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Monday, April 30, 2012 09:33:36 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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PHINKWELL's Tommy Rudmose and I drove up to MoCCA 2012 with KETTLE DRUMMER's Lance Hansen on Saturday. I wrote a long report of what we saw and did there. Click here to read it at the PHINKWELL site.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012 06:01:04 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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Yo, the current MY OWN PETARD story continues at PHINKWELL. Ant and Scutt are joined by Elda Puchi. She has recently documented her latest performance art project in comics form and published a zine. It's all behind her. Will Ant ever get a word in?
The story runs 14 pages and will wrap up May 2nd. Check it all out from the first strip here.
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Monday, March 5, 2012 02:02:36 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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Yo, a new MY OWN PETARD story begins today at PHINKWELL. In this "non-Phillip" story, Ant Pini meets up with a friend he hasn't seen in awhile. Ant has gained weight, to be sure, but why won't anyone pay any attention to him when he explains why? Check it all out from the first strip here.
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Monday, February 20, 2012 03:06:03 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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Daybreak! The MY OWN PETARD winter holiday special is in its final act. What really happened last night. Decide for yourself by reading it from the beginning right here or from this page here.
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Monday, January 16, 2012 03:06:03 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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The MY OWN PETARD winter holiday special continues. What is Phillip doing, standing by the river on a cold winter's night? Find out for yourself. Read it from the beginning right here or from this page here.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011 03:06:03 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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After a evening visit on the winter solstice, Phillip abruptly explains that he has to leave. Herb and his wife, Goldie, have differing opinions on where he went and what he absolutely needed to do. Just what is Phillip up to? Is it sacred or profane? This 21 page holiday extravaganza, "Phillip's Winter Solstice Miracle," begins right here.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 05:49:55 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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PHINKWELL's Tommy Rudmose, Cyn Why? and I drove up to the BROOKLYN COMICS AND GRAPHICS FESTIVAL 2011 on Saturday. It was a great show and we had a terrific time. I wrote a long report of what we saw and did there. Click here to read it at the PHINKWELL site.
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Monday, December 5, 2011 11:38:57 AM
Posted By Art Baxter
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I drew the cover and judged the submissions for the fifth annual “Comics Issue” of the PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER. The Issue hit the streets this past Thursday. You can check it all out here.
Congratulations to the winner: Mike Sgier, who contributed a terrific strip featuring the old school Universal Studios monsters. Congratulations to everybody who made the cut and thanks to everyone who submitted strips.
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Friday, December 2, 2011 05:49:55 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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Tommy Rudmose, Cyn Why? and I will travel up to the BROOKLYN COMCS AND GRAPHICS FESTIVAL 2011 on Saturday, December 3, to give out some of our new PHINKWELL promotional postcards. See you there!
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Monday, November 28, 2011 02:15:31 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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Phillip inexplicably explains to his friend, Herb, that all of his friend's wives can't stand him. Present company included. Is a happy ending remotely possible? Start finding out right here.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011 01:23:19 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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PHINKWELL, a Webcomics Collective, debuts today. It was created by Tommy Rudmose and myself. I designed the site and will be the defacto editor and Tommy built it and will serve as webmaster. The site features four new series by Tommy and I plus two other cartoonists, Cyn Why? and Steven Teare.
My strip, MY OWN PETARD, follows the adventures of the miserable cyclopean hairbag, Phillip. It's a four panel strip and will be published twice a week on Monday and Wednesday. Check it out!
MY OWN PETARD!
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Sunday, August 7, 2011 12:21:14 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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Ben Towle has recently posted some thoughts on his blog regarding a seven page response to Chapter 9 of Scott McCloud's UNDERSTANDING COMICS that James Sturm and I did for the COMICS JOURNAL in 1998.
James had originally written the piece as an essay. Tom Spurgeon who was the COMICS JOURNAL editor at the time, suggested the comic format to him to match the book itself. James asked me if I wanted to draw it. He had moved to my home town of Philadelphia a few years earlier and we had gotten to know each other pretty well. We both had recently gotten XERIC grants to publish our comics. We used to team up on tables at SPX and stuff like that. Anyway, he gave me the essay, and pretty much let me do with it what I wanted. He left soon after on a cross county trek that left me to start laying it out as a strip. Although it was only a dozen or so years ago it was like to stone-age compared to now. I had no computer, internet, email or cell phone. I was pretty much out of communication with James until he checked in with me throughout the summer. When he returned from his trip, James and I went back and forth on "Beach Head" quite a bit to bring the piece into sharper focus. The only use of the computer was to letter the word balloons with James' own font using his early Mac and laser printer. I think I finally finished the art and sent it out sometime in November. It was like: "Get it done already! The strip appeared in the COMICS JOURNAL #211, April 1999, the "Impact of UNDERSTANDING COMICS" issue.
Anyway, I supplied Ben with new clean scans of the art and a long commentary by me on what I remember about the creation of the strip. James also weighs in with a few comments as well. You can read the whole thing here.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 12:21:14 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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I was the featured artist and co-creative director for the latest issue of Ian Harker's SECRET PRISON comic tabloid. I did the cover, contributed a two page center-spread comic "Blood Oranges" and co-edited the contents for the issue with Ian. You can read all about SECRET PRISON #4 here and here. SECRET PRISON #4 will debut this Saturday at MoCCA 2011 in NYC and then will be available locally in Philadelphia at select venues. SECRET PRISON is free.
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Monday, September 21, 2009 02:21:28 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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My new book MONSTER BOOT & OTHER STORIES will premiere at SPX 2009 in Bethesda, Maryland this coming weekend, Saturday & Sunday September 26th & 27th.
Go here to find out more.
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Friday, September 11, 2009 02:05:32 PM
Posted By Art Baxter
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I am teaching a comics class this fall for cartoonists who are interested in advancing their knowledge of pictorial storytelling and telling better stories.
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WORDS AND PICTURES: PICTORIAL STORYTELLING IN COMICS
This class will focus on pictorial storytelling. You will learn how to develop an idea for a story, break down the action, write dialog and produce a finished comic.
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Classes will be held Tuesday nights 7:00 to 9:30 and begin October 13th.
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Go here for complete details. 
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