JESUS WEPT

2011-09-15T12:54:00.001-04:00

Here are some pics from my adventures at SPX2011.

Met tons of cool people and did a wee bit of drinking. :-)

I was STAFF, motherfuckers! (which is pretty cool if you couldn't get a table)

I also used my fledgling ink brush skills to draw a SCORPENIS.

I also drew an unshucked cob of corn. It's just fuckin CORN, people.

I also drew a picture of my mom's dog for her. His name is Ridley.

And then I drew something for myself. Her name is hot chick.

I also attended the Ignatz Awards reception and hung out with my friend Eden who wore a hot dress, which inspired people to give her free mini-comics.

And hanging out with and meeting new people is pretty much all that happened.

Or at least it was all that happened worth mentioning.

pre-SPX2011 POST ! Enjoy, Fuckers!

2011-09-07T01:21:00.010-04:00

One of the reasons I don't get as much cartooning done as I should is the fact that one of my other passions is writing REAL letters to people.

Below is photographic evidence of another huge reason I haven't been producing as much art as I'd like. The cats know that if they place their furry fuckin bodies between my hands and my obsession, their tummies will become my new obsession. (FUCK YOU, Miss Nix. Stop ruining my drawing sessions!)

Second to last reason I haven't been as prolific as I'd like: long silent walks along the waters of the bay.

Last reason I haven't been a comic makin machine: I actually spend most of my drawing time making personal comics with my friends, the picture below being a small sample.

MEET CLUSTY! HOORAY!

2011-06-30T09:24:00.005-04:00

CLUSTY IS A CLUSTER BOMB.
HE HAS A SPECIAL CLUB FOR CHILDREN
WHOSE LIVES HE'S TOUCHED IN A SPECIAL WAY.

Busy Scanning. GO AWAY.

2011-06-21T19:47:00.002-04:00

Busy scanning 400+ pages of Jesus Wept. Go Away.

...and if you don't like Alison Bechdel than FUCK YOU.
Lesbian Comic Artists Rule the World and Your Dick.

IT IS FINISHED.

2011-06-01T20:25:00.000-04:00

The entirety of Jesus Wept Volume One is completely inked and shaded. All that remains is the tedious task of scanning the hundreds of pages of finished product. Woo-fuckin-hoo.
The pages I've decided to exclude from the final draft number in the hundreds (almost 1,000 actually), so I guess you could say volume two AND three are already finished as well.
Anyway, FUCK YOU. I finished it, dammit. And then I immediately had awesome sex. I repeat: FUCK YOU.

The Second Genesis

2011-05-19T11:06:00.003-04:00

HELLO, ALL.

I AM NOW SETTLED IN MY NEW APARTMENT IN VIRGINIA.
MY DRAWING SPACE IS NOW COMPLETE.
MY NEW TEACHING JOB IS TEDIOUS BUT PAYS ME.
MY CAR IS A PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT BUT RUNS.

I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON THREE NEW COMICS OF
VARYING LENGTH AND ALSO PREPARING TO SCAN
800+ PAGES OF JESUS WEPT: VOLUME ONE.

EAT DICK AND BE MERRY.

-ME

OTHER SHIT FROM SPX 2010

2010-09-20T11:57:00.008-04:00

SOME SAMPLES OF STRIPS AND POSTERS. SOLD OUT OF 'EM AT SPX. PEOPLE SEEMED TO DIG 'EM...

SPX 2010 UPDATE!

2010-09-13T18:45:00.004-04:00

SPX was a fuckin blast.

I sold out of 98% of my merchandise on the first day. Woo. Hoo.

50 2$ mini-comics.
50 1$ mini-comics.
Hand out over 300 free mini-comics and 600+ free stickers. Woo. Hoo.

Also conducted numerous awesome trades for the work of other artists.

Yep.

Now you know. Here are the pages of the free mini-comic I gave out during SPX. Enjoy, kids.

LONG AWAITED UPDATE!

2010-09-03T11:02:00.004-04:00

SUMMARY OF EVENTS SINCE LAST POST:

ALL IS LOST.

THE DREAM HAS ENDED.

DEADLINES SHALL NOT BE MET.

After discovering new pens, new shading styles, receiving inking assignments late and unfinished from various artists, I've found the strength to admit to myself that I'm not going to have jack-shit ready for SPX2010.

So I'm throwing together some samples and using the Expo as a chance to network and apologize to all the artists I've emailed while intoxicated.

I'll send out the samples I'm selling at SPX to those I love or wish to impress.

SELAH.

NEW INKING STYLE.

NEW SHADING STYLE.

(see above)

PRODUCTION UPDATE.

2010-05-03T10:59:00.007-04:00

[update:]

90 pages of Volume One remain uninked.
The first printing will be an abridged version

(edited down from 1500 to 700 pages).

All inking, coloring, shading, lettering, and final scanning

should be finished by the end of May.
Early July is the loosely projected printing date.

IT'S OFFICIAL.

2010-03-22T05:49:00.004-04:00

ONE OUT OF ONE INTOXICATED FRIENDS (at my house at 4am) AGREE!

JESUS WEPT! VOLUME ONE KICKS MOTHERFUCKIN ASS !

AN END IS NOW IN SIGHT...

2010-03-10T17:26:00.009-05:00

THESE ARE THE LAST SAMPLES I'LL POST BEFORE THE PRINTING OF THE FINISHED BOOK.

26 PAGES OF PENCILLING LEFT TO FINISH ON THE FIRST COMIC BOOK.
ROUGHLY ONE MONTH FROM NOW (the middle of April) INKING SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

THEN IT'S SIMPLY A MATTER OF TEDIOUS SCANNING AND PRINTING COMPANY SELECTION.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

MEET CLUSTY!
He's cute. He makes me smile.

THESE ARE THE SKILLS I'VE CHOSEN TO IMPROVE IN THIS LIFE.

2010-03-10T17:21:00.003-05:00

RULERS ARE FOR COWARDS.
I'm getting better at drawing "lines"...

GODDESS BETRAYED.

2010-03-03T03:40:00.009-05:00

Sorry I pulled the other posters of Minerva. I'm close to finishing the pencil-work for the enitre book, so I've grown quite protective.

EVOLUTION and MISOGYNIST SQUIRRELS.

2010-03-02T22:26:00.007-05:00

CONTRASTING SAMPLES OF ORIGINAL FROM LATE 2008 AND THE REDRAWN VERSION.

NOTE: I am well aware of the fact that VIRGIL is a vulgar, offensive misogynist.

THAT'S THE POINT. STOP EMAILING ME ABOUT IT.

IT'S BORING.

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE.

2010-02-16T15:45:00.008-05:00

-TWO EXCERPTS FROM THE "DEAD INSURGENT GALLERY" THEME OF THE BOOK-

THIS SHOULD HELP ANSWER A LOT OF INCREDIBLY INTERESTING QUESTIONS I'VE BEEN EMAILED CONCERNING THE APPEARANCE OF SO MANY MUTILATED CHARACTERS IN THE STRIP SAMPLES BEING PASSED AROUND AND POSTED HERE. I GUESS IT'S HARD TO FIGURE IT OUT WHEN THEY'RE CARTOON DEPICTIONS OF SOCK PUPPETS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SHADED WITH A #2 PENCIL TO APPEAR PROPERLY UNAMERICAN [ARABIC]. DON'T WORRY, GUYS. THEY'LL ALL BE SHADED AND VISIBLY "NOT FROM AROUND HERE" WHEN IT HITS THE PRESS.

ALL HAIL XENOPHOBIC AND IRONIC CARTOON COMMENTARY.

PRODUCTIVITY.

2010-02-16T14:44:00.011-05:00

The insane amount of pencil work I completed in the first two weeks of February has exhausted the spatial capacity of my INK ANY drawer... [and in case you're either a moron or bored enough to be interested, the labels aren't for ME. They're for the blonde 4' 11" 100lb Inking Department.]

LABOR.

2010-02-12T19:18:00.002-05:00

24 PAGES OF PENCIL WORK IN 6 HOURS.

SING MY PRAISES.

LABOR.

2010-02-05T18:35:00.009-05:00

FINISHED THE PENCIL WORK ON 40 PAGES IN 16 HOURS.

THE 'WORLD FOOD CRISIS' THEME OF VOLUME ONE IS LAID OUT AND READY FOR INKING.

woo-fuckin-hoo.

ENJOY.

DEATH IS A RETURN.

2010-01-29T18:45:00.001-05:00

PLEASE ENJOY THIS SMALL TASTE OF ARTISTIC BRILLIANCE.

yep.

2010-01-29T18:41:00.001-05:00

Enjoy, ladies...

A GENEROUS GIFT FROM ME TO YOU.

2010-01-13T23:16:00.002-05:00

...some people wake up after a long night at the bar with nothing to show for their time or money... I wake up to amusingly disturbing single-page comics (which people assure me I actually drew)...

LABOR.

2010-01-13T22:54:00.000-05:00

...pencil pencil pencil...

LABOR.

2010-01-13T22:52:00.000-05:00

...pencil pencil pencil...

CHARITY.

2010-01-13T22:46:00.003-05:00

I grew very tired of the "please tip: i need beer money" signs lazily taped to tip-jars by talentless hacks across the city... Mine's better. THE DRUNKS LOVE IT.

LABOR.

2010-01-13T22:28:00.003-05:00

THIS IS A PICTURE OF A FUCKING GENIUS AT WORK.
(I've learned that it's easier to produce rough-draft shit on small notebooks rather than full-size 8.5x11 pages.)

WORKSPACE

2010-01-13T22:25:00.002-05:00

DON'T TELL ME I'M NOT ORGANIZED...
(i'm dead serious about this shit.)

WORKSPACE

2010-01-13T22:21:00.003-05:00

I only draw at home and at the only bar where I ever drink (and work).
This is where the (domestic) magic happens...

2010-01-13T22:17:00.001-05:00

...a partner in crime inking...and pouring shots and mixing drinks...

2010-01-13T22:09:00.003-05:00

Yes, gentlemen, the ass is beautiful.... but true beauty lies in the fact that she has a sharpie and a 7mm uniball pen for inking seductively placed in her back pocket.

WORD.

2010-01-13T21:31:00.001-05:00

...a partner in crime helping me ink panels...

WORD.

2010-01-13T21:29:00.000-05:00

...a partner in crime helping me ink panels...

WORD.

2010-01-13T21:25:00.002-05:00

...a partner in crime helping me ink panels...

GIFT

2010-01-13T17:42:00.002-05:00

-drawn for my brother. no pencil outline. fast inking... while young americans and veterans of war revelled all around me.

BAR TAG

2010-01-13T17:34:00.001-05:00

BAR TAG

2010-01-13T17:30:00.000-05:00

LABOR

2010-01-13T17:29:00.000-05:00

HOLIDAY LETTER

2010-01-13T17:28:00.002-05:00

...just a page from a comic/letter i drew for an artist i really admire...

almost there...

2010-01-13T17:26:00.000-05:00

TRIBUTE

2010-01-13T17:23:00.002-05:00

A SIMPLE TRIBUTE TO A POPULAR STICK-FIGURE STRIP SEEN ON MANY BAR T-SHIRTS AND WEBSITES.

2010-01-13T17:22:00.000-05:00

IT HAPPENS.

2010-01-13T17:17:00.003-05:00

...took 15 minutes start to finish sitting in freezing cold room in pennsylvania winter... hope you like. Advice: never read "the chalice and the blade"...

2009-06-03T17:54:00.001-04:00

ANCIENT LABOR.

2009-06-03T17:53:00.002-04:00

Written and drawn spontaneously for the man whose name is inked on my left arm. ...wanted to give him an idea of what my style and overall theme was like...

-drawn while standing up at an in-house art studio in Rolla, MO as drunk iraq war vets pranced around screaming...

They drank like small female primates...

DRUNK SQUIRREL vs FAKE-PROGRESSIVE LUSH.

2009-06-03T17:52:00.002-04:00

-one of virgil's first interactions with the stupid fake-progressive generic liberal lush (daphne).

I used to draw the sock-puppets with pointy arms/hands....

Whatley's Show Poster

2009-06-03T17:51:00.003-04:00

Here's a flyer I made for a pennsylvania punk band that thinks my comics are the shit.... which they are.

VIRGIL and OVID.

2009-06-03T17:50:00.004-04:00

The VIRGIL/OVID interaction reaches a memorable crescendo in VOLUME ONE.

...trust me...

NEWZ.

2009-06-03T17:50:00.003-04:00

HERMES is a news anchor character who will not be included in VOLUME ONE. I'm saving all his shit for VOLUME TWO...

CICERO.

2009-06-03T17:49:00.007-04:00

-the lack of properly proportioned sock-puppet features is an indication of the fact that I was excessively intoxicated when I wrote/drew this... A close friend(apparently) watched me draw it while standing at a bar downtown and has assured me that it took me a ridiculous amount of time to draw such a sloppy series of simplistic panels...

It will be redrawn and included in VOLUME ONE.

...'cause the Nero reference is hilarious.

2009-06-03T17:49:00.004-04:00

Come on, ladies... You know it's true.

ANCIENT LABOR.

2009-06-03T17:48:00.005-04:00

I actually waited in line for FOUR FUCKING HOURS to vote in '08.

I voted for my dead pug for President and Lance "Pants" (pizza delivery driver/brilliant local musician) for Vice-President.

Yay democracy.

ANCIENT LABOR.

2009-06-03T17:48:00.003-04:00

-written and drawn while standing up in the kitchen of a pizza shop...

TRUE STORY.

2009-06-03T17:47:00.004-04:00

JOURNAL ENTRY

2008-11-27T05:50:00.004-05:00

The journal entries wont be in VOLUME ONE.

...just something I produced circa 2004...

INSERT YOUR OWN DIALOGUE

2008-11-27T05:47:00.002-05:00

Go ahead and insert your own dialogue here... I drew it for another comic artist and if I told you what it was really about you wouldn't even fuckin believe me.... Just pretend it's a comic strip about getting a rejection letter from a school you applied to...

SYSTEMATIC DEPOPULATION

2008-11-26T19:00:00.002-05:00

AIDS and CANCER

2008-11-26T18:51:00.002-05:00

Here's my take on AIDS and CANCER in relation to the Atheist/God-fearing dichotomy:

MY ATTEMPT AT THE ZOMBIE GENRE

2008-11-26T18:48:00.002-05:00

Considering how popular the Zombie genre is in the culture of comics, i felt obligated to try my hand at flesh-eating undead whatever... I think you'll agree that the following is one of the greatest zombie epics ever composed. Enjoy, kids....

PLATO AND CICERO AND SLAVERY IN SUBSAHARAN AFRICA

2008-11-26T18:26:00.008-05:00

Here's the first strip i ever drew with Cicero... It explains why he's ALWAYS smiling.

Edited/Redrawn for VOLUME ONE.

The following is a quote from this “newspaper” called the New York Times.

“Many of these large donors come from industries with interests in Washington. A New York Times analysis of donors who wrote checks of $25,000 or more to the candidates’ main joint fundraising committees found, for example, the biggest portion of money for both candidates came from the securities and investments industry, including executives at various firms embroiled in the recent financial crisis like Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and AIG.”

That’s from the October 21st, 2008 edition (VOL. CLVIII…. N. 54,470).

Perhaps some people voted for a candidate they forgot to research.
A cursory glance at Obama’s political “rise to power” reveals strong connections to Archer Daniels Midland.

Use “WIKIPEDIA” or “GOOGLE” to come up with the human rights violations and flat-out slavery associated with Archer Daniels Midland.

FINAL SCORE:

JASON FOSTER: (1)

FAKE-PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL DOUCHEBAGGERY-DENIAL: (0)

JOURNAL EXCERPT

2008-11-26T18:14:00.001-05:00

Keeping a diary/journal/scrapbook involves red markers, tape, pictures from newspapers, and me screaming on the inside...

FIRST STRIP I EVER DREW...

2008-11-26T17:59:00.001-05:00

This is the first strip i ever fuckin drew.

Obviously one of my finest works...

CLUSTY THE CLUSTERBOMB !

2008-11-26T17:56:00.003-05:00

THIS IS MY BUDDY CLUSTY.

HE'S SO CUTE HE MAKES ME SMILE.

VETERAN'S DAY STRIP

2008-11-26T17:47:00.002-05:00

As the title suggests, this is the strip I drew at a bar on Veteran's Day (2008)... a combat-vet I know at said bar thought it was fucking hilarious.... which it is.... [starring Priam and Cicero]

THE INITIAL CAST OF CHARACTERS

2008-11-26T17:33:00.005-05:00

Some of these characters won't be included in VOLUME ONE...

Pity.

GENESIS... but without the vindictive hebrew god and betrayal by trusted females...

2008-11-26T17:05:00.005-05:00

I drew some comics for the people who work at the pizza shop, bar, and fried chicken establishment where I pretend to work... It involved a shitty printer (Luddite Approved) and a stapler.

ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO FUCKIN ENTER HERE.