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Can you attend this show tonight, fam?

GALLERY OPENING WEEK

Hey fam, DaVerse Lounge is back in a big way, with our first Spoken Word Poetry, Live Art and Music event of 2019. Daverse Lounge is a whirlwind evening of youth poetry and creative expression. I do live art pieces like the ones below to contribute to and reflect the spirit of expression the show engenders.

I drew a Guest Comic Strip for Roger Wilbanks' CENTRAL ZOO

 My friend Roger Wilbanks draws a daily comic strip called Central Zoo that is crossing the 100 week threshold later this month!  To celebrate he invited a bunch of artists (including me) to draw guest strips to run during week 100.  Here's mine.

CARTOON PORTRAIT- MIAH THE LITTLE OWL

 I finished this Cartoon Portrait which I'm calling Miah the Little Owl earlier this month. November was slow, but Cartoon Portraits picked up at Christmas time, and I am expecting to get a few more before I close the Sweetheart Special at the end of the month, which is less than a week away.

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Did you catch the latest DJINNX episode I drew for J.R. LeMar's comic strip site?

Here's the seventh episode of DJINNX,  a strip I've been working on with blogger and culture critic J.R. LeMar.

Cartoon Portraits now open (at 2016 prices)

So I'm almost caught up on Cartoon Portraits, so I figure it's safe to reopen a few spots, in case anyone wants to order one for a Christmas (or whatever) gift.  But I'll only be taking orders until those spots fill up, or until December 1st.  Here's one I did for my dude Marcus.

Happy Birthday DTOX!

SUNDAY COMICS- Tribute to Steve Ditko + Free Comic Strip Contest

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"Journaling Advice" by Madelyn Washington + Samax Amen

In Our Own Voices, Redux is a series of essays by librarians, about librarianship. One of the contributors is Madelyn Washington, a paid member of my fan club AMENsiders.  Instead of the usual chart or graph to enhance her entry, Madelyn contacted me to help her make a one page comic.

A 30 Minute Drawing inspired by a new hip hop single

Everyone knows I love hip hop music and comics, so it's not unusual that I geek to songs Easter-egged with comics references, so these drawings happen on occasion.

Wanna make a comic strip with me?

They say "do what you love and you'll never work a day of your life!"
So I would LOVE to draw your comic strip!

Spring forward, fall back.

We did the "Spring forward" part of Daylight Savings time this weekend, but it looks like someone wanted to fall back on the harvest colors in this Serene refrigerator magnet.