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Ten Years Ago…

… I was experimenting with having prints made.

One of then was the 360 degree panorama of the Last Day Room:

I trimmed it down, joined the two ends together, and voila!

The Last Day Lampshade!

Not available in stores.

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But the Waverly Press deluxe edition should be coming out soon:

(Lampshade not included.)

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Back From Indy…

… it took a 12 hour drive there and 10 hours back (including breaks, border crossings and construction)…

but we made it!

It was a great show. Thanks to Rick Mandriota and everyone else who helped out.

Thanks especially to everyone that stopped by our table!!!

And we brought home a new member of our family:

 

Now, back to the old drawing board… hopefully.

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Exciting News!!!

As we prepare for our trip to Indianapolis for the

INDIANA COMIC CONVENTION MAY 5TH – 7TH

it has also been officially announced that I will be a guest at

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2023

Bowness-on-Windermere – Friday 29 September to Sunday 1 October

Where the heck is Bowness-on-Windermere, you may ask?

Well… it’s right about here:

…and it looks something like this:

As I said: very exciting!

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It’s been 30 years since the Cerebus UK Tour in ’93…

we’ve got some catching up to do!

 

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I’ve Been Framed…

Brian C. recently framed and hung a bunch of the commissions I had done for him over the years.

This is the “Vaille Que”, (or as Shel calls it, “Chick in a Tree”)

in a frame that makes it look as if it could have just come out of the Louvre:

 

…and here’s “Set-a-Spell” above the “Great Wall of China” series:

 

 

…featuring the ever-popular, always hilarious, “Brian In Full Mongolian Garb Riding a Camel”:

 

 

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Change of Scene…

A while ago I did a large, very complex piece for Paul at Planet Slade:

Paul contacted me again with an idea to “Gerhard-ize” this Roger Langridge ‘Murder Ballads Brawl’:

Here’s how it turned out:

Below is a GIF showing the various stages involved in the relocation; original, grey scale, backgrounds removed, rough layout, tight pencil, inking stages, and finally, shading:

 

Next:

Some Time Off (pain in the back) …and doing taxes (pain in the ass)