Communication Arts 56

I'm proud to announce that my risographed covers for Tales To Behold 5 and 6 got into the Communication Arts 56th Annual Illustration!

Tales To Behold is a self-published comic zine featuring gonzo super-hero adventures with humor, old school vibe, lots of punching and unnecessary nudity. You can order the handmade, numbered books from BirdCageBottom Books or read them on my BEHOLDER Blog or tumblr.

These newest covers are two color risograph printed, with help from the awesome Kris Mukai.

This is a project that I do for fun and nothing else, so it makes me really happy to see it being recognized. Thanks so much to the judges!

A New Blog – THE BEHOLDER

As I've been doing some ridiculous new comics recently, I've decided to start a new blog just for this kind of work. So, behold: the BEHOLDER.

You might have seen my mini-comics Journey Into Misery 1 & 2, they contain stories that are a bit… different than my other work. They are humorous homages and satires of early Marvel and Superhero Comics, seen through the eyes of someone who grew up in Europe.

As much as I love being a professional illustrator and making a living with art that has meaning and place in the real world, I realized I needed to balance this with some personal nonsense that's just for my own fun and no purpose whatsoever.

Perhaps some of my employers and colleagues will shake their head now, but others might secretly get a kick out of it. As I hope you'll do.

New Comics debuting at MoCCA Festival

The MoCCA Festival is this weekend, and this time around I'll have not one, but two brand-new mini-comics with me at the Rabid Rabbit table: Journey Into Misery 1+2. Both stories are pretty much wacky homages to the US comicbooks I grew up with, plus other weird influences. But most of all they were a lot of fun to make. They are hand-made, the covers are on metallic paper with rubberstamping.

Also I'll have my two children's books with me plus some older handmade goodies, and of course we'll have the new Rabid Rabbit with us (Issue 11), all of our back issues and my colleagues will also have new goodies with them.


So come by, it'll be fun!
Saturday and Sunday
April 10 & 11, 2010
11 AM - 6 PM

69th Regiment Armory
68 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY
Mocca-Website

New Comic for MoCCA

I've noticed that in recent years, almost all of my work was targeted in some ways to have a purpose. If I wasn't working on an actual freelance assignment, I created promos to attract new work, or I put together book pitches. Somehow I didn't allow myself just to play around without a "hidden agenda". So, this fall I had a burst of creative energy that manifested itself in two very silly, very low-brow short stories that had the sole purpose for me to have fun. How liberating! Well, now I'm planning to put it together as a hand-made book for MoCCA, might as well! Hopefully this won't destroy my career!

Rabid Rabbit Promotional Image

It's been a while since I have done one of my large architectural illustrations. So my pal and Rabid Rabbit Co-Founder C.M.Butzer had the glorious idea to do one for Rabid Rabbit. And it seems it was just the right inspiration I needed, the result is the largest of the series so far (19 x 24 inches), and perhaps the wackiest? Now it will serve for Posters, flyers and a new postcard promoting the Rabid Rabbit 11 Release Party and Original Art Show at Bergen Street Comics, end of this month.

Random Craziness

Recently I've been drawn to the lowbrow comics imagery of my childhood and teenager days again, funnies, superheroes, horror, and if possible, all the above combined!

Out of some careless drawing while watching TV evolved some silly new stuff. Stay tuned for more...