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Alright. So I gave in and joined another social networking site. This time it’s Pinterest. One just leads to another and then to another and so on and so forth. The first thing to do is adjust to the new landscape. Learn the lingo. Start pinning your favorites. Start following other people and their boards. Start repinning what they’ve pinned. It’s …

DV8 had the opening last Saturday of the exhibit where my drawing “Leonard the Clown” is hanging. It was really crowded, and it was nice to see that, of the ten people who were invited to show there, I personally know two of them (besides me). I took a few pictures, but I was trying to be subtle, and I …

I finished my drawing for the 10th anniversary exhibit at DV8 Gallery in Greensburg, and this is it (you can click on him to see him bigger). The exhibit opens this Saturday, Feb. 11 at 7 pm. Here’s a locator map to find it: http://bit.ly/zPRcuy. If you missed the sketch I posted earlier last week, here’s the link to that. And here’s …

I’ve been asked to participate in the tenth anniversary exhibit at and for DV8 Espresso Bar and Gallery in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. They hosted The Rots’ first exhibit back in 2007 (has it been that long?). Pictures from that show are on The Rots‘ site under “gallery” at the top of the page and then “shows” on the left. They’re only exhibiting …

Don’t know. Can’t remember. Not sure if I ever even saw the movie. I’m thinking I didn’t. But I did see Frankenweenie, and there was a windmill in that one. I think. Maybe. Anyway, I’ve been doing some drawings with colored pencils lately, and here’s the one I finished today. I’m must have a soft spot for Frankenstein (Here, here …

Somehow, somebody out there either has a sense of humor or has absolutely no idea what they’re doing. I’d like to think it’s the sense of humor thing. Earlier this year I entered Orangatang into an legitimate art exhibit, and somehow he managed to get accepted into the show. The Southwestern Pennsylvania Council for the Arts holds a Regional Juried Art Exhibition each year at the …

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.