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Two new portraits in my portfolio for 2017! First up is a digital portrait of pioneering Stonewall gay and trans rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, in the colors of the Transgender Pride flag for Trans Day of Visibility. When questioned by a judge what the “P” stood for, her ( Read more... )

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One of my favorite ongoing gigs in the world is providing artwork for the business classes given by my wife, Katie Lane.

Katie is an attorney who specializes in representing independent creators, and she also devotes a sizable chunk of her time to education - introducing current ( Read more... )

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A few recent art of the day entries from September/October. It was a very busy month with lots of conferences, public appearances, family visits, and travel, so I was grateful to sneak in what doodles I could!


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This past month I’ve had the pleasure of creating art with Scott Kurtz for a new tabletop card game by the world-famous game designer Jason Bulmahn! Pirate Loot is a quick-to-learn, devilish-to-play game of skull-duggery, high adventure, and competitive treasure-hoarding for up to ( Read more... )

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New in the Illustration gallery: six images selected from Au Pays d’en Haut, a 14-piece educational serial set in 19th century French Canada! This series was a fun research challenge, and I enjoyed the excuse to test out some techniques for getting a real-media look to the ( Read more... )

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This year I had the honor of being included in the wee funny pages booklet that was part of Cards Against Humanity‘s Advent calendar package. A dozen cartoonists were asked to submit a standalone, one-page comic, possibly Christmas-themed. My editor was the lovely Rich Stevens.

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Earlier this year I had the pleasure of providing illustrations for a personal essay in Oregon Humanities Magazine, written by Dionisia Morales.


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Current musical obsession: St.Vincent’s album “Actor”.  It has gotten into my brain something fierce.  It’s elegant and a bit creepy and full of interesting sounds and strange hooks.

I especially adore the video for the album’s single, Actor Out of Work:

Actor Out of Work on YouTube

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For those of you who couldn't make it to the gallery opening, now you can see the art online!


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