 Whatsup everybody, Let the signing begin! This weekend, as I'm sure you're all aware of, is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY. The day four and a half million books are given away for free all over the country in support of the magnificent story-telling medium know as the "comic". And 37,000 of those will be a free FUBAR sample comic (see to the left) containing stories from the just released FUBAR: American History Z. It is also the day that the ground forces of FUBAR will be infiltrating a comic shop near you for a massive signing by the contributing creators: 12 states, 2 provinces, 3 countries, 26 shops, 37,000 books, and all on 1 DAY. And that day officially begins at MIDNIGHT tonight. At midnight I'll be doing a signing for FUBAR: AHZ at Capitol Comics in Annapolis, MD. My comic ROGERS' WALKERS, written the Shawn "The Man" Williams and illustrated by moi lies between it's covers. And I'm proud to have it there. I'll be signing the comic, displaying the original artwork, and doing sketches of all kinds. I'll also be promoting some exciting news regarding ROGERS' WALKERS that I can't yet tell you about. But it's coming! Then, bright & early (and likely weary-eyed) I'll also be in Baltimore, MD at Collector's Corner for their all-day FCBD signing extravaganza beginning at 9am. My good pals of PLB Comics will be in attendance as well (and at Capitol Comics  too!) as well as the talented Cary Nord (CONAN), Marc Hempel (SANDMAN), Brandon Seifert (WITCH DOCTOR, Michael S. Bracco (BIRTH & NOVO) and many, many more.
If you'd like to know more on FCBD & FUBAR here's an interview Jeff McComsey, Fubar's Commander-in-Cheif just did with RUE MORGUE magazine. Check it out HERE. Also, here's a list of comics put together by IGN.com to grab up tomorrow (for FREE). Check it out HERE. And of course that list includes FUBAR. AND, if you're more of an NPR fan here's a link to an article they put together of their favorite FCBD comics (also, including FUBAR, wouldn't ya know). You can read that right HERE. Alright, that's enough links for the day. See you at Capitol Comics at midnight & Collector's Corner tomorrow! - D
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 A little while back I had the pleasure of working with the Maryland Foster Youth Resource Center located in Baltimore, Maryland. The MFYRC is a non-profit organization created and operated by former foster youth working to assist those current & former foster youth in attaining life skills and identifying & accessing resources needed for survival and positive development The foster care process obviously can be an extremely difficult one for children. In an effort to help ease their stresses, as well as help communicate this process of entering foster care and going through the juvenile court system, the MFYRC decided to do something fun, entertaining and positive. So we joined forces to create a coloring book that could aid and hopefully comfort them. The coloring book, titled "Where Do We Go From Here?", is targeted towards the younger of these youth and illustrates the story of two kids, Keysha & Jamal, who are siblings going through the same situations as many of the young children reading the book itself. In this way they can identify with them and use their story as guidance through the various steps of the foster-care system.  Not only does it tell Keysha & Jamal’s story but it also includes activities that help to educate them on certain main characters involved in the process, important vocabulary used, a section to hold onto important business cards, a place where they themselves can tell their own story and even a “Candyland-like” board game in the middle for them play. And of course they can color any and all illustrations in any manner they’d like.
This is still a very meaningful project for me. It's one I hold dear and one I’m very proud to have been a part of. I truly hope in someway it’s helped to positively touch the lives of those children who happen to be holding it in their hands during such a challenging moment. I hope it gives them a little comfort and brings a smile or two. If you'd like to know more about the Maryland Foster Youth Resource Center you can visit them online at www.mfyrc.org. Thanks everyone, I'll talk with you soon! - D  Whatsup everybody,
Hope everyone had a great Father's Day weekend. I know I sure did, despite being thoroughly showed-up at horseshoes by my stepdad, my dad and my 77 year old grandfather all in one day. The "W" goes to Team Pops. Anyways, here are a couple more sketches I did of our curious and adventurous young great dane. Hope you enjoy and I'll talk with you soon! - D
 Good day ladies & gents, If you’ve taken a voyage though my website previously then, being the great observant people that you are, I’m sure you’ve probably noticed the “styles” or what-have-you that I’ve tried to embark upon. In the past, as well as currently, I’ve enjoyed taking on different approaches to art-making so as to delve into those various unmapped corridors of my mind and open what creaky doors I can. Recently I’ve done just this and have found these new doors to be somewhat, we’ll say, more colorful. Lately I’ve been working with a fantastic online children’s book company called MeeGenius! and it’s been quite the adventure. Adapting various classic children’s stories with my own visual ideas. Just posted the other day was the latest story called Puss in Boots. It’s about a self-determined family cat who’s given a pair of little leather boots and takes off on his own exciting adventures to help better the life of his young owner. I had a great time working on it and it’s certainly a little out of the box for me. If you’re curiosity is getting to you (and I hope it is) and you’d like to check it out (and I hope ya do) you can click right HERE!  You can also download the MeeGenius! App for your iPad or iPhone for those long journeys in the car with the little ones (though I imagine the kids may want a turn as well). And of course one can also visit MeeGenius! online at www.meegenius.com to have a look at their other titles (if ya look hard enough you’ll maybe find one or two others I’ve been a part of).
Thanks all and talk with you soon! -D |
