issue of my comic, Second Star. In this issue there is a character called Uncle Buck, who is the uncle of the main guy, Holden. In this comic, all of the main characters are based on people that I know or knew when I plotted this whole thing out. Don't even get me started on all that! Uncle Buck is based on my Uncle Chuck, who passed away in 2016. I even drew him with 'The Spy' on his t-shirt. 'The Spy' was a sketch that he did for me when I was 10. I still have that sketch, too. He was a big fan of Mad Magazine and Big Daddy Roth and I'm sure that his sketch was inspired from somewhere in those things. Anyways, in this issue he plays a small, but important role in Holden's search for his missing and presumed dead, archaeologist grandfather. 

And I think that my uncle sort of liked it when I called him Uncle Buck. I'm sure that he was a fan of John Candy. Stay tuned for more about Second Star...

Kill Krill Kill!

 

16x20

ink and digital

So, a few weeks ago, I mentioned on a couple of social media sites that I had had a weird, yet entertaining dream about watching a horror movie where a village was attacked by plankton. It was a slow moving movie, but horrifying as you might imagine. Being more of a cartoonist than a movie maker, I finally did up a toon depicting a gruesome scene with an unsuspecting victim. 

Workplace Cartoon, Part Two

 

My latest Substack post wraps up all that Star Florists nonsense...

Click here to take you there!

Democrat-esque

 

This is pretty much what I feel about Democrats these days. 

"Hey, it's a shitstorm, but could you keep me being a millionaire?'

Workplace Cartoons, Part One

 

My latest Substack is up and it involves workplace cartoons. Click here.

David Lynch

 

7x7

colored pencil on black paper

Here's a little sketch of the dear departed David Lynch. He looks a bit ghastly here with the dark eyes, but somehow, I don't think he'd mind, in that he was a quirky kind of guy.

Beach Party At The River's Edge Gallery

 

George Herriman

6x9

watercolor on Arches watercolor paper

Starting tomorrow, January 18th and running sometime through February, the River's Edge Gallery in Wyandotte MI will be having their annual Beach P-ART-y exhibit. You know, an anti-cold type extravaganza. 

The exhibit will feature some works from their stable of artists (including me!) along with some newer talent. On the second floor, some of my watercolor portraits will be on display, including the George Herriman (creator of Krazy Kat) shown above. Recently, the gallery sold my Diego Rivera/Frida Kahlo watercolor, so here is your chance to see and maybe purchase a portrait from this series. Support local art!

Unfortunately, I cannot be there for the opening and will probably stop in during the next week, or so, and I will probably be there for the closing in February. But, don't let that stop you (pshaw!), go check out the show. I'm sure that there will be a whole shoreline of great artwork. See what I did there?