The first time I met Jason was at the bakery. I was eating the Breakfast Sammich, and loved it so much, I wanted to tell the owner of the bakery how pleased I was. I became a regular at the bakery (Fluff, in Athens), and in December I approached Jason and Jessica about hanging a […]

    This is kinda how I feel about everything today.  

Mr. M. loaned me a copy of Osamu Tezuka’s graphic novel, Apollo’s Song, which I just finished reading yesterday. Amazing art work! Thank you, Mr. M. for introducing me to the talents of this Japanese comic artist! And, I was happily surprised to find a Finnish Moomintroll appearing on one page of the novel! (I […]

I’ve taken to practice drawing trees in the way Cyril Pedrosa draws them in his graphic novel Three Shadows. Pedrosa is an amazing illustrator and comic artist from France, who worked with Disney in the making of Hercules (and others). Anyway, I really like his trees and clouds, which I’ve been practicing drawing. He makes […]

Edward Gorey has been on my mind lately. I’ve aways loved the way he captured such dark scenes with just the tiniest of pen strokes. Many of his illustrations appear so simple and stark, but when given a closer look, offer so many details. Brilliant. and Magical.

Rickshaw Thai opens in about a month, and I plan on being one of the first customers! If you live in or near Athens, Ohio, keep your eyes open for this new restaurant. (The owners also run Fluff Bakery on Court Street in Athens: Stop in for great breakfast and check out my gallery on […]

Happy Birthday, Pappa! Love, Steve

Congratulations, Leigh! My cat and I deliberated and laughed over all these great captions, and we both agreed that yours made us giggle the most! Thanks everyone who played, and we’ll do another contest shortly. THis month’s prize is a personalized greeting card of Leigh’s choice, which will be posted here at Leigh’s request. I […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAe870N6tyQ&feature=youtu.be My cat and I don’t always agree. We have disputes. Bad feelings. I can only hope we’ll get past them so we can agree on the March 2013 Cartoon Caption Winning entry. Here’s a quick video that captures the mood of our discussion as we compare notes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAe870N6tyQ&feature=youtu.be