True 1970s JPL nerds know polo shirts are for chumps
(And while we're fixing looks let's also give Gene Kranz's white vest to Mission Control Rockabilly Guy who by the way actually is a rockabily guy)
(Drawn during last night's Curiosity rover landing, a.k.a. the greatest interplanetary trick-shot of all time. Turns out Mohawk Guy and Rockabilly Guy are on Twitter, BTW.)
Yesterday the great Lisa Hanawalt (jokingly) asked for submissions to her (nonexistent) fanzine devoted to Ryan Lochte's smile. So I drew this.
Occasionally, the awesome folks at the Portland Opera invite a bunch of cartoonists (incl. yrs. truly) to come watch dress rehearsals and sketch whatever we want.
On Monday, the Opera invited us to the dress rehearsal of "Candide." (Everyone's Twitter posts from the evening are collected here and at #pdxcandide. The Opera is rounding up everyone's drawings here.) As usual, I speed-drew a "live comics adaptation" of the show, during the show. When the lights came up, I put down my pen.
The resulting comic is after the jump.
The PDX Browncoats asked me to design the t-shirt for this year's "Can't Stop the Serenity" charity screenings in Portland -- where they'll show Joss Whedon's "Serenity" (or, as I like to call it, "Han Solo: The Movie") plus the "Firefly" episode "Out of Gas" to raise money for Equality Now. I gather the event will also feature a performance by the delightful Doubleclicks.
So here you go. Kinda went for a vague Nostromo crew patch vibe. Lines by me. Colors by the great Bill Mudron.
Can't Stop the Serenity 2012 (PDX Browncoats)
Portland dance troupe BodyVox recently invited a bunch of local cartoonists to goof on photos of the group's performers. The results will appear in BodyVox's 2012 calendar.
Here's my submission. Colors by the great Bill Mudron. I'm excited to see what the other contributors cooked up.
Just finished drawing my 2011 Hood to Coast team shirt. Went for a movie-poster vibe this year.
(One of my teammakes remarked that we're sort of clowning on that "Hood to Coast" documentary. Oops I guess we are.)
At right: the small badge that will appear on the front of the shirt.
Here's a comic I did in 2004 about running Hood to Coast with the Crabmen -- my first H2C in 15 years.
Last week, "Live Wire! Radio" host Courtenay Hameister asked me to attend a taping of her OPB variety show and do one of my "live comics adaptations" -- where I hastily sketch the show while I'm watching it, like I've been doing for the Portland Opera.
And so on Friday, April 29, I showed up at the Alberta Rose Theatre in northeast Portland -- where "Live Wire!" taped two episodes in front of a wildly enthusiastic audience. I sat in the front row and tried to draw what I saw as it was happening. All 25 speed-sketches are after the jump. Click on any picture to enlarge.
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