EMAIL ME

OK, so now you can email me through my complete profile. Just click on it then click on the email button and you can talk, comment or order a zine. Currently, squat thurst # 1 is available. It is an 8 page plus a cover quarter page zine. I will put a doodle in it and sign it to you if you like. It is only a buck. You cant even get a chicken sandwich at KFC for that. Oh wait, yes you can. But my zine tastes better.

Guts in a Jar

Some drawings come dorectly from my classes. One of the projects they do each year is a canopic jar in clay. This pic came out last year when I was having them work in clay.

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I have been putting my images together by hand but would like to use photoshop more. My scanner is on the fritz so it's old fashioned scissors and glue stick for now. As the books develop, I can see how I can write more directly at times to a particular topic. then collage into the drawings. For right now, a lot of my writings are about working with middle school and being married. Monsters just cavorte around for the heck of it. Kind of.

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A few things to see.

I work in my sketchbook religiously. I discovered that when I stopped working like an illustrator where I draw based on a concept, I can draw more on my subconscious to create really weird stuff. I also find that you will get some very personal stuff unintentionally. My writing however is something for the reader to grasp onto immediately even if incompletely

Where this all began

Ok,I make zines and minis as well as a number of other creative objects. I have been showing off and on in galleries and doing a lot of odd projects. WHile I was a graduate student at the University of Buffalo, I discovered the world of mini comics and zines. I soon discovered a real love for these little hand-made collections of stuff. Here was a place I could put all of my creative juices, including my love of drawing, stories, collage, printmaking and networking with great people. Right now, I am doing less mini comics and more with my zine "Squat Thrust."

I am a middle school art teacher and this seemed appropriate seeing as how it was Jr. High that introduced me to this "fart involuntarily in front of the girls" fitness tool. The zine takes drawings and writings from my journals and collages them together into the book. There is a narrative if you want but not as direct as a comic would have. This need to document my life really took form early on but it was only in the last few years that I figured out why. My Mom and Step-Dad split up in 91 and my Dad eventually left to move to Florida. He took the family photos with him. It really devestated me later as now I have only a handful of images from my youth. Now married, I have nothing to share with my wife and future children. Please don't think I'm whining. I ain't. Just sharin'.

It was this event that solidified the need for me to document my life and thoughts in some tangible way. Looking at Squat Thrust is like looking in someones photo album. You may not recognize the people but it can be really fun to peek into their lives. The words and images are not staged in my book. For better or worse, they are what they are. I will be posting some future images and some old ones, as well as pictures and other creative stuff. If you want to order a copy of squat thrust, I will be posting a picture of my email address so I dont get spidered... eeew.

Welcome

Ok, right now it's just me but I know you will be reading this soon so I want to say hello.