Sizzlin' Summer - Rejected Baltimore Citypaper Cover

Here's a rejected cover I did for Baltimore Citypaper's annual Sizzlin' Summer Issue. Maybe our concept of mixing Inner Harbor touristy crap with Baltimore trashiness didn't go over so well with the editors??

Even so it's always a blast to work with AD Joe Macleod who has been giving me great work for years (check out this illo I did about Evan Wright and Generation Kill way back in 2004 ) and is also a great source for Baltimore area hot dog recommendations.

Hot Diggity Paintings

Hot Diggity just opened last week at 630 South Street in Philadelphia with ten of my giant hot dog paintings as their menu. This job was a blast to do and pretty much exactly what I had in mind when I started doing these things.








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Check it out - the hot dogs are delicious and I'm pretty sure there will T-shirts and prints available at the restaurant in the near future. To read more about the food, check out my post tomorrow on Serious Eats.

Hot Dog Stickers

Just got these in the mail. Awesome extra-thick vinyl stickers from stickermule.com. They also do die-cut stickers for pretty cheap!

Dunno what I'm gonna do with 300 neon yellow hot dog stickers now... Probably throw a few in with every hot dog print order from now until they run out.

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.

Saigon Fusion

This is one of TEN hot dog paintings I've been working on for Hot Diggity, a new hot dog restaurant opening soon in Philadelphia. The Saigon Fusion was one of my favorite dogs and favorite illustrations for the project. More info to come when the place officialy opens for business.

More about Hot Diggity on Meal Ticket:
Hot Diggity! opening on South Street

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.

New Hot Dog Prints!

• Rolf's Pork Store
Mind blowing traditional German sausage shop in the middle of Albany. Hand made frankfurters, kielbasa, ring bologna, everything smoked in house. Amazing.


•Yesterdog
Super cool hot dog place in Grand Rapids, Michigan that's been there since the 70's. No burgers and trying to order a "plain hot dog" might get you kicked out. Big thanks to photographer Mike Donk for tipping me off and sending awesome photos.


• Blackie's
Old School Connecticut hot dog joint, one of many featured in the documentary A Connecticut Hot Dog Tour. Blackie's will also be selling these prints at the restaurant in a few weeks!




• Fricano's Deli
Awesome sandwich spot in Austin, Texas. Great sandwiches and a bunch of signature dogs including Chicago style and the Reuben Dog. They also do specials every once in a while like a pretty damn authentic Venezuelan Dog. The Reuben dog as well as a few of my other prints are available for sale at the Deli itself, thanks guys! My buddy Garrett Morlan has also done some awesome posters for them, which I'm fairly sure are also available to purchase.

All of these and more are available at hawkkrall.net.