For most cartoonists, working on a comic strip or comic book is a solitary endeavor. It’s just you and a blank piece of paper, alone in your studio. That’s why I like to fill the air with sound. Radio has always been a big part of my studio environment.  It fills the room with music, […]

This past Sunday, I attended the Chalk Festival at the Cleveland Museum of Art.  It’s been years since I picked up a piece of chalk.  But, what a lot of fun!  There’s something quite inviting to getting down on your hands and knees and drawing on smooth piece of sidewalk! Working with chalk is quite different […]

This is the pen I use for inking in all my comic strips and cartoon features. You can get one by clicking here.  this pen and other drawing tools are available  at The Georgetoon Studio Stop. The non-photo blue pencils I talk about are also avaible at The Georgetoon Studio Stop. You can get them […]

I started a new channel on youtube called “George on the Floor.”  It consists of quickie videos of me reading my comic strip.  Check it out.    

To follow up my post discussing digital tools, here’s a quick look at how I use GIMP to edit my George comic strip.

  You can now follow George on Instagram. Sometime last year, my nephew Tom suggested I start posting a worm drawing on Instagram every day under the hashtag of #awormaday.  I thought this was a great idea and immediately  jumped in! It now appears to have morphed into posting my comic strip George, as wel […]

Whoops! I almost forgot! It’s Cartoonists Day!

When Ohio State’s new Student Union  opened back in 2010, I started receiving calls and emails from friends near and far.  Long story short, thanks to OSU Cartoon Library/Museum curator Dr. Lucy Shelton Caswell, my cartoon artwork was included in the Union’s third floor Cartoon Conference Room.  And these friends had visited the new Union during it’s opening weeks. […]

I’m in a makeshift studio for the time being.  I didn’t want o move my main computer in just yet. So, i decided to grab the spare computer box out of the attic and use it instead. I added an extra gig of memory (2 gigs no) , and a Wi-fi card.  I then installed […]