Portsmouth Sketch Roundup: VIII

Another Betty Boop. This one isn't as good as yesterday's – she looks a bit drunk.

Portsmouth Sketch Roundup: VII

This one was commissioned as a gift for someone's mum turning 75 years old.

Betty Boop!

So it looks like the collected edition of the Betty Boop series Gisèle Lagacé and I did last year is being released today, under this frankly fabulous Howard Chaykin cover. It's a fun, all-ages-friendly book, and the artwork is a delight. Please pick it up from your local comic book store if you can (or get it online or digitally).

Betty Boop #4 is Out Today

Here's the cover (by me). Interiors by Gisèle Lagacé, colour by Pete Pantanzis. Sneak preview here!

Betty Boop #3

This issue has been out for a week or so now, but I wanted to share the cover here because I was well pleased with it. I did a "Writer's Commentary" about this issue, too - you can read that here.

Lakes Sketches II

It's the Boopster!

Lakes International Comic Art Festival!

I'm going to be at LICAF this weekend! Here are just a few of the books I will have for sale there:

ABIGAIL AND THE SNOWMAN

This is the book of the series Boom Studios published early last year, now finally collected in a single volume - the form I originally wanted for it. I'm not even sure it's in comic book stores yet, so this will be your chance not only to get it before anybody else, but to have it signed and sketched-in by the author.

BETTY BOOP #1

I only have a limited number of copies of this, written by me and drawn by the very talented Gisèle Lagacé. Grab them early!

FRED THE CLOWN in "THE IRON DUCHESS"

My latest self-published effort, 100 pages of wordless silent movie-inspired shenanigans with the Fredster.

THE BAKER STREET PECULIARS #1-4

Again, very limited quantities of these. My most recent series from Boom!, drawn by the amazing Andy Hirsch.

I will also have many of my other books (all three volumes of Snarked!, The Show Must Go On, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Popeye, etc.), minicomics, original artwork, and will be drawing custom sketches for visitors throughout the weekend for a modest fee.

Last year was my first Lakes Festival and I had a great time. I'm sure this year will be no exception. Hope to see some of you there!

Boop-Boop-Be-Doop!

I'm delighted to be able to announce that I'm writing a new Betty Boop comic for Dynamite, with art by Gisèle Lagacé, and a murderer's row of cover artists, including J. Bone and Howard Chaykin. Most exciting! More info about it here.

Here's my own cover for the first issue. Out in October, I believe.