Recreation of a drawing done for the Milk & Cheese trading card set, produced back in the 1990's. This image was used for the back of one of the cards.
2025-03-06 01:11:29 +0000 UTC View Post
One of five in a bundle of commissions I'm working on, this is a recreation of an index card drawing done last year. Still needs to be colored.
This and the other recreations will be avail...
2025-03-03 05:51:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Jerry Stokes "Failed My Saving Throw Against Having a Social Life" index card drawing now up on eBay:
2025-03-01 01:16:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Pete DiNunzio "Death To Fast-Movin' Zombies!" index card drawing now up on eBay.
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/2568...
2025-02-22 01:49:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The BEASTS OF BURDEN OMNIBUS is out in comic shops today.
I did an interview with Andy Burns at the BiffBamPop site about the Omnibus and the series. You can find it at the useless-on-IG-lin...
I'm a little confused about the timeline because the ship date on the Omnibus is listed as today, but today's not New Comic Book Day (NCBD). And some folks who pre-ordered the Omnibus started getti...
2025-02-18 08:57:39 +0000 UTC View Post
New take on an old drawing.
Possible T-shirt design for the Teepublic shop. If/when.
Will scan as a PDF for the print tier.
Back to the drawing board.
Cold!
2025-02-17 07:33:37 +0000 UTC View Post
I agreed to do an interview by an illustration student for a school project, and thought it might be of interest to some folks here. I bashed this out because the student needed it back quickly...
2025-02-16 03:54:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Working on commissions. One finished in a sketchbook, as seen above.
If all goes well, I'm doing two merchandise illustrations in the near future.
It's been over 10 months, but some o...
2025-02-11 05:36:48 +0000 UTC View Post
More Welcome to Eltingville storyboards by Stephen DeStefano.
Nothing much to say about this stretch, other than, dialog-wise, I would not have Pete or Lord Atrocity say the word "midgety" i...
2025-02-10 04:42:39 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256811470806
2025-02-10 00:27:04 +0000 UTC
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I'm answering a lot more questions from folks these days -- mostly about the Eltingville Club comics and pilot -- and a lot of the same questions keep cropping up. So I'm hoping this FAQ can help m...
2025-02-07 07:30:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Today through Friday Barnes & Noble is offering 25% off pre-orders of books, including the BEASTS OF BURDEN OMNIBUS. Rewards and Premium members get 25% off all preorders from February 5th...
2025-02-06 01:28:02 +0000 UTC View Post
If you find writing solicitation copy difficult, as I do, try writing it at 8:30 in the morning before going to bed. Fatigue can go a long way to overcome anxiety, baish doubt and defeat feelings o...
2025-01-31 13:57:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm finally beginning to scan the Act 1 storyboard. I figure I'll try to scan a batch for each post that makes for a cohesive chunk that isn't an overwhelming amount to click through at any one tim...
2025-01-30 04:53:07 +0000 UTC View Post
If you follow me on social media, you probably read about my taking a spill recently down. Yeah, another one, although it's been a while, longtime readers might remember my previous hits, including...
2025-01-21 11:48:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Came home from a pain management appointment and found this posted to me on Bluesky. It's a short fan-made video adapting the "Bread and Suck-Asses" Eltingville Club, made by some young folks in Ch...
2025-01-11 23:43:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The new issue of Where Monsters Lie hits shelves today for New Comic Book Day, and features a variant cover by Sarah Dyer and I.
The original line art for this cover (with the rough layout) ...
2025-01-08 12:06:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Forgot to post photos of the Omnibus edition. Very pleased to hold a copy in my hands, a satisfying chunk of comics. Everything published so far, including three Eisner Award-winning stories and th...
2025-01-08 01:25:02 +0000 UTC View Post
If I don't get these last few late commissions done before I turn 60 I am going to throw myself off the Staten Island Ferry.
After it docks. I'm not nuts or anything.
Not really. &nbs...
2025-01-02 09:33:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Needs the title and word balloons lettered, and some text for below the bottom line. I'll be doing those on separate pieces of board asap. The circle around Milk & Cheese will be done digitall...
2025-01-02 08:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's what's still available from the old index card batches.
Opening this up to all tiers. Some are knocked down by five bucks.
U.S. postage included in prices.
First to...
2024-12-14 02:51:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Cleaning up a little in the studio, will be offering up a random bunch of old index card drawings for sale starting today at 5 pm USA EST. Not sure how I'll break the offers up, probably a few post...
2024-12-13 21:39:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Done as a favor for someone's kid.
I overdid it.
The head doesn't match the body stylistically, it reminds me of those old plush animals that had plastic heads and were a little cre...
2024-12-11 01:19:19 +0000 UTC View Post(Originally posted to my Tumblr, then on my LiveJournal, now here on the Patreon, with some slight editing and an addendum)
Weird day in a freelancer’s life: A little while back I...
Done for the Fundalini section of issue #524 (Dec, 2013), pen and ink, brush pen, Pitt pens, Pentel correction pen on 8" by 11" Bristol. Online reference for the TV image was my first actual exposu...
2024-12-09 00:48:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Colors up next on this one.
Almost done with the cover I've been posting progress shots of. have to work on the logo and I can send it over to Sarah.
Set up some new Fun Strips for the...
2024-12-05 05:12:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Someone asked me about buying the original art for the "Cartoonist Goes To Hell" back cover from Dork. I told them it wasn't for sale because it's not a complete page, there's only the title and t...
2024-12-02 03:49:24 +0000 UTC View Post
