Dave Howard

Practice portrait

Another random practice portrait. I’m sure this person is very nice, whoever they may be.

Grandma watches TV in our living room, mostly CBC News. It’s the election and every time she sees clips of Conservative party leader Andrew Sheer speak, she calmly but deliberately leans forward for the remote and puts the TV on mute.

This is drawn straight to ink with a brush pen. Terrifying, but in a good way.

Cel phone self portrait

Selfie drawing. I rarely take selfies, and this is why. Fun to draw, bad to publish.

Frank

Mr Frank Bedek, cartoonist behind kedebknarf.com

And another self portait

Another self-portrait

Note to readers: I am not really this sad.

Bramwell Tovey

Sketch for practice from a random magazine ad delivered to our door. It happens to be Bramwell Tovey, genious conductor and composer. I didn’t know. Now I know.

Life Without Parole by Robb Mirsky

Mr. Robb Mirsky has a new book coming out, Life Without Parole, his new collection debuting at TCAF this year! It is published by the good people of Read More Comix (of which Mr. Mirsky is a founding member).

via Life Without Parole

Receptionist

David Bragdon

Spontaneous sketch-off drawing of the soon-to-be-famous David Bragdon at our annual holiday party for The Toronto Comic Jam this year.

Thanks so much to Koom Kankesan for so generously volunteering to host, and sharing his collection of original comic art.

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Surfing on the streetcar

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Blind Contour Friday – many faces

An attack of (mostly) quick blind contour faces from season 4 of The Walking Dead

Theresa reads

Boxing day, relaxing on the couch with the family.

Dad Reclines

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My daughter captures me sleeping on the couch for these two semi-blind contour drawings

Lucky by Gabrielle Bell

If you are interested in great comics and the creative process, I strongly suggest reading Gabrielle Bell’s books and her autobiographic webcomic Lucky.n

Lucky

It’s been almost a year since I’ve posted here, and even longer since I’ve posted a comic. but spring is here and it’s time to try again. Hello!

But first,

-This coming weekend, I’ll be at the MoCCA Festival.

I’ll be on a panel with Nicole Georges, Gina Wynbrandt and Jennifer Hayden, moderated by Heidi MacDonald, at 3:30 PM, at the MoCCA’s programming venue, Ink48, 653 11th Avenue at 48th Street, around the corner from the primary MoCCA venue, in the Helvetica room, on the 4th floor. Got that?

-Also I’m looking forward to seeing two giants of autobiography, Ariel Schrag in conversation with Phoebe Gloeckner, also Saturday, at 12:30, at the Garamond room, also located at Ink48.

-When not at those talks, I’ll be drawing small portraits for ten bucks each with the Uncivilized Books table. For small children, approximately fifteen to twenty minutes of…

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Practice portrait

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Grandma watching T.V.

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Cel phone self portrait

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Frank

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And another self portait

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Another self-portrait

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Bramwell Tovey

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Life Without Parole by Robb Mirsky

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Receptionist

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David Bragdon

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Surfing on the streetcar

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Blind Contour Friday – many faces

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Theresa reads

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Dad Reclines

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Lucky by Gabrielle Bell

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My daughter draws her dad again

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My daughter draws her friend

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Theresa reads

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Blind contour of Leah

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John looking suspicious

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