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Here's a sample of illustrations I did for a client that I then converted to panels, adding text and speech shapes. It's an exercise of how I can work art into this format - and it looks pretty good..There's a lot of recent buzz about graphic novels moving into...

I've always loved sci-fi and fantasy. From Rackham, Erté, Wendy Pini, and Trina Schart Hyman to Rebecca Guay and Tony DiTerlizzi. The worlds of Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Anne McCaffery, Dragonlance, and of course Tolkien were a means of delight and escape...

Write for a Reader Blog:My Review: I enjoyed this book. It is short and simple. Who hasn’t had their oldest child, because of a younger sibling, want to run away? I think it is something that every older sibling goes through. Now that the new baby is here, some of the...

This book is one of my favorites. Night scenes can be scary for young children, so painted everything with a bluish/purplish tint, with lots of moonlight. The little girl in this book is based on my younger sister - she kept the rest of the family busy keeping up with...

Bryan Collier and Lulu Delacre...Here's my new friend Uma Krishnaswami with her lovely books...Nikki Giovanni and a young fan...Here are my books, all stacked up & displayed so nicely!Signing...More signing...Aww, what a sweet kid!with another new friend, author...

On Friday, I headed down to the Davis Printers' building (not to be confused with Davis Advertising!) to see the art show. There were a lot of people!Here's Erika Sidor with a friend (I believe he's an artist, too, and I can't recall his name - sorry!)Erika did my...

Saturday was also the annual Illustrators Party to kick off the 19th annual illustrators show at the R. Michelson Gallery in Northampton. I missed the last couple of shows, but seeing that I was in the area, there was no way I would be missing this one.Mark Blevis and...