From the mean streets of Brooklyn...

Another "Star-Revue" comic strip...

This one was "down and dirty" done on the fly due to a pressing deadline.

New Red Hook Star Revue Comic Strip...

Created for the May 1st Issue.

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

And yes, I still hate my new Scanner!

"The O'Possum"

After leaving L.A. and returning to NYC I safely thought I'd seen my last Possum. The ugly beasts had always scared me when they'd show up every night in my Cali backyard. So imagine my surprise when they showed up on the streets of Brooklyn... in my front garden!! I tried to give a tip of the hat to Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" this time out. Don't know if I've succeeded, but trying sure is fun.

"Nobody's Father"

Thought I'd try something different for the new Red Hook Star Revue strip, a collaboration with my friend Matt. I've always liked Matt's poems, this piece in particular.

Happy New Year!

New strip for The Red Hook Star-Revue...

"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...

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!

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

Rough Stuff...

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

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.

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.

Here's the new strip for January...

Here's the final...