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The above is a deliberately obscured detail of my new painting. Why didn’t I show the entire thing? I’ll tell you why. Because you should see it in person! That’s why.

Featuring the art of:

Todd Balthazor, Pat Callahan, Will Dinski, Katy Ellis, Sarah Hedstrand, Danno Klonowski, Pete Lochner, Lisa Luck, Chrysa Otto, Cory Speets and Nicholas Straight.

A limited edition Imaginary Friends mini-comic, drawn by members of the Minnesota Cartoonists Conspiracy, will be for sale the night of the show.

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Infinitea Tea House
2827 Hennepin Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55408
(612) 871-3900

This art show is organized by Nicholas Straight. Nicholas is the nice fella who put together the Ghost show from last year.

So stop by and check out all the artwork. My piece was framed by Frame-Ups, so I’m half-way hoping it doesn’t sell and I can hang it in my living room.

Also, a tip to all those seasoned gallery hoppers: Infinitea doesn’t sell booze. Just fancy teas. (But I’ll have my flask of honey liquor if you need something to spike your Earl Grey.)

Look at this! I did another one of those really unusual watercolors. I’m calling this one Slow Pitch.

In other news, I was a guest recently on the new Geek Report podcast. The Geek Report is basically Bud Burgy, Ted Anderson, Lance Ward, and Athena Currier sitting around and talking about Geek culture with a slant towards comics. I’ve always thought of myself more of a Nerd than a Geek, but I suppose that’s just splitting hairs.

We recorded the episode (or is it webisode? podisode?) very early in the morning at the KFAI studios. I must say I had a really fun time. It felt like we were just sitting in someones living room chatting. You can check it out on their website.

Athena was hiding herself behind her microphone, so I couldn’t get a photo of her. Sorry Athena!

I must also mention that I was interviewed for a MinneCulture radio documentary about indie comics also recorded at KFAI.

Britt Aamodt put it together and really did a first-class job. She managed to take all the random things I blurted out and put them together so that it sounded like I have the natural ability to string together two thoughts without forgetting where I am.

That’s the magic of radio.

I finally did a painting! Well, sort of.

It’s water color and ink. At first I actually thought, “Water color and ink? What a really novel idea! Nobody does that!” It took .004 seconds for me to realize how unobservant I am. It’s obviously a very popular technique among cartoonists.

Anyway, it was really fun to do and I’ll be doing more of them. If you like this one, it can be purchased through my Etsy Shop.

As an aside, below is my favorite Cheap Suit Serenaders song. It’s what I listened to while working on this painting.