Rockwell Homage

Side note: Tomorrow (Friday, November 15th) is the last day to order a 2014 Incompatibles Wall Calendar!!! To order, surf over to http://incompatibles.bigcartel.com/product/2014-wall-calendar. Here's a sneak peek at the month of November:

This is a parody of the famous Norman Rockwell painting, Freedom From Want. Initially when I came up with the "Turduckow" concept, I thought I'd just do a beauty shot of a holiday turkey on the table. But then I thought it might be nice to have a family around the table waiting in anticipation. Then it hit me: Normal Rockwell already painted an image that fit the bill.

Below is the final redline inked over. Note the blank matted frame on the wall. Initially I was going to put one of my earlier cartoons there, but then my wife had the great idea of making it a painting of the dinner ingredients.

And here's some of the initial musings. Note how round my initial turkey was. Also I felt it was important—in the final piece—to have the bovine legs/hooves stand out, so I made the cow a Holstein:

Red Rough

Here's a hodgepodge of cartoons I've been working on lately. I like to work small on post-it notes. I can  break up the compositions into pieces, recomposite elements in P-shop, and then reprint them as a larger redline for final inking.

Doh!

This guy just realized he forgot to order an Incompatibles 2014 Wall Calendar. Don't let this be you! Act now, the order deadline is this Friday, November 15th. Packages will ship in early December, just in time for holiday gift-giving. To order, surf over to http://incompatibles.bigcartel.com/product/2014-wall-calendar

Note: The first 50 orders will receive one collectible Incompatibles button, plus a signed calendar and personalized doodle by the artist.

Discourtesy Clerk process

Here's process on my latest Incompatibles panel. You can see how I corrected my inaccurate wordsmithing in the rough. It was redundant saying: “kill a dolphin” and “clog our landfills.” Both phrases point only to plastic bags. Luckily my wife saw the error and I corrected it to reflect both plastic and paper. Also, you'll notice I spliced the head in lower right of the page onto the body of the clerk. It seemed to catch the critical vibe I needed in his expression.

Incompatibles 2014 Wall Calendar

The Incompatibles 2014 Calendar is out! Act now, the first 50 orders will receive one collectible Incompatibles button, plus a signed calendar and personalized doodle by yours truly.

Note: Order Deadline is November 15, 2013. Packages will ship in early December 2013, just in time for holiday gift-giving. To order, surf over tohttp://incompatibles.bigcartel.com/product/2014-wall-calendar