teasers!

as i find myself somewhat busy at present finishing up a commission or 2 and starting a couple new ones, here's a quick teaser post of some future part-time werewolf covers. i also have one of those aforementioned series of block prints carved and proofed only needing a little more tweaking before they are ready for their unveiling and perhaps going-on-saling. i will share these commissions as they wind down as well including the one that was requested quite drunkenly, but was actually a project i have been meaning to do for myself for awhile so i am working on it anyway. (the pencils on that turned out real nice). also since i thought of it, a monkey drawing i did last week. you're welcome. also maybe a wrassler sketch i never finished up. lucky you! i will post again when i remember to and/or have something new and/or exciting(probably not) to share. 
later
-z

papa pump

father's day has come and gone and i created another parental appreciation day card which i thoroughly enjoy. we took my papa to a pro wrestling show in madison for father's day. myself and 3 buddies bought front row(ish) tickets and then amanda said she wanted to go but didn't want to spend that much money so she and my brother and pops got tickets together. it was a super awesome show and we marked out big time when the main event spilled out of the ring and almost literally in to our laps. (we touched greasy wrestler!) so then came the themed father's day card. as mentioned in a previous father day project my dad is notorious for rocking the bathrobe pretty much anytime before 10 am and after 8 pm so i decided to spin that as his entrance attire. i went for super stylized, bombastic cartoon art on this one and printed it huge! the opened card was 12 by 18 and i rather like it. 

don't be fooled by the calm demeanor, this wiry farm boy is taking on all comers trying to take his belt! ha.

coming soon! (probably) 2 series of block prints! both of which i like a lot, at least in the drawing stages. i will keep you posted. they will probably be the first pieces i put up for sale. maybe on etsy?

we'll see.

later
-z

where wolf?

some 50 or 60 odd years ago i started drawing comic book covers featuring part-time werewolf, a character i thought up in my cubicle at work. the idea came from all the old pulp comics where a robot or monster or alien would carry off a damsel after scaring her unconscious. i thought it would be funny if one of those monsters went about it like a gentleman and went on a blind date. so i did a mock up cover of a werewolf on a blind date with a couple bad puns on there and an "in this issue" blurb. it made me laugh so i did a handful more of these covers with him in various odd jobs. in retrospect the concepts are funny but the execution (though definitely sketches) was pretty bad. after several decades on indefinite hiatus, part-time has returned! i had the idea of a western cover because the two jokes 'home on the mange' and 'who shot my paw?!' after many sketches i did one i liked and behold, a finished cover! complete with new title design and faux comic book brand badge in the upper left. and don't worry, i have 4 more covers already drawn ready for some inks and colors coming soon(ish?). anyway here is part-time werewolf in 'home on the mange'

also, the second line comes from the funniest joke that i didn't get for years. when i was 7 someone told it to me and i laughed until i almost peed myself but didn't actually get it or think about what the joke meant for years later and had an "ooooohhhhhhhh….. i get it" moment which only made me like it more. the punchline is a staple of family bullshit sessions.

"three legged dog walks into a saloon and says 'who shot my paw?!'"

genius.

later
-z