This one was a lot of fun to draw!

The show opens today (Jan 11) with a reception in the EAC’s Chester F. Sidell Gallery from 5-7. The show is running from Jan 11 – Feb 15, and features original art from all of the artist. There will be pieces from both Retail and Gil at the gallery.

If you’re in the area, drop by! It should be a cool show!

My good friend Tom Racine who hosts the most excellent Tall Tale Radio podcast is trying to raise enough money to get a new laptop via a pledge drive through Indiegogo.  

From Tom:

Tall Tale Radio, a podcast that, since 2008, has interviewed nearly 200 cartoonists, artists, animators, musicians, and writers, needs your help!  I’m trying to raise money to get a new laptop, some recording equipment upgrades, and hopefully defray some travel costs to the Cons I cover.

I hope if you’ve enjoyed my show that you can pitch in and help me reach my goal of $3500 to cover these expenses. Take a look at the cool incentives…there’s one-of-a-kind original art, amazing signed compilations, CDs of edisodes, all sorts of fun stuff to make it worth your while!

I have a great fanbase, and I hope you’ll spread the word so that I can continue bringing you quality interviews with the artists you love and admire!

There are lots of cool perks at the various donation amounts, but at the high end are original artwork by yours truly, as well as the very talented cartoonists, Brian Anderson (Dog Eat Doug), John Hambrock (The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee), and Jonathan Lemon (Rabbits Against Magic).

Tom has helped me and a lot of other cartoonists spread the word about their work through his podcasts, so I hope some of you will throw a few coins his way!

The alternate reality version featured in GIL this week, is a conglomerate of all the amusement parks I remember from my New England youth. Does “Edaville Railroad,” “Story Land,” “Santa’s Village,” or “Rocky Point” summon nostalgia for anyone else in my neck of the woods?

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This is a great cause, so please consider supporting the MJF Foundation’s effort to aid Parkinson’s research by either bidding on some original art, or purchasing the book collection of the donated artwork.  I had the opportunity to see an advance copy of the book at the NCS Reuben Awards weekend in Las Vegas last weekend, and it’s absolutely gorgeous.  Chris Sparks did an amazing job putting it together.

My humble offering to the auction (a collage of Petey and Alice made from comic page newsprint) is pictured above, but with contributions by artists like Bill Watterson, Sergio Aragones, and Lynn Johnson this is also a rare opportunity to purchase the artwork of some true cartooning legends.

You can purchase the book at:  http://sparkingdesign.com/order-team-cul-de-sac-book/

To browse, or bid on original artwork, visit the Team Cul De Sac auction at: http://comics.ha.com/common/auction/catalog.php?SaleNo=510

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