i went to nyu the other day to give a talk about comics in the classroom.  it was amazing!  we did some activities at the end that i would like to share with you:

first students got into groups of 3 and took turns contributing improvised panels to make a comic strip:

then everyone drew their own comics.  we picked a theme-energy conservation-and collectively wrote a list of ideas and elements that could be used in the comic.

i love this stuff!  thanks so much, nyu students!

if anyone sees their work on here and wants to be credited or have it taken off, contact me and i will comply immediately.

i’ve been trying to post less booby drawings on here because i can’t imagine it’s helping my career in childhood education, but i really liked how this submission for the next issue of stumptown underground came out.  the theme for the issue is, “sex.”

it’s based on an old playboy pin-up.  after i finished it i thought i’d rather have done a portrait of r. kelly, but i had already used up all my spare time.

I usually try to focus more on drawing than writing on this here blog, but i thought i’d post a link to something i wrote for open salon.  click here to read my picks for the top 10 graphic novels of the 00’s. i think ill do some more writing for them, or marry this blog to that one, or something.  more on that soon!

and just so i dont post without any pictures at all, heres a little preview of a side project i’m working on:

my latest submission for monster transmission channel 151.  The theme is giant monsters.  submit!  

i thought that whole, “get your portrait drawn on my blog” thing kinda petered out, but then all of a sudden i got 3 whole requests!  

apologies if i made you look lousy~i drew these with a brush and made no corrections…

i’m not sure if the portrait offer has expired or not…  is there anyone else who is dying to have their portrait drawn?

my latest submission to stumptown underground, a brilliant publication i’ve been submitting to every month.

i think i’m getting somewhere…

another taker on the “get your portrait drawn on my blog” feature.  anyone else?  apparently its tricky trying to attach photos to messages from my website.  anyone having this problem can send pictures directly to ohyesverynice@gmail.com  or you can send me links to flickr photos or whatever.

in other news, i contacted my tech genius and he fixed the comments thing, so comment away!

the only taker on my get-your-portrait-drawn-on-my-blog project.  surely someone else must read my blog!

i have also learned recently that my comments are really hard to comment on.  i am trying to fix it….

this is a preview from an upcoming collaborative mini with katie rose leon called “book of lists,”  which is exactly what it sounds like. this list will have all the titles written in when it’s printed.  it is called, “animals that are delicious.”

in other news, i’ve been wondering lately who reads my blog.  if you send me a picture of yourself through the contact me page i will draw it and post it on here.   probably no one will do it and then ill be embarrassed!  we will see…