Christmas with Frank

Digital sketchbook

More freehand with tablet.

More tablet fun with the Righteous Sisters

Drawing with tablet. Not as easy as it first seemed and those points sure wear off fast! But here's the Righteous Sister for y'all anyway.

More tablet fun

Finally the thrill of flying! More experiments with the tablet.

Minaccia Aliena!

Fun with a Wacom tablet. Almost like inking with brushes but less sexy.

The whole truth about Robert Johnson!

An oldie. Brush and photoshop grays. This actually got published on the Falgpole, the free paper of beautiful Athens, Georgia, back in the times when I was living behind the magnolia curtain. I never drew the story about Gene Vincent, but I might sometime...

I want to make love to you

Drawn on the old kitchen table in Columbus Ohio.

BURP REVUE ad by Pogo-Nikt

An e-flyer advertising an event organized by Burp Enterprise. Drawn by the mighty Mat Pogo and myself (but Pogo did most of the work) a couple of winters ago in sunny Berlin. Nicotina King of Casuals is yours truly. Check some more of Pogo's art here: http://pasarancomix.tumblr.com/ 

Now, wouldn't it be nice if all your friends could be as cool as Frank?

Having fun with a cheap needle point gel pen.

Never Again

The Joy of Gardening

Kefalonia, a nice place to pretend you're fishing.

From the sketchbook.

The Legs perform Casual 4 in Providence RI

That's what I've been doing instead of drawing comics. Honky tonkin' with a bunch of questionable characters. Great musicians, though. Nikt on guitar, Chris on Bass, Matt on drums. We perform an old composition of mine called Casual 4.

Anf!

 No drawings in a while. I've been busy with work and music. Soon something on my Providence RI frolics. For now a nice pagan priest with artichoke on his head.

Otto Von Plume ep. 2

More Baron. More dastardly deeds. I just bought this crazy Sumo Ink. Soooooo smooth, very thin, very sexy.

Ach! A new dastardly und unlikable character on Planetoids. Meet Baron Otto Von Plume

Baron Otto is up to his old tricks. How will it end this time? Keep reading! Click on the image to read it in a comfortable big format.

Learn Italian with Planetoids. Lesson 1 - The basics.

Mercato Centrale!

Basta avere i soldi.

ZORRO! ZORRO! ZORRO! (Zorro!)

Here's Zorro. He's a drunk. Brush and scratchy quill, and a touch of cheap Photoshop grays.

Mercato Centrale 1

These are a few strips I drew for the "Mercato Centrale" album by the Burp Enterprise band Jealousy Party. The album was supposed to come with a booklet containing a collective story drawn by the Burp collective, but the project was shelved. I drew about four strips, here are the first 2. The album "Mercato Centrale" is still coming out soon though! For more info check the Jealousy Party page on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/JEALOUSY-PARTY/103984493033225
or the Burp Publications site in the link section on the right. The Mercato centrale in the second strip is indeed the one in the center of Florence in Italy, a cool place to buy vegetables, drink Aperol for breakfast, and look at entrails of various slain animals.

Don't be that way, Pozzo

One from the sketchbook. Marker and Photoshop. Peter Pozzo is sensitive.

Eugene Chadbourne Sushi

Wow! This is old stuff folks! I drew this in 1997 while living in sweet Charlottesville, Virginia. I organized the show for Eugene and opened for him with a Virginian version of my band Nicotina and the Legs. We played in the basement of a sushi restaurant called Tokio Rose. Eugene showed up with his Insect and Western Party trio, played a fantastic show (including some beautiflu Satie covers for deranged banjo), and then stayed over at my place and read comics all night long. If you don't know Eugene Chadbourne's music and you are a daring listener you owe it to yourself to discover one of the most important American guitarsts and composers of the last four decades. Here's his website: www.eugenechadbourne.com

From the sketchbook

One from the sketchbook.

The Poet's Corner.

You haven't heard the last from poet Ezio Meloni. He's got tons of sonnets and canzoni for you.

DAN DYNAMO - Epilogue!

All right, this is it. Now you can go back and read the whole story in sequence. Am I done with Dynamo? I don't think so. As usual, click on the image to see it its proper format.

DEAR HEARTS website

Also don't forget to check the website of my band DEAR HEARTS, the link is on the top right of this page. There's music, pics and a bunch of other stuff. We play in and around Brooklyn a lot so come check us out.I drew this in 2007(!) with a snazzy Sabre Kolinski brush.

Finnegan's Mare

Still behind with real work, the one that brings home Thai Chips and expensive Tuscan wines. So, in the meantime here's something form the vault.  This was done with a Pentel gel pen, while the grey tones are courtesy Prismacolor markers. Hope you enjoy.

No time to draw!

Sorry, not a lot of time to draw recently. It's bank season you know. And this is a portrait of my guys. Never a heist without them. The Dan Dynamo epilogue is already sketched out in nice little thumbnails, I only need time to pencil, ink and color it. See you very soon.

DAN DYNAMO Episode 14. The end?

Not the end! Don't miss the breathtaking epilogue of the Dan Dynamo saga. Soon on Planetoids.

DAN DYNAMO ep. 13. The night the Red Hook mill burned down

Stay with us for Dan Dynamo's saga breathtaking finale. Soundtrack "Fire" by Arthur Brown. A nice 1968 made for TV video of "Fire" here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwTxw9DEjzU

DAN DYNAMO Episode 12. Fire!

The Dan Dynamo saga is getting close to its dazzling finale. Recommended soundtrack "Cry for the Fire" by The Residents (a nice live version with the great late Snakefinger here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12PbBBw1YhQ&feature=related). Stay tuned for more.

DAN DYNAMO Episode 11. Sweet Sweet Bulbs

Dan gets busy in this latest episode. Suggested aural background: "Sweet Sweet Bulbs" by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band from the Trout Mask Replica LP.

DAN DYNAMO Episode 10. Dan roughs things up.

Dan is back after the early-Summer hiatus. More of the adventures of South Brooklyn finest crime fighter soon. Click on the image to make it bigger. And leave a comment, will ya?

DEAR HEARTS pins

A series of designs for pins for my band DEAR HEARTS. We are still trying to decide which one we like the best. Let us know. I drew another 20 of those, but I think I'll stop here. We are playing in Brooklyn on the 23rd of July at Pier 5 at 6:00 and 9:00.  Come check our groovy grooves at facebook.com/dearheartsmusic.

Jungle Fever

While waiting for Dan Dynamo to return please enjoy these way cool warriors. They are dying to meet you and tell you how much they like your SUVs, Hummers, frappuccinos, golf courses, 2.2 children, and twin baby strollers. Click on the image to make the warriors bigger.

On Break

Planetoids is currently on break. We shall return in a few days with more Dan Dynamo. The book I fell asleep while reading is the horrid Klaus Johnson's manual on inking. The guitar is a funky Stratotone reissue. In the glass there was some nice red wine from the Tuscan hills. The cat is disgustipated.

Dan Dynamo ep. 9. MEET UGO.

Ugo is a tough costumer. Will Dan prevail?

Dan Dynamo episode 8

The way of all evil robots! Don't miss the shocking follow up to today's episode. Stay tuned for the coming of UGO!

DAN DYNAMO ep. 7

Episodes 8 and 9 already inked, just need color. Stay tuned for more thrills.

A few zombies

Since I moved to Brooklyn I dream about zombies almost every night. They seem nice. Here's a few of them while waiting for Dan Dynamo's next installment.

Astr-Op

OK, this only works in Italian.

Jacopo Andreini vs. 900 vol.2 COVER

A few from the archive while waiting for the next installment of Dan Dynamo. I drew this some time ago for the never-released follow-up album of Jacopo Andreini vs. 900 (on Burp: http://www.burpenterprise.com/burp/)
As usual click on the image to see it at proper size.

DAN DYNAMO Ep.6. Dan vs. Bulbo

Here it is. Bulbo is no match for Dan!

DAN DYNAMO Episode 5. Meet Bulbo!

The plot thickens. Click on image to see it at proper size. Stay tuned for Episode 6!

DAN DYNAMO Episode 4. In the Lair of Doctor Von Fungus!

The urbane yet dastardly Doctor Von Fungus. Stay tuned for next episode comic very soon. Click on the image to see it at proper size