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15 May

Posted at 11:30h in Just for Fun

This weekend (May 18-19, 2019) I'll once again have a table at the MCBA Spring ComiCon, Minnesota's largest comic book party. I’ll be there along with over 200 other creators selling my book of gag cartoons Mostly Nonsense as well as prints of my cartoons. Swing by the Minnesota State Fairgrounds and say “hi!” Tickets and more info at http://www.mcbacomicons.com. ...

15 May

Posted at 08:50h in Illustration

Spider magazine is published by the Cricket Group for children ages 6-9. They hired me to illustrate a full-page comic for the inside cover of their May-June 2019 issue. The theme of the issue was "weather" and they gave me freedom to come up with anything I wanted related to that theme. I've always admired artists who can do wordless...

14 May

Posted at 14:27h in Character Design, Illustration

Recently I was hired by SwimKids USA to help them re-brand with a new mascot. They had a cartoon shark they had been using but wanted to refresh it. Here's a few rough concept sketches I submitted along with the final design: ...

10 May

Posted at 16:17h in Courtroom Sketches

Most of my work is very cartoony but once or twice a year I get hired to do courtroom sketches for a big trial in Minnesota. Last month I was hired to sketch the police shooting trial of Mohamed Noor, who shot and killed unarmed civilian Justine Damond. After a month-long trial Noor became the first Minnesota police officer in...