I’m not sure when I got The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #20. I think it might have been Christmas of 1990. My parents, resigned to the fact that I was hopelessly in love with comic books (especially Spider-Man), got me a
Read More
Category: Blog
Everything I’ve been up to!
Tell The Damn Story, ep 281: Unleashing Your Creative Potential – Lessons from the Past
Welcome to a slightly different episode of Tell The Damn Story, the podcast where we delve into the depths of storytelling and creativity. This week, your host, Alex Simmons, is going semi-solo, and the episode is a mashup, combining the
Read More
Live Stream Replay, October 14, 2023
Join me for a sketching session where I both catch up on Inktober prompts and do some story development for my next Doctor Baer story. It’s punny laughs with the chatroom while I draw these:
Atlantis, Arise! Four Million Years Later, episode 24
In this exciting episode, if IMDB is to be believed, the DECEPTICONS MAKE FRIENDS UNDER THE SEA! It really doesn’t go quite that way… but there’s plenty of Autobot cars-on-waterskiis, Subatlantican telepathy, and bad guys turning on other badguys action!
Read More
Music & Comics Duets
Last Monday I attended the Feeling Heard concert performance at the Ohio State University. A partnership between the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, and the OSU School of Music, this concert explored the overlaps between musical and comics storytelling
Read More
Doctor Baer’s Yard Inks & Spooky Movies
Saturday was a glorious day where I had no obligations outside my studio (well, I did have to mow the lawn and weed the front walk). So most of the day was spent on creative pursuits! My favorite Saturday nights
Read More
The Autobot Run – Four Million Years Later, episode 23
There’s…. well, there’s a lot of sighing in this episode. This is another one of the AKOM-animated episodes, and it… it looks pretty bad. Very bad even. So the challenge is, can we find the good in it?? Well, we
Read More
Building Doctor Baer’s Home
The Blender model of the Doctor’s house is almost done! It’s very reassuring to know that I now have his house as an asset to drop into any scene in future stories. I wish I had done this with the
Read More
Super Comics Challenge at CXC 2023!
The game show where cartoonists match wits and pencils returns in-person to CXC in 2023! Join Raina Telgemeier, Coni Yovaniniz, and Rafael Rosado for some fun drawing games where the prompts are provided by YOU! Sunday, October 1,3-4pm at the
Read More
Doctor Baer Thumbnails are Underway
And here’s chapter 1 of the next Doctor Baer book in sticky note thumbnails (my first guess at how the pages will look). I’m slowly adapting to teaching full-time and squeezing in time for personal projects. I found myself stopping
Read More
