Winter blows in Brooklyn...

Here's the new strip for January...

New illos...

...for the December issue of 'The Red Hook Star-Revue'

Here's the final strip...

Let me know what you think. Don't be afraid to be brutal, I can take it.

Preview panel...

Here's a raw panel from the forthcoming comic strip. Still needs some clean-up and copy.

Here's the final...

Hard to believe, I know...

...but here's a new post. It's a strip I've written for a local monthly newspaper. It's been so long since the last one I think I've forgotten how this works! I'll post the finished version as soon as I can set & edit copy.

Miles Davis & John Coltrane - So What (Live Video)

Now that you've had to sit through two in a row of our feeble attempts at a musical performance, here's an amazing example of Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Friends laying it down. Enjoy...

'Heatwave' in the Park...

'Cool Jerk' live in Carroll Park, Brooklyn...

Promo Flyer in Blue--

How I'm spending my Summer Vacation...

Been rehearsing since early June with a group of friends who I played in bands with a few decades ago. It's been a lot of work and a lot of fun. Needless to say it's kept me away from the drawing board for a while. But today I sat down and designed a 'flyer' for the event, in very much the same way I would have done it in the '70s.

Nice to be Home again!

Have a blast!

什麼他媽的？

What's up with all of the asian character comments on blogs lately?
Who are these people?

Do you like to draw... a $alary?!

Drew this when I got to L.A. in '96.

Something from the WB days...

I've been off the grid for a month or so, thankfully I'm back online and hope to share some new stuff very soon. Hope you guys & gals all have a great Summer.

Time to 'toot' my own horn...

While working exclusively with Disney's Food Division for the first few years on staff I got the chance to create new and exciting concepts for their licensees. One of my favorite projects was working with PEZ on a new way to present their Princess line. Even as a young boy I never liked the 'Head on a Stick' design approach that PEZ always used and I thought it looked particularly jarring with the more realistic looking Princess group. During a conference call with PEZ I noticed a bust of Beethoven that a co-worker had on her desk, and suggested that I thought that type of approach would work well for the Princess line. I made a few sketches and sent them off to PEZ. The next day we had their approval and began the line.
In the time since I've seen Star Trek and Bratz sets using the same approach. So I guess I helped PEZ re-invent themselves in some small way.

Saatchi & Saatchi Presentation Art...

As an Illustrator in the Art Studio at Saatchi & Saatchi I was able to turn out a set of presentation drawings like this in about a day and a half. The assignments were always fast-paced and fun, and I had the opportunity to work with some of the best Art Directors in the Ad Business.

A post that's gone Postal!

Postage stamp designs from '98-2000, for the U.S. Postal Service. The Consumer Products division designed the first one that featured Bugs. I produced these three stamps, as well as all of the 'First Day of Issue' art for the complete series with painter Hector Martinez. The fifth and last one was bounced back to WB Consumer Products after the Stores closed, and it was just a group of Style Guide art used in a "That's All Folks!" concept. As a young man I worked at the Post Office in one of my very first jobs, so this was a very sweet and special assignment for me.

"Gilroy"

I think it's much more fun to create new characters, instead of drawing someone else's. This is an exploration I worked on many years ago.
I think I was a better cartoonist when I worked in advertising. There's an 'in-breeding' that comes from working in the cartoon industry that weakens you from being exposed to the same ground and sources over an over.