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One of my favorite albums of all time is Little Feat’s [amazon_link id="B000002LL5" target="_blank" ]Representing the Mambo[/amazon_link]. I bought it on cassette somewhere in 1990, I think, and had it in my old ’62 Chevy in a tape player I had stuffed in the glove box. It’s a pretty clean studio album, well produced, good [...]
Recently I contacted Dennis Munden from Motorcycle Maps and had a couple of great conversations about what he’s doing with maps and rider journals. Motorcycle Maps creates maps with destinations and businesses of interest to riders, including recommended ride routes. These are created with input from riders, who can sometimes make a few bucks recommending a [...]
Again, no music while inking tonight, but I have had at least two versions of “The Weight” by the Band rolling through my head this week at random moments. One, of course, is by The Band, and the other is by Joe Cocker with [amazon_link id="B000B8I896" target="_blank" ]Mad Dogs and Englishmen[/amazon_link]. Absolutely amazing. Cocker would [...]
This comic was actually penciled last weekend, but inked on Tuesday night after finishing a freelance job for a local client. The music that carried me through it is by a guy whose music I’ve been listening to all my life. David Zink is an accoustic-based singer-songwriter with something like five discs to his portfolio. [...]
I’m doing a lot of work to get story ahead of art this week. For a few weeks it’s been a strip at a time, both in writing and drawing. Saturday this weekend I managed to do a very rough outline of each week through some time in July, which is encouraging, and I also [...]
I have some grandiose vision of listening to different music every time I draw and sharing my impeccable taste in music with the world through my comics. This severe condition is aggravated somewhat when readers tell me I may have hipped them to some good tunes, which happened earlier this week with [amazon_link id="B0009CTV5Y" target="_blank" [...]
This one was drawn to the sound of Popa Chubby’s Big Man, Big Guitar. Sort of. I gave it a listen while I was doing dishes and kept it playing in the privacy of my skull while I drew this. Just loud enough for me to hear, private enough to let my boys sleep while [...]
Pressure’s a funny thing. Without it, there’s no drive to get anything done. I have about three weeks of the spring semester left, during which I have a few thing to handle in my day job. Which pushes me to be sure I’m ahead of the game on the strip. Yes, that means I finished [...]
This clearly tells us something (a few things) about our protagonist. Y’might say he has a Jones for a lot of things, but top of that list is gears, wrenches, scoots, and riding. No point, really, in getting into the list after that, as its contents are legion. I’m pretty sure that means a whole [...]
Which sounds pretty big, like there’s a development contract or something. The truth is that I’m developing a game featuring our boy Jones. In my day job I teach a computer art/multimedia class. This year I’m having my students design art and animation for a platform game. If you’re my age, that unfamiliar term refers [...]
