I was once asked to help out my kid’s class of first graders in making a mural about their ‘trout project,’ which involved raising trout and then releasing them in a reservoir. Along the way, they learned the trout’s life cycle and other wondrous things about aquatic life. I put a long sheet of paper […]
2022: New Year, Old Glamour
In which I am up drawing late at night again, and this happened. It made me think about how much we’ve lost our equilibrium in these times, shutting down, opening up, shutting down again – and how much it feels like we’re running at that football of normalcy only to have it pulled away and […]
When You Meet a Dog
How to sniff out trustworthy fellows
Animals in Fabulous Footwear
A Collection (psst: a lot of these rhyme – Duck in Chucks, Toucan in Vans, so so clever) These fellows all appear in the art book, Watch Out for the Pika, available here and here
Enter, Pursued by a Skunk: A Benefit Book for Cal Shakes
In the year 2020, all the humans went home for some reason, and the Bruns Amphitheater, normally home to the California Shakespeare Theater, fell quiet except for the wind in the eucalyptus trees and the rustling and pattering of creatures exploring the big empty space. What they found was a stage. And some plays… Sales […]
Erika and Rupert and Marauding Possums
Subject: Erika Hall, and her dog Rupert, on the occasion of her birthday 2021. Commissioned by Mike Monteiro. This got printed on a BLANKET. How great is that? Best commission ever. Thanks, Mike, for asking.
The time my cartoon was in a movie
Years ago somebody called me from what I thought was Paramount but apparently it’s actually Warner Bros because I looked it up, and they asked if they could use one of my cartoons in set dressing in an upcoming film featuring The Rock and I said hey, sure. Then I forgot about it. And then […]