The Development Committee: 2012

Last weekend I worked on a mural with several other artists through the MLK project, putting images up in the dug outs of Josh Gibson field in the Hill District of Pittsburgh. It was really rainy on Saturday and were able to get one coat of paint, the dug out I worked in was the only one that wasn't gated, so we were a little bit behind painting over all of the sharpie marker. Sunday I had about four hours to get this image up. The best part of the day was when two little girls showed up and I let them help me, one of them asked me if we could paint over all of the curse words around the park. Some boys showed up not realizing we were working there, one of them described it as "hard," (not in the sense that it was difficult but as in good) and another said "It's over".

Wikipedia Page of Josh Gibson Field

So here it is, my 500th post.

Thanks to all who have check out the blog over the years. I've learned a lot during this time and the blog has been a nice way to archive my comics, paintings and other projects.

Although sometimes as the I use a similar formula I have grown a little tired of the single frame black and white comics and haven't been posting as much. Figuring out where I need to go in new directions left me with a bit of a hiatus.

Recently I have begun doing some work with colored India Ink and been thinking about the origins of humanity. Also I have been more interested in creating stories rather than single jokes. Sometimes humor can come from knowing a character and that isn't always easily expressed in single frames. Sure, I could use familiar copy written characters like Batman, but I am more interested in developing my own characters.

I'm looking forward to sharing my artistic projects based upon that in the near future.