In the new section of SKETCHBOOK SAMPLES, you will now be able to see the current sketchbook projects that I'm working on.  The Halloween Sketchbook is now in the comic stores in the Winston-Salem area, and now you see a glimpse of the characters in the Comic Girls Sketchbook. What started out to be one book will now possibly go to maybe four or five books because there are so many characters. But be on the lookout for that and check back soon for more updates.

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Now that the Halloween sketchbook is complete, I have begun work on the Comic Girls Sketchbook.
A lot of attention is paid to the guys in comics, but this new sketchbook will pay homage to the ladies.
So stay tuned for that-- I'm shooting for January 2010 to have that completed.

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In the process of working on the Halloween Sketchbook, I received an opportunity to work on a new comic strip.
It's called Java Joe and Jane, and it appears bi-monthly in the Foothills Times magazine. It's free and available at
local businesses in Forsyth, Stokes, and Surry County, North Carolina.  Doing a comic strip like this is different
from most people would expect from me.  They're used to seeing me draw and paint comic book superheroes all
the time, but this strip is more humorous.  The t...
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For the past month, I have been working on a new concept with sketchbooks. I feel that a sketchbook must have a theme. Yes, random drawings are fine, but when you do a sketchbook with various characters, they should relate in some way.  So far I have done the Stars and Stripes Sketchbook, which features the patriotic superheroes in comics.  And coming up in October, the Halloween Sketchbook will be completed.  At first it was only going to include the scary characters in comics, but it sugges...
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