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More tablet fun. This would be really nice on a t-shirt. I wonder if Target would pick it up.

Her name was Pauline

Inking with a Wacom tablet, scanned pencils. Still like the old way better. 

Don't look, little one!

Too late.

The Real Adventures of E.A.Poe! Ep.3-4-5

There it is. I finished the inks in Sorrento, Italy, and colored it here in home sweet home Brooklyn.

Larry & Zorbg.

I wonder what these two are up to right now.

More doodles from yesterday (doodleday).

Trying out some funky nibs. The venerable Salomon 21 is pretty swanky. The guy with the hat I really like. I still haven't figured out exactly what he does, but I'll have to feature him in a story sooner or later.

You can't stop doodleday!

Doodleday

Today is doodleday. Trying a variety of nibs. Wondering if I shouldn't stick with the old brush instead, and generally ignoring very important deadlines. Hurrah for doodleday!

Intrepidi Esploratori

Vendetta Robotica

When droids swear revenge.

New York's all right - if you like saxophones

I love living in the city. Click the image for full size. A mix of markers, cheap synthetic brush and a 1940s Esterbrook fountain pen. Some days I wish I were a water reservoir.

Flower power

Even more flowers!

And in yellow!

With a bit of texture added for warmth.

More Flowers

Flowers again. Don't Know why. Having fun with a bunch of crazy and very old nibs (1920s-1930s).This one is an Esterbrook 805. Funny to think that Bud Fisher was still in his prime when they made these nibs and so was E.C. Segar.  

Flower #3.

Even cowboys take trips.

August Flowers

 Pen & ink and Photoshop.

Globe Girl #2

This girls has a globe.
Drawn with an ancient (1920's) A.L. Salomon nib found in an old bank vault. I'm still pushing on it too much.

I Will be back soon!

On Break

Planetoids goes on Holiday for a few weeks. I'll be back with a carload of comics and more Poe.

Self-Portrait in Milos

Let's take a short break from the gloomy world of E.A. and let me take you to the beautiful Greek island of Milos. The coolest people and the most delicious grilled sardines in the Mediterranean. Here you see a picture of the artist minutes before he disrobed and jumped in the clearest, sweetest, warmest water ever known by a floating human body. This sketch was made with a japanese G-pen nib. Still trying to get the hang of it.
Next week, more Poe.

POE 2

Page 2 of the Real adventures of E.A. Poe. Experimenting with crowquills. Maybe not my cuppa, fun nonetheless. Stay tuned for next episode.

The REAL Poe

Here's episode one of The Real Adventures of E.A.Poe. This is the REAL Poe not that crappy Hollywood one played by John Cusack. Click on image to see full resolution. Stay tuned for the next episode. 

more finger sketching

More instant ipad doodling with finger. I close with a nice E.A. Poe. Just because.

Finger painting with an iPad

I recently made a bunch of these on the train while traveling from Charleston SC to New York NY. Fast sketches drawn with my index fingers on the screen of an iPad. Lots of fun, good exercise.

How's The Midwest Coming Along?

It's all true. A little venture into autobiographical cartooning. I started this six years ago while living in Columbus, Ohio and only finished it tonight. You might have recognized the last panel as the current banner image of this blog.

Tablet fun with tiny dots

Trying to recreate that elusive old-time comic book look. Free-hand on tablet.

Medusa!

As a kid, this was my favorite comic book character with prehensile hair.

More from the sketchbook: characters for a story I will NEVER draw

More sketchbook

Marker fun from the sketchbook

Good Times. From the sketchbook

That's where.

Papermate marker and Photoshop yellow.

more 2012 sketchbook.

Even more from the 2012 sketchbook. Pentel markers. Click on thumbs to see proper size. Leaving comics are comics drawn while you are packing for a trip.

from the sketchbook, study for a new character.

Seems promising so far.