The Gourmets

Each week Baltimore Sun runs these short comics of conversations overheard around Baltimore. The project is curated by Benn Ray of Atomic Books. This one was overheard at Mario Batali's Eataly store In NYC.

See it in full color at Atomic's Mutant Funnies blog.

Fake Ads for Mutant #2

Did a whole bunch of these ridiculous fake ads for Mutant Comics #2, Atomic Books' freebie they put together every year for free comic book day (tomorrow). You can get one at the store or by placing an order online. As always a great lineup of cartoonists.

Atomic Books: Mutant! #2


So many cartoonists have done hilarious & awesome fake ads in the back of their books over the years. Somebody needs to do a whole book on this. Anyway these were a blast to draw I could do about 100 of them, if I ever put out a comic book again I'll probably do a whole mess of them.



Thanks to my prized 1943 Johnson Smith Catalog there was endless inspiration. The only problem is after you spend 10 minutes with this book you realize there is no way you can write or draw anything funnier or stranger than the crazy shit that people were really buying in 1943.

One of them is right

Another short "Said What?" comic, see the whole thing here.

Edited by Benn Ray of Atomic Books, these comics are based on overheard
conversations and appear once a week in Baltimore's free daily "B paper".

Check out the archives including lots of great ones by Noah Van Sciver and Jordan Jeffries.

Skatin' For Jesus

Latest "Said What?" strip for Baltimore Sun. Christian skateboarders rethinking their beliefs?

Each week Baltimore Sun runs these short comics of conversations overheard around Baltimore. The project is curated by Benn Ray of Atomic Books. This one was overheard by Rachel Whang - also of Atomic books - outside the store.

Got some inspiration listening to early 80's christian thrash-punk band The Crucified, who are actually pretty good (at least the early stuff).

Mutant #1

For free comic book day (May 1st) I contributed a short comic about being a grumpy old man to Atomic Books' Mutant #1, a pack of mini-comics that you can pick up for free at the store in Baltimore and (I think) with any order from their website for a limited amount of time.

Feels good to get back into the comics again. It's definitely "comics season" ... I have a bunch of stuff in the works for Hive and Grimalkin Press' upcoming Food Service anthology, which will be amazing.


Since it's Atomic Books all the contributors are fantastic, and you should definitely check it out. Also, It's got an awesome drawing (not mine) of Snooki on the cover.


• Atomic Books - Free Comic Book Day

Snooki Munny - Vinylmore III

For Atomic Books' 3rd Vinyl toy show, opening Friday, April 2nd in Baltimore.

A bit disappointed not to get a 100% likeness.. thought she'd be easy to draw but her face is really hard to get down, she always ends up looking sort of Asian or Indian. Even tougher on a tiny 2 inch plastic head. This was my first time going 3-D and adding sculpey to one of these things (for the "bump") and thought it worked out pretty well.

Also discovered the joy of 59 cent acrylics from AC Moore. Some of the colors look great and some don't. And be careful if you mix them, sometimes yellow + blue = brown. Best to use them straight from the tube and just buy every color because they are SO cheap.

Wanna buy it?
The above Snooki Munny is now available for purchase from Atomic Books' website for 75 smackeroos.




Anyway, the show looks great this year.. don't miss this Ramen head Munny that I'm already betting is goint to win best of show. I think this year they are also going to be available for purchase online after the opening.



Vinylmore III
Friday, April 2, 2010
7:00pm - 10:00pm

Atomic Books
3620 Falls Road
Baltimore, MD

free comic book day

I contributed some "dirty dish" strips to this mini anthology Mutant! free at Atomic Books this weekend, available only from May 1st thru May 4th either at the store, or comes free with any website order.

I was psyched to see I'm being published alongside all these great people including my new favorite cartoonist Noah Von Sciver who draws awesome comics about working at Subway with guys that just got out of prison.

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Mutant! #0 The debut of Atomic Book Co.'s new comic mag. Featuring new, rare, unseen and/or previously-unpublished work by: Julia Wertz, Laura Park, Brian Ralph, Ben Claassen, Erin Womack, Dina Kelberman, Robby Rackleff, Noah Van Sciver, Eamon Espey, Dustin Harbin, Brian Dubin, Ben Steigler, Jordan Jeffries, Ryan Onorato, Billups Allen, Adam Meuse, James Williams, Hawk Krall, Benn Ray and Zach Hazard Vaupen!!

dirty dish qees for vinylmore 2

So I had some mini "qees" to paint for atomic books vinylmore 2 show and decided to do some characters from my comics. I have definitely acquired a new appreciation for people who paint lord of the rings miniatures or whatever.

Balancing a 1.5 inch tall head on my pinky, trying to paint a tiny spot i can't even see, dropping the whole thing into the mess of epoxy and paint all over my desk.. and wow they actually came out sort of cool. More detail shots here.

vinylmore 2 - tiny town
Friday April 3rd, 8PM
Atomic Books
3620 Falls Rd
Hampden, Baltimore