Return to Printmaking

A lot has been happening these past few months. I completed the Cid & Francis comic, which you can read over on my Tumblr, and I've also decided to get back into printmaking. I use to do a lot of this back in the day, but fell away from it during grad school. I guess looking at it now, it's a medium that I had real strengths in, and it helped me to stand out from the pack. I'm a little rusty, I'll admit, but being back in a print shop, rolling ink onto a block and sending it through a press, it felt good. 

Richie Tenenbaum, from Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums

Treasure Map Travels

featuring Cid & Francis

Both of these prints are currently for sale at my Storenvy shop. 

Mike Sgier Prints and Art Etsy Store

I finally got around to starting an Etsy store, which you can find at this address:

msgier.etsy.com

So far I have 9 items for sale, a mix of older relief prints from my pre-grad school days, and some recent digital prints from my 'Supernova Lullaby' webcomic. Here's a sneak peek at some of the art for sale:
Browse around, and enjoy! Thanks!

Superheroes (and Villains)

I'm not terribly proficient with superheroes, but with FallCon coming up, I wanted to take a more serious crack at them. I see these as pin ups or posters (or prints) rather than covers of any sort. The characters may be cartooned more than they appear in the comics, but it was really a matter of incorporating my style into the characters existing visuals. However, I re-configured Electro's costume in the Spider-Man drawing, and used a more classic visual for the Joker, rather than the more gritty Joker from this summer's Batman movie.

Fallcon!

MCBA FALLCON COMIC BOOK CELEBRATION

October 4 & 5, 2008 - 10AM to 5PM Both Days!

Minnesota State Fairgrounds - In the Grandstand!

1265 Snelling Avenue - Saint Paul, MN 55108
Admission: $11, good for both days

20th ANNIVERSARY 1989-2008

I'll have a table there, along with a ton of other great cartoonists and comic artists! The new edition of 'Toby & Sara' will be up for sale, along with other mini-comics and digital prints. See you there!