Latest Comic Coloring

Finished coloring the latest comic created by my friend, J.Simmons.
The main character is Skulley, a dead teen-ager. 

 He also gave me a new Stupendo Dog comic to color, so I better get back to work.

Happy Thanksgiving, you travelers!

A drawing inspired by Pogo.
Happy Thanksgiving to those who are traveling, braving the airports, highways, and shopping malls.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Birthday!

Today is my little girl's birthday! Happy Birthday, Peanut!

The Mighty Snail Warrior

Behold! The very mighty, but slow, Snail Warrior!

Early morning doodle

Had a nutty dream early in the morning, ( I was doing a book tour and was stuck in Uganda), couldn't get back to sleep so I did a little doodling. This is the end result.

Blue boy

Working on some new game art, and just wanted to put something new on the blog.

Chicken Heart!

Happy Halloween! To celebrate this day, do yourself a favor and listen to Bill Cosby's hilarious " Chicken Heart".

Angry Bat

Australian Pink Floyd

Looking forward to seeing Australian Pink Floyd at the Fox Theater in Atlanta next month!

Legend of Bill

Artwork from another cartoonist whose work I really admire, Dave Reddick. He created a black and white sketch of his character, Bill, and posted it on Facebook. So, I grabbed it and colored it. Glad he liked it. The link to his site: http://legendofbill.com/

The Walking Dead TONIGHT!

'The Walking Dead' season 2 premieres tonight, on AMC, the same great channel that gave us 'Mad Men'.

Hey Buddy!

Hey Buddy! Up here!

Hitchin' a Ride!

Halloween Kitty

Created this sketch because I was thinking of a t-shirt I used to have, with a really crazy looking Cheshire Cat image on it. after coloring it, it really reminds me of a another cartoonist whose work I really like, Gris Grimly.
Here she is, Halloween Kitty.

A response from Mr. Guindon

I am happy to share the response I received from the master cartoonist, Richard Guindon, in reply to a sketch I posted yesterday:

 "Jerry,

Very nicely done  and I thank you for the kind words. Good luck with your career - a difficult but rewarding one but fun if you can pull it off. At least I believe we have more fun than say, upholsters do.

Cheers. "

Braaaaaaaaaaiiiiinsssssssssssss HO!

In celebration of Columbus Day, and it being October, in the realm of Halloween, here is Zombie Columbus!

The Curmudgeonly Parachutist

I was going through my books, and I came across one of my favorites; a book of Richard Guindon cartoons.
He had a wonderful design quality to his drawings, and his line work always amazed me with its paradox of looseness and precision.

I grew up reading his cartoons in the Minneapolis Tribune that I read in my school's library.

( We lived in a tiny farm town, so my folks only got the town paper, once a week, and the St. Cloud Times, everyday. On Sunday, after church, I would run to the drugstore to buy my comic books, candy, and whatever Sunday paper was left, so the library was my only guaranteed source of Big City cartoon work).
Here is a drawing inspired by this great cartoonist.

It's your fault!

Never take responsibility if you can blame someone else.

The Seether

Inspired by the Wall Street Protesters. The Seether is mad as hell, not liking the current situation of its life or the direction of the country, wanting to change things somehow, but is totally impotent due to its small stature, weak grip of reality and brief attention span.

The Stylish Creep

Starting the day with a sketch to get things flowing. Halloween mode is in full effect, so here is The Stylish Creep.

The Giant Claw

Love the movie, ' The Giant Claw '. A quick sketch based on the film's dopey monster, just to get my day started.

War of the Worlds

Getting into the Halloween vibe by listening to "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the 
War of the Worlds".
Narrated by Richard Burton, this is just a fantastic album.
Check it out here

Farmer guy

Another character that lives in 'Mascot Limbo'. This is a design for a farmer that the client passed on, choosing instead a different looking character from the batch I sent them.

The Cuda

I have been drawing farmers, zoo animals, and sardines these past few weeks. Just had to get this guy out.

Proposed Mascot for new client

This character was one of a few designs I created for a new client. This guy may still be used in some other capacity by them, but for now he can hang around in 'mascot limbo'.

The Bunny Frontier Wallpapers

DRAGON*CON is this weekend, so I thought that I would create a few wallpapers, available for download. Just click on the link, click on the image, and save to your computer to use for your desktop:
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4 Stages of Hillbilly Handfishin' Pt. 2

Don't miss 'Hillbilly Handfishin' tonight on Animal Planet, 10 pm.

Striped horned guy

4 Stages of Hand Fishing

Don't forget, 10 pm on Animal Planet, " Hill Billy Hand Fishin' ".

BUG!!!

Hill Billy Handfishing 2

Tonight, on Animal Planet,"Hilly Billy Hand Fishin".
Skipper Bivins, the star of this show, is an extremely likable guy, and the show is a hoot!
What I have learned from only the first show, is that the trick is to walk along the banks of the creeks , rivers, and lakes, sticking your foot into each and every hole that is discovered in the murky water, attempting to lure whatever is lurking in there out with the tasty sight of your foot.
Once it takes the bait,(!), you stick your arm down there to bring the fish up.

It's all YOUR Fault!

So I guess that if the debt increase had been 'rubber stamped', without any scrutiny or regard to the nation's future, everything would magically have turned out fine for us?

Hill Billy Hand Fishin'

Tonight on Animal Planet, Hill Billy Hand Fishin'. Watch the experts noodle!

 

Lizard

Space: The Bunny Frontier magnet

Here's the magnet I will be passing out at this year's Dragon*Con to promote my animated short that's in the 2011 Independent Film Festival. Look for them around the tables.

Will orbit for...

30 years of American manned space exploration ended today, and I don't know when it will start up again.
So...I created this cartoon, playing off the cliche' 'will work for food' signs, and also playing off NASA Administrator Charles Bolden's quote from an interview in 2010, talking about what President Obama wanted from him:
"When I became the NASA administrator -- or before I became the NASA administrator -- he charged me with three things. One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math, he wanted me to expand our international relationships, and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering,"
So...now America has her thumb out, pointing to the heavens, asking..."  Can you spare a lift?" 

Wet Blanket for Business

Shark week on Discovery Channel

 

To get excited for Shark Week, the Discovery Channel teamed up with the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta to place a live streaming peephole in the aquarium’s Ocean Voyager exhibit.

Check out the Shark tank from now until Aug.7th.

Click here for the tank cam.

(Click on the shark above to see the full Fooksie tank).

Stupendo Dog #4

Joie has Stupendo Dog # 4 on his blog in all of its Technicolor glory.
Story and pencils by J.Simmons, inks by Nick Hadley , and colored by me.
Here is the link : Stupendo Dog # 4

Critter

Just felt the need to create.

Katamari Damacy

My son and I are hooked on this crazy game for the PlayStation 2, " Katamari Damacy".
The game play is very simple and straightforward. The story:
" In a freak accident, the King of All Cosmos inadvertently annihilated all the stars. 
The task of fixing the King's mistake has fallen upon his son, the Prince.
In order to restore the glorious starry sky, the Prince must roll around a heap of objects on Earth, using the katamari, gathering more and more things from the item rich planet and sending them off into the night sky.
Does the Prince have what it takes to succeed? "
The player starts off with a little ball like object, that smaller items stick to once the 'ball' makes contact.
As you collect more and more items, from people, to elephants, trees, walls, etc., the katamari grows larger and larger, until you are circling the globe, grabbing islands, ships, and yes, Godzilla.
I can't recommend this gentle, goofy game highly enough.

Stupendo Dog # 4

Finished coloring Stupendo Dog #4. Joie should have it up on Saturday.

Sad Robot

Thinking about the last shuttle launch that's supposed to happen today, and this image popped into my head.

Happy Fourth of July!

Harvard Study and 4th of July celebrations

Harvard...you crack me up. Be careful out there, my liberal friends!
Here's the story:
4th of July is Right Wing
 

Stupendo Dog #4 cover

While animating for USA Testprep, I am slowly but surely coloring Stupendo Dog # 4, pencils by J. Simmons, and inks by Nick Hadley. I think I will do a video of one of the pages as I color it. Stay Tuned!

Weiner in his Underwear

Just in time for Father's Day:

http://www.cafepress.com/FooksieLLC.547296428#

Bunny Frontier Update

I was notified that my animation for the TAIS SHOWCASE 2011 and BUNNY JAM: June 23 at 7:30pm at INNIS TOWN HALL, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, was accepted.

I'm very happy to be part of this screening.