New Book Design Project: How Comics Were Made: A Visual History From the Drawing Board to the Printed Page

New Book Design Project: How Comics Were Made: A Visual History From the Drawing Board to the Printed Page

Kickstarter campaign for new book Announcing a new Kickstarter campaign for a book project I’m collaborating on. I am fortunate to be working with the author, editor, and printing historian Glenn Fleishman. This is a deeply researched and heavily illustrated book on how comics get to newsprint or your computer screen. This fun and interesting […]

Archive Section Label Designs

Posted by on Feb 2, 2022 in comics, Editorial Design, The Nib, Vivitiv News
Archive Section Label Designs

As the designer of The Nib Magazine I get to create a wide range of interesting items. From typography to graphic icons, the fun part of editorial design is making things on the fly. For example a section on archival comics runs in every issue, so I get to design faux library labels. Complete with […]

Drawmarket News: Now on Saatchi Art

Posted by on Jan 25, 2022 in Drawmark News
Drawmarket News: Now on Saatchi Art

How many times have you liked art on Drawmark Instagram and/or Twitter and thought “I wish I could buy that”? Not enough, but here’s the good news, I am now making my drawings and collage art available on Saatchi Art. To be sure, I am probably more excited about this than you are. However I’m counting […]

Pandemic Illustration

Posted by on Jan 24, 2022 in AI 40 Award Winner
Pandemic Illustration

I illustrated this piece as page one for the Pandemic issue of The Nib Magazine. I’m especially proud to have worked on this issue. This special issue was conceived during the initial wave of the pandemic in 2020. Furthermore, all of the pieces commissioned for the magazine were created before the vaccine rollout. That is […]

The Nib Magazine Shortlisted for The Stack Awards 2018

Posted by on Oct 15, 2018 in Drawmark News, The Nib, Uncategorized, Vivitiv News
The Nib Magazine Shortlisted for The Stack Awards 2018

The Nib Magazine has been shortlisted for the 2018 Stack Awards. Stack Magazines identified inspiring, global, independent magazines published between October 2017 and September 2018. To be recognized for these prestigious international publishing and design awards for the premier issue is an amazing feat. It is also a fitting tribute to the vision and hard work of Nib […]

I Know What I Did Last Summer

I Know What I Did Last Summer

A new American Affairs Desk comic for the Cornell Daily Sun. A basic primer for what I did all summer long. I suspect I am not alone in having a relaxing day in the sun ruined by a certain blondish, blunt instrument with a Twitter finger. I expect my fall and holiday seasons to be […]

Drawmark People: Do Not Send Me Your Beautiful People. Send Me Your Worst.

Drawmark People: Do Not Send Me Your Beautiful People. Send Me Your Worst.

Cover of one of my new mailers These Drawmark People mailers are hot…OK…lukewarm off the press. I designed four new mailers on four separate areas of my expertise, people, collage, Trump and a catch-all category which outlines some of the other things I do. This is the cover for the people mailer, where I showcase […]

The Nib Magazine Covers

Posted by on Sep 4, 2018 in Drawmark News, New Projects, Uncategorized
The Nib Magazine Covers

As mentioned in a previous post I’m The Nib Magazine designer. So, for your viewing pleasure, here are the first two covers I worked on featuring the artwork of Oliver Hibert and Jillian Tamaki. As a result of a successful Kickstarter campaign, the first issue is on press at this very moment, and is being readied […]

The Nib Magazine Kickstarter Campaign

Posted by on Aug 29, 2018 in New Projects, Uncategorized
The Nib Magazine Kickstarter Campaign

Yes, the Drawmark blog has been sitting dormant for a while. I tend to say this a great deal. Mostly because I’m both lazy and busy at the same time. This time out is was all about the busy. Since my last post we’ve settled into our new home and studio in Las Vegas and […]

Drawmark Threadless Shop. Where The Cynics Shop.

Posted by on Aug 30, 2017 in Drawmark News
Drawmark Threadless Shop. Where The Cynics Shop.

Drawmark Treadless shop. Where the Cynics Shop. Yes, that is correct, you read that right. Want to wear vaguely depressing and or fatalistic gear? Well, the Drawmark Threadless shop is the place for you. Want to take a shower behind an angry shower curtain? The Drawmark Threadless shop is your shopping Heaven and/or Hell. Is […]

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