The White Horse

Just popping in with an illustration before I fall into a snowdrift (or is that big, white hillock just a pile of comics pages?).

This is an unused illustration for the Ballad of the White Horse, by G.K. Chesterton. It shows Alfred watching the Danes arrive in England.

Click to make big.

Also, artist Daniel Mitsu posted a pretty amazing drawing on vellum over on the SmallPax blog. Be sure to take a look at the amazing detail.

Another Giveaway

Hey. Just popping in to note that Goodreads is giving away 15 or so copies of Zita the Spacegirl. Click here for more information.

We Feel Like That Sometimes

So, so busy! And in the midst of the chaos I decided to sketch out this little picture because sometimes this is how I feel:


(click for a more readable size)

And yes, 8 month into a pregnancy and Anna can still totally high-kick sky trolls.

...oh, and here's a little something: did you know they are rebooting the spiderman movies? There's a picture of the new spiderman suit over at Project Rooftop. Go have a look, it's GREAT! And it looks like we're back to mechanical webshooters, which means something to this geek.

The Proud Fox

I hope everyone is having a grand start to the new year! I am crazy-busy with comics, comics and more comics! It is now less than a month until Zita the Spacegirl arrives in stores. When I think about it I am nervous! ...So mostly I don’t think about it.

A few early copies of Zita went out over Christmas. A very cool highschool student named Gaelen wrote a little review. Gaelen is also pretty skilled with the legos.

Spring Rambles: I’ll be doing some traveling this spring and speaking at bookstores and libraries. Most of these engagements will be in April and May, but there is an early one coming up -I’ll be visiting Politics and Prose in Washington DC on February 17th at 10:30 am. If you’re in the area please feel free to stop by! I’ll post more about this and the other places I will be soon.

Finally, I don’t have a lot of new art to share at the moment so I’m going to once again post a bit of Angelica’s recent work. This is a tiny drawing of a proud fox that I found on the refrigerator.



I love how he is wearing a polo shirt with the collar up! How jaunty!