Jakey the Jerk, #1

Jakey the Jerk is now in print.  Add this to your collection!

Issue #1 collects all the Jakey the Jerk strips so far from my weekly webcomic Zoo Laffs.

Jakey the Jerk is a little ram who has trouble with women.  Because he's a jerk.  In this issue: Jakey goes on a mountain hiking adventure with the beautiful and baffling folk singer, Sassafras Vallee.  Is she the girl for him?  (recommended for ages 13 & up ... give or take)

You might have read this online already, but if you buy the print comic, you get

• the wonderful TACTILE sensation of holding the comic in your HAND and turning the PAGES
• the satisfaction that comes with the feeling of OWNERSHIP, and the ability to actually HAVE these comics among the precious THINGS that you have gathered throughout your life
• the warm feeling that comes from ENCOURAGING an artist to keep MAKING stuff, not just for his own personal enjoyment, but for actual monetary RECOMPENSE

Only $2.99.  Order now!

APF caricatures

The Alabama Phoenix Festival appeared to me to be a pretty great success.  What did you think?

Also, I drew a bunch of caricatures.  To see my favorites and read my full report, check out THIS POST on my sketch blog.

The Alabama Phoenix Festival

It's here!  Birmingham sci-fi, fantasy, gaming, & arts convention The Alabama Phoenix Festival is starting now and continues throughout the weekend.  Click that link for all the info.

A bunch of Salty 'Ham Cartooneestas will be there: Tom Briscoe, Chris Fason, Andy Gray, James Hislope, Kinch Raby, and me, Chris Garrison.  As well as a bunch of other artists who probably SHOULD be SHC's, but just haven't joined yet.

I'll be selling Jakey the Jerk #1, which collects all the Jakey stories so far from my webcomic Zoo Laffs, and I reckon I'll also do a few caricatures.  See you there!

Follow Me

Some news from our fellow SHC Don Stewart:

Alabama Artist Unveils Work At Infantry Museum

Birmingham, Alabama

May 23, 2012

The DS Art Studio is very pleased to announce the release of Don Stewart’s newest composite artwork, Follow Me.

The complex ballpoint drawing detailing the history of the United States Army Infantry will be unveiled on Memorial Day, May 28^th, 2012 at the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Georgia.

Based on the iconic "Iron Mike" statue that stands at Fort Benning, Georgia and the National Infantry Museum, Stewart’s latest composite image honors the United States Army Infantry. The drawing is composed of over 225 objects, focusing primarily on firearms and personal items used by Infantry soldiers from 1775 to the present, with emphasis on the Seven Army Values of Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage.

Similar to Stewart’s 2010 Marine Corps drawing, Uncommon Valor, half of the proceeds from print sales of Follow Me will be donated to support our nation’s Wounded Warriors. Reproductions of the drawing will be available after Memorial Day in limited and open editions.

Development of the Follow Me drawing from start to finish can be seen HERE.

Also, don’t miss our Uncommon Valor VIDEO.  

Thanks!

Don

More Party Caricatures

I've been drawing some more caricatures.  To see my favorites and read my full report, check out THIS POST on my sketch blog.

Recent Roundup

Hi, nice persons!

I've just gone and collected a few pieces from some of the blogs, webcomics, and deviantART pages of our fellow SHC's. (You guys should come and post stuff here more often yourselves, just to keep the blog alive.)

I can't take the time to turn the following names into links. If you want to see more from any of these great Alabama cartoonists -- and find a whole boatload MORE Alabama cartoonists, to boot -- consult the alphabetical list HERE.

James Hislope

James Hislope

 Jonathan Hooks

Marcus Lusk

 Mark Martin

 Mark Martin

 Heath McPherson

 Melody

Melody

Review Exists

Just stumbled across this months-old review of the comic I did last year:

http://highlowcomics.blogspot.com/2011/12/minicomics-and-genre-doug-michel-jason.html

[editor's note: You can get YOUR copy of Pete Moss HERE!)

Tim's note: Chris, come on.. Didn't you read my reply to the review where I said I don't even care for the comic much myself any more? I'm not sure I'll even keep it available for sale. I was just alerting people in case they were curious to read the review. So: DON'T get your copy of Pete Moss..!

Kirk Out

Sad news.  Our fellow SHC Kirk Creel, who was diagnosed a while back with pancreatic cancer, has left this mortal coil.

As a dependable regular at our get-togethers, you were an all around nice guy, Kirk.  You'll be missed.

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Recent Roundup

Hey-now!

I've just gone and collected a few pieces from some of the blogs, webcomics, and deviantART pages of our fellow SHC's. (You guys should come and post stuff here more often yourselves, just to keep the blog alive.)

I can't take the time to turn the following names into links. If you want to see more from any of these great Alabama cartoonists -- and find a whole boatload MORE Alabama cartoonists, to boot -- consult the alphabetical list HERE.

 Chris Fason

 Chris Fason

 Benjamin Faucher

 Sean Finn

 Sean Finn

 Chris Garrison

 Andy Gray

 Andy Gray

 Delaine Derry Green

Richard Haigler

Kablooey!!! - afterword

Over at Zoo Laffs (my weekly webcomic on DummComics.com), I just finished up a 10-part story.  It's called Kablooey!!!, and it stars Jakey the Jerk and Sassafras Vallee.

If you missed it, and you'd like to read it from the beginning, start HERE.

For those who DID read it -- If you'd like to see some behind-the-scenes artifacts, I put up a few bits from the "making of" on my sketch blog.  Check 'em out HERE.

Samson's V-Day Surprise

LΔZYDΔWG - Warped Cream

Some good friends have a label called Step Pepper Records, an independent music outlet based in Birmingham. They give away tons of FREE music on their website, so check it out if you're into instrumental beats, mixtapes, and overall weirdness.

I made a quick 3D promo for the artist LΔZYDΔWG (whose album Warped Cream can be downloaded HERE for free) and thought I'd share. Enjoy!

Massive Art Sale !!!!!

This came from our fellow SHC Scotty White:


Hello Everyone.
I'm cleaning out the dungeon. Check out the available paintings page at www.neuroblast.webs.com.  Making space for new projects. Looking forward to an art filled 2012. Sick ideas are on the horizon. Make an offer .. Sale prices good through February.

Later on,
Scotty

Did anyone else hear about Invest Comics' One and Done contest?

http://investcomics.com/category/one-and-done

Someone showed me a link and I gave it a shot, even though I knew I wouldn't get any kind of payment. I figured, Screw it! If it'll help the CBLDF and the comic community, I can waste some talent coming up with ideas to send in. Besides, I haven't done anything in months.

It just occurred to me about a week ago that I never heard back from them so I figured I'd take a look at who my competition was... lo and behold, turned out I had actually won! I was never notified by accident, though.

They haven't said when the book will be published yet, regardless, here's the strip they chose... not the one I would have went with, but the one I feel was the funniest.

Inflation by ~weezel365 on deviantART

Recent Roundup

Hello to All!

I've just gone and collected a few pieces from some of the blogs, webcomics, and deviantART pages of our fellow SHC's. (You guys should come and post stuff here more often yourselves, just to keep the blog alive.)

I can't take the time to turn the following names into links. If you want to see more from any of these great Alabama cartoonists -- and find a whole boatload MORE Alabama cartoonists, to boot -- consult the alphabetical list HERE.

Derek Anderson

 Tom Briscoe

 Tom Briscoe

 Ryan Brown

Ryan Brown

 Jessica Campbell

 Jessica Campbell

 Howard Cruse

 Howard Cruse

 Christopher Davis

Christopher Davis

Christmas Caricatures

I drew some more caricatures recently, at some Christmas parties.  To see my favorites and read my full report, check out THIS POST on my sketch blog.

Neglect

Sorry the jam blog is sort of languishing here, folks. I've had a lot going on lately, so I haven't been doing my occasional Recent Roundups as usual. Help keep the blog alive by posting here sometimes, will ya?

I'll try to get back on track soon. Meanwhile, today is week 2 of a long form story arc I've started, over at my weekly webcomic Zoo Laffs. So check it out!

Daumier at the BMA

The Birm. Mus. of Art has an exhibition of prints by the 19th cent. French newspaper illustrator/cartoonist Honore Daumier thru the end of the month. Prob. worth seeing if you care about that sort of thing. It's mostly lithographs, a few gilotages(?) and wood engravings. There are also some copies of the original publications the work appeared in.

The show is divided into topics such as daily life, theatre, politics, feminism (Daumier makes fun of those crazy women trying to write books and smoke cigars like men), ancient history, lawyers and politicans, etc.

The work spans many years, from something like the 30s to the 70s. To some extent you can see the drawings getting much more abbreviated and rapid later in his career (I imagine he's saying to himself "They still want more of these things! Always another greasy stone! Oy vey!" (or French equiv.) He lived thru some miserable years for France (and Europe) which he represents in one case with a skeleton contentedly playing double flutes in the aftermath of one carnage or another.

Halloween Caricatures

I drew some caricatures last night, at a Halloween party.  To see my ten favorites and read my full report, check out THIS POST on my sketch blog.

Salty 'Ham Slam 11 - On Reflection

Our eleventh official conventionette was totally nice.  We were at the J again, and we had a chipper group: Frank Cummings, Tim Spinosi, Ben Faucher, Richard Haigler, and Garth Potts were there.  And we welcomed first-timers Kinch Raby, II, and Andy Gray.  And there was me, Chris Garrison.

Top, left to right: Andy Gray, Richard Haigler (twice), and Benjamin Faucher.

Bottom, left to right: Kinch Raby, II; Tim Spinosi, and Frank Cummings.

I heard our fellow SHC, Kirk Creel, came down with what sounds like a bad case of the pancreatic cancer.  Yeesh!  So, instead of working on comic jams and caricatures as we sometimes do, we hatched this collaborative card for him:

Crew cut guy by Tim Spinosi; cat that ate the canary by Kinch Raby, II; afro-frog by Andy Gray; pajama kid by Frank Cummings; sickening ducky by Chris Garrison; hooka-pillar by Ben Faucher; coy bunny by Richard Haigler.

Plus, I got some cool guest art in my sketchbook:

Fruit of the Loom Apple Guy, by Kinch Raby, II

Bobblehead Spider-Man, by Ben Faucher

Left-handed '80s rocker, by Andy Gray

As usual, we snacked on Oreos, Nutter Butters, and Chips, Ahoy! cookies.  Then, Tim and Frank got into a breakdancing contest.  Frank was poppin' and lockin', but Tim started doing the hopalong worm, all around the perimeter of the boardroom, in circles.  He continued in this way for an hour and a half, until everyone conceded that he was the winner.  For those of you who missed it, you really should have been there!

All tolled, everybody had fun at the slam, and there was much camaraderie.  So join us, won't you, for the NEXT Salty 'Ham Slam! (as yet unscheduled) (official members and invited guests only, please)

Oh, and you can look back at previous slams, here:

Slam 1

Slam 2

Slam 3

Slam 4

Slam 5

Slam 6

Slam 7

Slam 8

Slam 9

Slam 10

Recent Roundup

Yo, Pawty People.

I've just gone and collected a few pieces from some of the blogs, webcomics, and deviantART pages of our fellow SHC's. (You guys should come and post stuff here more often yourselves, just to keep the blog alive.)

I can't take the time to turn the following names into links. If you want to see more from any of these great Alabama cartoonists -- and find a whole boatload MORE Alabama cartoonists, to boot -- consult the alphabetical list HERE.

 Chris Rosko

 Chris Rosko

 Perry Sessions

Jason Shoemaker

 Corey Stockley

 Corey Stockley

 Carolyn Wass

 Hayley "Sio" Williams

Hayley "Sio" Williams

 Andrew Willmore

Andrew Willmore