Spring Day at Union Square

Even though it was a beautiful day, I decided to change location after this drawing. Mostly because of a nasty stench in the air. Other people left as well, others stayed. It is New York, after all.

Journey Into Misery 4 at MoCCA Festival 2012

Another year, another MoCCA Festival! This year I'll have my own (half-)table, without support from Rabid Rabbit, so it'll be an interesting one! I'm really looking forward to it.


I'll have my children's books with me, along with all my mini-comics from previous years, plus some other fun merchandise.

Rabid Rabbit will be at a separate table, debuting the latest issue number 14, to which I contributed a 5-page story.

What's more, I'll be debuting Journey Into Misery 4, featuring two long stories and a couple short ones, from my BEHOLDER project.
By the way, I've been continuously posting there every Monday, with stories and drawings, feel free to visit anytime!

At MoCCA, I'm tabling with my friend and artist extraordinaire Anuj Shrestha, who'll have a new issue of his ongoing series Genus.

See you there!

Homepage is in Ruins!

Website update on paulhoppe.com, besides my recent illustrations for the New York Times, EastBay Express and AARP Magazine, I also put up a new homepage image, it's a personal piece I did solely for fun– and self-promotion. It's kind of a fresh take on The Invisible City, a series of drawings I worked on during the MFA Illustration program years ago. I'll see if it evolves into a series again…

Rabid Rabbit 14 Comic

This is from my contribution for the latest Rabid Rabbit, to be released simultaneously at MoCCA NY and Stumptown, Portland, OR. The theme ended up being… Romance?! Yes, finally an issue for the sensitive and romantic. Or is it…?

Visit rabidrabbit.org for more info!

NYTimes Arts and Leisure Cover

Today's New York Times Arts & Leisure section features a cover by yours truly, it was a great project and I'm very happy with the result. Many thanks to AD Shannon Robertson and the friendly people at the NYTimes who came up with the pop-up idea. Below are my sketches, where you can see how the final piece evolved and some of the other ideas we played around with. You can read the article (about NYU's expansion plans in the city) here.

Home

I have just moved, I'm still surrounded with boxes, but I finally live in a building that's fun to draw!

If you need my new address, it's on my website, or drop me a line. For courier stuff, it'll be best to have it sent to my studio.

Here's to new beginnings!

New York Times Sunday Business

This is for the Career Couch column in the Sunday Biz section of the New York Times, illustrating a Q & A about workplace etiquette regarding personal electronic devices.





















Here are some of the sketches that I submitted to Art Director Minh Uong, who guided me along to the best solution. I still like the guy under the table, but the finished piece suits the article best since it's more about obnoxious behaviour.

In the finish, I went for a bit of a bolder line this time around, done entirely in brush. Also, it was decided not to have the phone in front of his crotch, hehe…

New York Times / Science

I did this one for Peter Morance for today's New York Times, for whom I tend to do comics instead of one large illustration. It's fun to come up with a visual story that goes with the written text.

The article talks about the linguistic stylings of teenage girls and young women and how they influence common language. The latest trend that some linguists believe to have found is the "vocal fry", when you lower your voice at the end of a sentence.…