Recent Roundup

Heighdy ho!

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.

Jonathan Hooks


Jonathan Hooks


jenX


jenX


Alison Marceau


Alison Marceau


Mark Martin


Mark Martin

Chris Garrison's Cartooning Workshop

Calling All Cartoonists!

Forstall Art Center of Birmingham will be hosting a one-day cartooning workshop, taught by me, cartoonist Chris Garrison (creator of Zoo Laffs and founder of the Salty 'Ham Cartooneestas). As you draw, I'll help you hone your basic cartooning skills: construction, line of action, silhouette, and expression. As the day progresses, I'll discuss inking, character design, appeal, flair, staging, and storytelling.

You are strongly encouraged to bring your sketchbooks and drawings with you for some informative input. Whether you want to draw superheroes, manga, or breakfast cereal mascots, this workshop will help you to become the BEST cartoonist you can be!

Ages 16 and up.
$75 gets you in, and a very nice set of supplies comes with the deal. And lunch is included!

Saturday, June 25th, 2011
10am - 3pm
at the
Forstall Art Center
(at the Palisades, in Birmingham)

For all the Salty 'Ham Cartooneestas reading this: If you think I might be able to help you improve your skills, come take the workshop! Or if you're not into it, but you know somebody who might be, please tell them about it.

Here are some more samples of my work.

Free Comic Book Day

Free Comic Book Day at Kingdom Comics (May 7th, 2011) went well this year. Lots of super-heroes were there:


And the promoters of the 2012 Alabama Phoenix Festival were selling tickets and T-shirts.

Also, SHC's Chris Rosko and myself had tables with a bunch of other area cartoonists -- folks who oughtta be Salty 'Hams, but haven't joined up yet: Andy Gray, James Hill, Kinch Raby, II, Lysa Shin, and ex-pat Sarah White. Other potential enlistees present were publisher Keven Gardner and writer Cam Crowder. I'll have to bug all these folks about getting on our ever growing list of Alabama talents.