News

You can follow my artistic updates on twitter.

I finished a 22-page Lance Star story written by Bobby Nash.

Sidebar Nation was nice enough to do a a podcast of my panel at ACE called Digital Visions.

My 80-page black and white anthology called Real Magicalism is out.

My previous book Daemon Process is available at IndyPlanet.

Upcoming Conventions:

Atlanta Comic Convention
August 23, 2009

Dragon*Con
Sept. 4-7, 2009

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Welcome.

Pull up a seat. Sit awhile. Take a load off. This is the best place to find out about all of my current and upcoming comic-oriented projects.

Exciting News!

I'll be a guest again at The Atlanta Comic Convention on February 7th, and I'll have a table out in the front area of the show. It happens from 11am-5pm on Super Sunday, and is always a lot of fun. Please stop by and say hello, bring your portfolio, and look at all the cool stuff I'll be selling.

My latest book

The latest collection (Year 5) of my weekly Grumbles strip is back from the printers, and it's the best year of Grumbles yet. Please stop by and get a copy.

Grumbles is a weekly color comic strip about politics, petty annoyances, culture wars, the apocalypse, bad drivers, hypocrisy, and life in the USA, as seen from the viewpoint of a grumbly, somewhat idealistic middle-aged man.

For over 5 years, Grumbles has been alternatively amusing or annoying Atlanta readers of The Sunday Paper, depending on your viewpoint...

What you'll find here

Here you'll find links to all my comics (including Grumbles), my gallery of comic-oriented images, a series of tutorials about comics, comic-oriented links, and lastly, a way to get in touch with me.

Why comics?

I've always enjoyed comics, from childhood to the present day. There's something about storytelling with words and pictures that I find very compelling, and I want to get much better at it.

How did I start making comics?

In 2002, I was diagnosed with a detached retina, which threatened my eyesight. After recovering, and at age 45, I wrote and drew my first comic book, Detached, about that experience and since then I've started doing commercial illustration, as well as creating the weekly comic strip Grumbles.