Now through Halloween, get stuff from these Rots’ Zazzle stores as cheap as it will ever be (they won’t let me sell it any cheaper): iFrankRitaSkullsVladWitchipoo You’ll find t-shirts and posters and postcards and binders and even Ked’s shoes! There’s something different in each store, so make sure to take a look around before you decide. And I want to thank you …

Gris Grimly (one of my favorite illustrators) decided to publish a book totally full of sketches he’s made over a 13-year period. (Which 13-year period, I really don’t know.) It’s called Gris Grimly’s Atrum Secretum: 13 Years of Hidden Truths, and will be available on Amazon October 1. The book is beautiful, inspiring and discouraging all at once. Some of what he considers sketches …

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’ve been up to something, likely no good, and I’ve been keeping you out of the loop. I’ve been writing. Yes, and designing. And drawing pictures for a…a book. I know. I know. But I’ve had you in my heart the whole time. Especially when I animated the book trailer: You thought I was …

On June 29, 2006, I drew the first page of what later became “The Rots.” The scan of that first sketchbook page is over there to the right. You can click on it to see it bigger if you want. I know, it pretty much sucks. But that’s why I drew it in a sketchbook and not on something expensive …

Did some more work on the Rodney painting, and I’m thinking he might be done, but I may go back in and tweak a little more if I see something that doesn’t feel quite right. I collaged in a few newspaper headline clippings which are probably a little hard to see in these photos, but I know they’re there, so …

For my latest trick, I’ll post some magical paintings all in a row so it looks like it only took a tiny second of work between each one. Ready? Hold onto your butts… Ta-da! He isn’t finished just yet. I’ll post more of him a little later.

On June 29, The Rots will be celebrating their fifth-year anniversary (or should that be birthday?). Woo-hoo and all that sort of thing. It was on that date back in 2006 when I drew the very first Rot ever: Rodney, the very first Rot ever Seeing as how he’s five years old now (and all grown up), I thought it would be …

To celebrate the upcoming 100th birthday of Vincent Price, I decided to Rot him. Here’s the initial sketch, final color version in the works. Happy Birthday, Vincent. Thank you for scaring the living bejesus out of me when I was young and vulnerable.