I’m looking forward to my annual trip north to Akron and the Akron Comicon! You should come too, I’d love to see you there!
Tag Archives: Archie Comics
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus!
Meet me at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, the free, citywide arts festival hosted by people and places with a passion for cartoon arts. CXC 2018 is in Columbus, Ohio, and the dates are September 27-30.
I’ll be signing and selling books and art at the National Cartoonists Society table (table #55) at the Columbus Metropolitan Library, 96 S Grant Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. I’m there on Saturday from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, and Sunday from 1:00 – 5:00 pm.
http://www.cartooncrossroadscolumbus.com
Evansville Geek & Comic Con!
This Sunday (August 26, 2018) I’ll be a guest at the Evansville Museum Geek & Comic Con in Evansville, IN. Panel at 12:30:
Catching up with Craig Boldman!
Time: Sunday, 12:30 Room: Immersive Theater (Room 3)
Recommended Age: All ages
Presenter(s): Craig Boldman, Ted Haycraft
Description: An informal chat with cartoonist & writer Craig Boldman spotlighting all of his multiple past, present & future projects which includes having written for Archie comics and illustrating a Star Trek book! Plus we will get to the bottom of the reason why Craig’s face was plastered on billboards that were all over Evansville not that long ago!
On Exhibit – Middletown Arts Center
A show of my work is currently on display in the front gallery of the Middletown Arts Center in Middletown, Ohio.
Our opening reception, part of the Betty Hughes Memorial Exhibition, is scheduled for Friday, August 3, 2018, 6:00-8:00 p.m. I hope to see all of you there!
My work will remain on display through September 6, 2018 — A great opportunity to get copies of my books and comics, which will be sold through the center. All three volumes of my Tailipoe series, as well as copes of the Cap’n Catnip comic are available.
Included for your enjoyment: Archie artwork; book illustrations; an art series based on classic games and toys; and the complete artwork from a 6-page Archie story with collaborator Stan Goldberg, from Archie Comics #540, “The Man of Mystery.”
Jughead at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum!
With the announced closing of Geppi’s Entertainment Museum in Baltimore, MD, and the relocation of its exhibits to the Library of Congress, here is the cover of the 2008 Free Comic Book Day edition of Jughead, which I wrote, and Stan Goldberg illustrated. The story takes place in Geppi’s museum.
Date With Debbie!
Date With Debbie was a comic book title published by DC Comics in the late 1960’s. Very much in the Archie mold, this drawing was a commission for my friend Chris Lambert. It was used in his great new book, ‘My Favorite Year In Comics…1968.’
Hop over to my commissions page or send me an e-mail and request an art commission of your own!
Tailipoe!
Three volumes of Tailipoe are now available in the Shop! Copies ordered through my website are signed and sketched!
Interview!
Griffin Kwanjang and Company stopped by for a chat with me at this past September’s Cincinnati Comics Expo:
Archie’s Funhouse Christmas Annual #23!
The Elevenaire!
I’m continuing to sift through boxes of stuff that was salvaged from my house flood, and the item that surfaced today coincidentally ties in to my weekend’s television viewing.The Decades TV network fills each weekend with a marathon of a different vintage television series. This time around, the selection was The Millionaire, an anthology series that ran on CBS from 1955 to 1960. The premise of the show was that an unseen multi-billionaire called John Beresford Tipton (voiced by animation actor Paul Frees), each week tasked his executive secretary, Michael Anthony (played by Marvin Miller), with delivering a $1,000,000 cashiers check to a random person of Tipton’s selection as a gift. The remainder of the half-hour dramatized how these people from all walks of life were impacted by their unexpected windfall.
I parodied this series in my work for Archie Comics through a character I called The Elevenaire. The late great Stan Goldberg brought The Elevenaire’s visuals to life, and Stan was kind enough to send me copies of his pencils for the inaugural story of this occasional series. Those photocopies turned up in a box stored in my basement today, so I thought I’d share some samples.
Continue reading The Elevenaire!