"Uh-oh, Santa's in trouble!"

This strip ran in last year's Christmas issue of The Red Hook Star-Revue...

Last Strip for 2011...

Thought it would be fun to put characters that appeared this year in 'Red Hook Star-Revue' strips all together in the final one...

"I'm in Hell..."

That's what the man was singing, so I tried to reflect it in the artwork.

Eric @ The Star...

New Star Theater Sketch...

Quick Photoshop Sketch...

Sort of creepy for Halloween.

A New Comic Strip!

Here's the new strip for the October 1st Issue of The Red Hook Star-Revue and a walk-through of the steps taken to create it...

All of the strips start out with a basic idea, with a set-up and a pay-off. I try to do some quick roughs just to get the characters and props figured out...
At this early stage all I'm concerned with are the elements I'll need to include and the actions that will help tell the story. Moving forward everything can and usually does change.

Then I lay out the panels and begin roughing in the story...

Next up is the final pencil art where I will move things around so they fit properly in the panels. I usually 'warm up' for the inking by tackling one of the easiest panels first...

Inks are then completed and all pencil lines are erased...
I purposely used some old, slightly yellowed bond paper for this one because I wanted a nice warm tone to the overall strip.

The color stage is where all of the real fun begins. I usually start by figuring out what colors the characters will be and then work on the palette for the backgrounds based on those choices. My main concern for this one was that the autumn leaves would read powerfully against everything else because they were an important part of the gag.
And a couple of hours later it's all done!

New Red Hook Star-Revue strip...

Really having fun creating these comic strips. Next month the newspaper will go from a monthly to a twice-monthly schedule, so I'll get to have twice the fun!

Rain Date...

We've got an Outdoor Music Fest scheduled for this coming Sunday. But with Hurricane Irene coming I think our plans are dashed. That's my friend George, organizer of the affair.

Star Theater...

Williamson @ The Star Theater...

New Strip for The Red Hook Star-Review...

Phil...

Star Jam Johnny...

The best of both worlds-- Music and Art!

Rudy...

Who's Who of Brooklyn...

First of a series of local characters.
This one is entitled: "The Aging Hipster"
Collect them all!!

A sketch of Lou...

This was drawn after last Friday's rehearsal. When Lou gets in the zone he can sit there for hours.

Jam sketch...

Star Theater sketches...

Two sketches from The Thursday Night Jam! Tried a different approach with one of 'em.

Rough Stuff...

Exploratory sketch for a single panel strip series I'm working on...

Another 'Star Theater' sketch...

...drawn during last night's Jam.

Here's the latest strip...

Thought I'd try working without copy this time...

This month's comic strip...

Thought I'd attempt a little back & white this time out, just to change things up a bit.

Sha-Boom, Sha-Boom!

Time to share this one...
This is an image I created for a comic book publisher that's been sitting in the "cyber drawer" for a long time. I'm publishing it because I think it's one of the best pieces I've done in the last decade. I'm not sure if it's politically correct, but neither was the murder of three thousand Americans. So here it is...

New strip for the May issue of The Red Hook Star-Review...

Another new strip...

This one was done for Craig Yoe's upcoming "The Official Barf Book"...




Here's the rough I showed Craig for approval...


Craig just asked me to change the copy in panel three and lay it out to fit two pages, hence the final approach.

A new Comic Strip...

Here's another strip created for The Red Hook Star-Review. I'm also including the rough layout.

"The Other Side"

Latest tracks by "The Other Side" Here's a rough recording from last week's rehearsal...

music and art...

Sketches from the Thursday Jam.

More Thursday Night Jam sketches...

Nice to have a place where I can play some music and create a little art. Ya gotta love Brooklyn!

Down and dirty sketches...

Luckily there's a weekly jam in my neighborhood every Thursday night. Last week in addition to playing some music, I also got a chance to sketch some of the musicians as they played.
Best of both worlds!