Reading at Powerhouse Arena

This Saturday I'm reading from my new book The Woods at Brooklyn's Powerhouse Arena, together with the great John Rocco who'll be reading from his just released Blackout. We'll both be reading with flashlights in the dark, to fit the theme. Hope to see you there!
Many thanks to John Rocco who created this little poster and spearheaded the event, and to the friendly people of Powerhouse for inviting us to their store!

How to Raise an Entrepreneur for Wall Street Journal

I have a new illustration in today's Wall Street Journal, in the Special Report section.

This time it's for an article that gives advice how to encourage the enterpreneurship in your child. In this case the solution was so clear to me that I only did one sketch, which I stayed very close to.

Many thanks to Art Directors Orlie Kraus and Sheryl Dermawan for the great assignment!

Journey Into American Illustration

Good news, my hand-printed covers for Journey Into Misery #1 and Tales To Behold #1 were Chosen in the 30th American Illustration competition. While they will be not in the Annual, they will be displayed on their website.

It means a lot that this very personal work that I do simply for my own enjoyment was successful in this prestigious competition. You can see a temporary slideshow of all the Selected and Chosen works here. Thanks very much to the jury!

Website Update

I did an update of my website, and also changed the start image. I added four pieces to the Editorial Color section and one piece to the Editorial B/w section. The illustrations are for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Observer, Assets and UCLA Magazine. Hope you'll enjoy them!

Sequential Tart Interview

Sequential Tart, a Web Zine about the comics industry, did an interview about Rabid Rabbit with co-founder Chris Butzer and me.
Thanks very much to Editrix-in-Chief Sheena McNeil! You can read the entire interview here.

THE WOODS is out now!

Finally, you can get your hands on my new book! It's been sighted in NY stores such as The Word and Powerhouse Arena, and of course you can order it now on IndieBound and Amazon. I'll be doing some events this summer, so stay tuned if you'd like to get a signed copy. Whoo-hoo!

Wall Street Journal Illustration

A new illustration for today's Wall Street Journal, about home-based franchises… You can read the entire article here.
Many thanks to Art Directors Orlie Krauss and Sheryl Dermawan for this fun assignment and helping to develop the idea!

Comics Festivals Galore!

Whew, that was quite a wirlwind! The last couple weeks I attended two big comics festivals, MoCCA here in New York, and Stumptown over in Portland, Oregon. This was also my very first trip to the west coast and I really had a great time! I liked Portland a lot, and am very grateful for Co-Rabbit C.M.Butzer for taking me along.
Both at MoCCA and Stumptown we made new friends, talked to a lot of people and sold our books. It's always so nice to get some feedback from people.

Btw, my mini-comics Tales To Behold, Journey Into Misery, Casual Comics and Red Hook are now available at Bergen Street Comics in Brooklyn, and at Floating World Comics in Portland. And the Portland Libraries bought 16 minis from me as well! What a comics-friendly town.