My Christmas Present

Since it is the holidays, I thought I would post this video of the coolest Christmas present I got LAST year (2009), which had an Isle of Elsi theme, to say the least!

That was made by my amazing toy designer girlfriend Claire Sanders.  Her website is not up yet, but it will be, in 2011.   Speaking of 2011, there is going to be some really cool Isle of Elsi news in the new year, so keep checking back!  I'll blog about it here.  Okay, happy holidays everyone!

Microcosm Publishing 2010 Catalog

At the very end of 2009, I was asked to illustrate the 2010 Catalog for Microcosm Publishing.  When I asked them for some suggestions, they said I could draw anything I liked as long as there were some books and zines involved.  I decided to make some illustrations using all the main characters from my upcoming Isle of Elsi comics.  Here's the wraparound cover, which has Draziw the Wizard reading comics with the wolves, the Stalagmites and Stalactites shelving boxes of books along with R.J. Jr. and Nogard the Dragon reading a nice big pile of books.

On the inside of the catalog, Microcosm also ran a number of spot illustrations:

Here's Draziw the Wizard using his magic wand to make copies of the first issue of his "Wiz Zine."

This one has a wolf singing, while the 'ites dance and sing along.  One Stalagmite is even crowd surfing!

Here the 'ites are working together to mail a letter.  The post office box is covered with stickers from some of my favorite zines.  

And lastly, here's R.J. Jr. delivering some zines DRAGON style!

Dark Horse Presents

The first Isle of Elsi story to ever see print was a nine page comic I drew for the Dark Horse Presents anthology on MySpace.  You can still read the entire story online, if you go about half way down the page, and select issue #22, story #3.

This was later collected in the fourth volume of MySpace Dark Horse Presents, which is still available on Amazon .  Check it out to see the humble beginnings of these characters!