Count on the Con

 

At the end of the month I'll be a guest at Lake Count-I-Con in Northern Illinois. Here's the con's facebook page.

Lake Count-I-Con
Saturday and Sunday, June 28-29, Noon until 6 PM.
The Cultural & Civic Center
2007 N Civic Center Way,
Round Lake Beach, IL

Admission is $5, FREE to children under 12.
Buy a $5 for  admission Saturday, and come Sunday for FREE!

Mole Manic

On sale tomorrow: BART SIMPSON # 90, featuring a fun story called "The Curious Case of Hans Moleman", written by Max Davison and drawn by yours, surly.

Fort Wayne's World

Once again I'll be trekking to Fort Wayne Indiana for Appleseed Comic Con, one of the nicest shows of the year. Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18, with a dinner on Friday night celebrating guest of honor Jim Steranko. Boy howdy!

Here's Appleseed on facebook.


Posters by Dave Wachter and Sean Dove.

Free At Last!

Tomorrow is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! Join me and artists Jim Terry, Andrew Mitchell Kudelka (both pictured) and Tony Maldonado at Vigilante Press.

Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
Noon to 4 PM
Vigilante Press,
1931 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago

God Loves Auctioneers

The annual C2E2 charity art auction is this Saturday night. I have donated several sketches, and two pages of original comic book art: a two-page story for Ryan Browne's GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS. This is one of the pages. All proceeds go to St. Jude Children's Hospital.

When: Saturday, April 26 from 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Where:  Chicago, South building at McCormick Place, Room S403

A Fortnight Till Fun

WHAT?!?  C2E2 starts a WEEK from FRIDAY?!?  Gedouddaheah!
Come see me at ‪#‎C2E2‬ at Artist Alley table E17 on April 25-27.
For more info & to buy tickets visit http://www.c2e2.com/E17.

Fangs For Nothing

The new issue of BART SIMPSON comics contains a 10 page story written by Ian Boothby and drawn by yours surly. It's called "Fangs for Nothing", with Bart playing an elaborate practical joke on Principal Skinner. On sale now!

And my next story will be in the following issue, # 90, due out in May. It's called "The Curious Case of Hans Moleman."

C2E2 2014

As I do every spring, I'll be attending Chicago's premier comic convention, C2E2. You'll find me in Artist Alley at table E17, along with fellow artist Jim Terry. Please stop by and say hello.

WHEN:
April 25-27, 2014

WHERE:
Table E17, Artists Alley

South Building at McCormick Place

Chicago, Illinois

Barta Art-a Day

This Saturday from noon to 3, please join me, Gary Gianni, Scott Gustafson, Dave Dorman, Doug Klauba, Raf Nieves and Dan Dougherty at REEL ART in Berwyn for C2E2's "Artists' Day".

https://www.facebook.com/events/810498395630962/

Where:

Reel Art

6727 Stanley, Berwyn, Illinois

When:
Saturday, March 22  noon to 3

Yeah, yeah, YEAH!

A week from tonight I'll be sloppy-drunk-sketching at the AW YEAH COMICS 2nd Anniversary Bash. Come out and laugh at all the unintentionally wavy lines.

Trust me, these guys know how to throw a party!

When:      Saturday, March 15 from 7:00pm till...

Where:   AW YEAH Comics
4933 Oakton Street,
Skokie, Illinois

Molemania

I'm starting the inks on my latest story for SIMPSONS COMICS. It's called "The Curious Case of Hans Moleman." Here's a glimpse at the pencils, including the MAD MEN homage above.

A Dandy Sandy Issue

I have a new story in the latest, 29th issue of SpongeBob Comics, a special Sci-Fi all-Sandy issue. This is the nifty, EC-inspired cover.

Indiana Wants Me?

We'll find out tomorrow, when I'll be a guest at the Northwest Indiana Comic-Con, drawing sketches, selling art and schmoozing with fellow artists Tom Gianni, Doug Klauba and Ryan Browne.  Come on out and punch that evil super-villain Polar Vortex in the groin.

Northwest Indiana Comic-Con
Sunday, February 23, 2014
10AM - 6PM

• LOCATION: Villa Cesare
900 Eagle Ridge Drive
Schererville, IN 46375
(Off Rt 41 / Behind Home Depot)

WEBSITE: http://www.nwi-comic-con.com/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/nwicomiccon
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NwiComicCon
PROMO VIDEO: http://goo.gl/3a5BBG

To Seep, Perchance to Stream

Posted for no particular reason, except that I've been thinking about how much fun it was working with Alan Moore.

Drawing Workshop

Hey, all. Over the next two weeks I'm teaching a Basic Drawing workshop at the International School of Comics in Chicago. This may be the first of many.



The school is also having an open house on Friday, October 18th, from 6 to 9 PM.

1651-52 W. Hubbard St., Chicago, Il.

Comics Genius

The biggest inspiration and influence I have is the work of the late and truly great Harvey Kurtzman, born on this day in 1924.

The Wrath of Con

I'll be sharing a table with pal Jim Terry, drawing sketches, talking trash, and selling sketches and original comic book art.  If you're in the southern suburbs stop by and say hey.

Stabby Hayes

One of several pieces I've drawn for an upcoming FANTACON program book, brainchild of the wacky and wonderful Mark Martin. Color by Jason Millet.

Make Mine Mermaid Man!

The first SpongeBob Comics Annual will be in stores on June 19. With stories and art by talents including Chuck Dixon, Ramona Fradon, James Kochalka, Mark Martin and Jerry Ordway, I'd happily buy a copy! But I don't have to: I have a story in it, and they're sending me comps! Suckers!

Sketchy

Here's a quick drawing I did in a small sketchbook at this year's C2E2. The book's owner like the print I had for sale, and I pretty much flipped that image over for the sketchbook. Photo by Dave Pasciuto of R⊘b⊘t ENVY.