Belleville Drink N Draw May 2026

 This past Wednesday was the May edition of the Belleville Drink N Draw at Egan's Pub. I worked on a few ideas for some cartoons, a fantasy job and sketched one of our sketchers, although it really doesn't look like her.

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The little chickadee is my fantasy idea of attempting to instill some culture in the city where I reside. It'll never happen, but I can dream. I have another idea involving the military museum near my house. I can design a better sign than what they have...

These little catfish are for a cartoon that I will soon do, involving them and a kayak. Hilarious.

Belleville Drink N Draw April 2026

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Last Wednesday was the April edition of the Belleville Drink N Draw at Egan's Pub. I had Bangers & Mash for dinner... Joy struck up a conversation with some motorcycle gang members, then one of them struck up a conversation with us... there was talk of tattoos... then Joy became Bangers & Mash. She was destined to become Bangers & Mash or Internally Vulgar... B&M looked better on the forearms. 

There's always good conversation on sketch night.

 

Belleville Drink N Draw March 2026

 

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Last week was the March meet-up for the Belleville Drink N Draw at Egan's Pub. It was a smaller group this time, but the night was filled with good conversation, grub and drinks. The talk was so good that I almost forgot to sketch. But, I did get some in, doing a sketch of who has become a favorite subject, Todd. He has a great big bushy beard (that must be said in a Jim Broadbent as Frank Butterman voice. IFYKYK). 

Belleville Drink N Draw Feb 2026

 

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This past Wednesday was our February meet-up for the Belleville Drink N Draw at Egan's Pub. There was a decent turnout and we had a great time with some good conversations and sketchin.' There was a small blip when a patron (not one of ours) went down hard and luckily an off-duty Detroit paramedic was right there when he went down and the guy received immediate attention. He seemed ok, but they decided to take him to the hospital anyways for safe measure. At that point, I wasn't sure what I wanted to work on, so sketched the scene. The image is a little blurry on the side there because of the sketchbook spine, but you get the idea.

Belleville Drink N Draw January 2026

 Last night was the freezing offing cold version of the Belleville Drink N Draw at Egan's Pub. The temps were cold, but it was a fun night out with like-minded people. I worked on some cartoon ideas and also sketch some bar patrons. 

Almost no one was facing my way... 

Belleville Drink N Draw December 2025

 This past Wednesday was the first of two Drink N Draw sketch night's for this month at Egan's Pub. I worked on this sketch of Todd, who is always fun to sketch.

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And then I worked on some sketches for a couple of books that I have in development. This one is for a story called The May Pole, which has one of the first appearances of the Nain Rouge. In those early stories, he first showed up as a red faced dwarf, or imp, as he was called by Cadillac.

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                I'm trying to channel an illustration from Arthur Rackham, without copying directly. 

Todd brought a Lego-ish advent Christmas tree and we all took a stab at putting together a piece. I had Santa Claus. It's now hanging on our tree. 

Belleville Drink N Draw October, Part Two 2025

Last night was the Belleville Drink Night Draw at Egan's Pub. We had a pretty decent gathering with plenty of good conversations and sketching going on.

I chose to do a sketch of Pizza Rat, a character that cartoonist Clay Jones sneaked into his political cartoons. Pizza rat, or Peezy as he is affectionately is called has become quite popular among Clay's fans, including me. Recently, Mr. Jones suffered a stroke and people have been sending him their versions of Peezy as a show of support and encouragement with his healing. Below is the version that I sent to him. I think you can guess as tho where I was going with this one. He is putting up all Peezys on his Substack.

Get well soon, Clay Jones!

Belleville Drink N Draw October 2025

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Last night, we picked up again with the Belleville Drink N Draw at Egan's Pub. I worked on a couple of cartoons that still need to be finished up, but here is a sketch that I did of a bar patron. I was going to also sketch her friend, but his ass was hanging out bigly, so passed on that one.

 

Belleville Drink N Draw June 2025

 So, last night was the June edition of the Belleville Drink N Draw. Half of the city had lost power, so everyone was at the pub! It was quite packed. Sketching, gabbing, grubbing and the Tigers were on, so a good night.

I was the only one there from our group for about a half an hour, so I did a sketch of the only empty seat in the place. 

Then I worked on some ideas. This one is for a book that is in the works. Trying to come up with what the East West wind would look like. I was going for what one would see on an old map or something.

Then, I focused on an idea for a sketch card involving some cryptids and I like the idea of the frogman of New Jersey (?). So, some frog guys.

Tonight is the another sketch club meet-up. This time in Detroit! More on that tomorrow.

Belleville Drink N Draw May 2025

 

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sketches for a Zombuggeez commission

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This past Tuesday was the Belleville Drink N Draw at Egan's Pub in, as always, Belleville. It was a small group this time, but always fun. Sketching, gabbing, eating and some drinking. 

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Last night I was invited to a Drink N Draw night at Egan's Pub in Belleville. A fun time was had by all and up above is the one and only sketch that I did (gabbing, eating, drinking, gabbing, etc). Todd made for a good subject, so I did my best to be quick about it.