unused characters

For something that never went anywhere, as somethings often do.

magazine news

Pick up the latest copy of '1626' Magazine, (I think you have to be in China to do so however...) theres a bit of artwork by yours truly in there! (thru Studio Rice)
The resolution's way too low, but on the pic of the girl with the flaming caboose, the framed picture beside her head is actually an Ed, Edd n' Eddy comic book page...they turn up in the strangest places.

A closer look at the other pic:

nothing more than a sketch really, definately not a finished piece, but they were rushing to press so they threw this in. not bad, not bad...

BUT HERE'S THE BIG NEWS!! 

that has nothing to do with me!

And it has nothing to do with Nell Carter either.

Canada’s Polka King finally has a website; complete with blog! CHECK IT OUT!         (via LETSPOLKA.COM)

Let's hear it for Walter Ostanek! Who's with me?

A Couple Chicks COMIC PAGE

Here is page one of the yet unfinished "Couple Chicks" comic...with INKS by the talented Christine Li, whom I work with at aka cartoon. We also collaborated on a couple of Ed, Edd n' Eddy stories for DC's Cartoon Network Block Party. Sadly at this time there isn't another in the pipeline. I have yet to add the dialogue; I have yet to write the dialogue...though in the thumbnail version there are some preliminary thoughts as to what it might be.

I don't know if I like the thumbnail version better or not, but here it is for comparison's sake. I do prefer the staging in panel 3 of the thumbnails now that I look at it. Gosh darn it, if that ain't a bag of buttertarts in a coal miner's pantaloons if I ever did encounter one.

Shouldn't you be at CICAF???

CICAF ( the Chinese International Cartoon & Animation Industrial Exposition ) is a Chinese Animation Festival held annually in HANGZHOU, CHINA. I dunno how the 'F' in CICAF works with "Industrial Exposition" but nonetheless...Check out their site : http://www.cicaf.com/ I also dunno how to navigate thru the thing...it's all in Chinese after all. This year it runs from April 28th to May 2nd, so as of blogging this entry, tomorrow's the last day. It may be too late to go there, unless of course you are currently in HANGZHOU, CHINA...I am not.

But Studio Rice is! --and the booth thereof is crammed into the festival there somewhere...at least that's what I am told- again I am not there. Some of my artwork is, but I am not... The artwork here is from a show proposal called (translated into English) A Couple Chicks. Get this: the female lead- KATT- is living with two chickens -Toots and Simmons-in an apartment! In a building that prohibits animal boarders! In China yet!! ...It's like a Chinese version of 227 with poultry and wacky cartooniness. Well as Chinese as I can muster...I ain't Chinese.

Of course, the show bible is much more in depth with specifics and void of the vague 227 reference, but you get the idea.

...speaking of 227, remember the time Pee Wee Herman had a guest spot? ...and he was tied to a post or something? That was something...

ANYWAYS...

Another color scheme being considered for the show:

Rather fetching I think.

So if you attend CICAF by some otherworldly MacGyvery of the Space Time Continuoum, pick up a Studio Rice T-Shirt! MADE IN CHINA! Send me a picture of you wearing the Studio Rice shirt and I will send you some Subway coupons! ( *not good in China )