Dr. John Trent is a best-selling author who runs a Christian ministry called Strong Families. On their website they offer a free personality test, the results of which sort people into four broad personality type. Each one is represented by a different animal (Otters, Lions, Golden Retrievers, and Beavers). Different versions of the animals have been used in the past,...
This past weekend our chapter of the National Cartoonists Society gathered in Kansas City, MO for an afternoon of presentations at Andrews McMeel Universal. They are the company behind GoComics and the syndicate that distributed The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes as well as modern webcomics like Sarah's Scribbles, Heart and Brain, and Phoebe and her Unicorn.
During my "day job" as a freelance illustrator I sometimes get hired to work as a courtroom sketch artist. I've been at it for about fifteen years and have sketched for some of Minnesota's highest profile trials during that time including a school shooting, an attempted ISIS recruitment, the kidnapping/death of Jacob Wetterling, and the fight over Prince's estate, and...
This coming Saturday (Oct. 6) I'll be at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds for the annual Fall ComiCon. I'll be there along with 150 other creators selling my book of gag cartoons Mostly Nonsense as well as prints of my cartoons. If you are in the area stop on by and say "hi!" Tickets and more info at http://www.mcbacomicons.com....
In between client projects I do a webcomic called Sketchbook Silliness. My most recent cartoon ("Mohawk") was posted on various social media yesterday. I was floored to see that it is zoomed up the charts on both Imgur and Reddit, reaching "Most Viral" on Imgur. After about 24 hours the cartoon finally leveled off at over 93,000 views/1,600 likes...
Earlier this year I was hired to help pitch an idea for a set of very small toys (about one inch high) based on NBA mascots. My job was to design tiny busts of each basketball mascot in a unified visual style. I don't follow sports much but I do love mascots, so this was a ton of fun! Because of...
