TAGS Mar. 22 & 23, 1993

Enter Weezil who is a wolf (not a fox), and then enter Wolf who is a weasel.
Stuck between is Monster who is a monster.

Christmas, 2003

Christmas card covers, 2003.
Squibbill Christmas greetings.
Digital color over scans of black marker.
Each 4.25" x 5.50"

A series of three Christmas card designs for 2003, featuring an unnamed Basett hound.

Christmas, 2004

Christmas card covers, 2004
Squibbill Christmas greetings
Digital color over scans of pencil drawings.
Each 5.50" x 4.25".

A set of three Christmas card designs for the 2004 holiday.
Featuring characters from my TAGS comic strip: Polly and Edie getting ready for the happiest season of all; Checkov and Nick are eager for some fun in the snow; Angel and Adam at one of many holiday feasts.

Christmas, 2005

Christmas card covers, 2005
Squibbill Christmas Greetings.
Digital color over scan of pencil drawings.
Each 4.25" x 5.5".

I designed a series of four Christmas cards for 2005, featuring characters for TAGS:
Bingo, Emily, Monster, Polly and Penny.

Christmas, 2006

Christmas greeting card fronts, 2006
Squibbill Christmas greetings.
Digital color over scans of black marker.
Each 4.25" x 5.5".

Last year, I designed a series of three Christmas cards, each featuring Monster, the company mascot.

Merry Christmas

"Happy Holidays" (2007)
a Squibbill Christmas greeting.
8.50" x 6.00"
Digital color over scan of India ink

Featuring Tuff-Girl, Tuff-Mutt and Eagle One.

TAGS Mar. 8 & 9, 2003

See here how "suits" are depicted as some sort of parental giants with Mickey Mouse gloves. Does it work? Well, it suits its purpose (no pun intended).

I think if I were to re-start TAGS now, I would either follow the Peanuts precedent and not show them at all, or I would just make them characters like Monster and the other TAGS players.

Snarfblatt

Here's a little project I've been working on and off and on for the past couple of months: re-sequencing the tracks of The Little Mermaid soundtrack in the order presented in the motion picture.

Why? - Because I'm just that way.

1. Fathoms Below
2. Main Titles
3. Fanfare
4. Daughters Of Triton
5. Flotsam And Jetsam
6. Part Of Your World
7. Fireworks
8. Jig
9. The Storm
10. Part Of Your World (Reprise)
11. Under The Sea
12. Sebastian And Triton (Final)
13. Destruction Of The Grotto
14. Poor Unfortunate Souls
15. Les Poissons
16. Bedtime
17. Tour Of The Kingdom
18. Kiss The Girl
19. Wedding Announcement
20. Eric To The Rescue
21. Happy Ending

Track 12 is from The Music Behind the Magic - The Little Mermaid, part of a four disc collection of demo and work recordings from Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's work on The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.

To that I added various cover versions as bonus tracks.

Make Mine Marvel

Merrill Hagan, who I expect will have a new Tuff-Girl script to me VERY soon, got
mentioned on the Marvel site for his contribution to Marvel Comics Presents Spotlight: The Beginning. What's more, the good folks at Marvel listed "Tuff-Girl" as some of his recent work.

Cool.

Supergirl

Digital color over scan of black Prisma Color pencil on paper.

This a drawing of the Maid of Might incorporating design features I liked from the Bruce Timm (Batman Adventures, Justice League Unlimited) television shows. After my days of drawing Disney's Mulan, I put a lot of "S" curves in my drawings. Timm seems to like the boldness of simple "C" curves.

The red jacket is borrowed from the Superboy (1993-2006) design introduced in the "Death of Superman" storyline. Clark on Smallville (2001-present) would also have a red jacket.

The most curious thing, I think, about this piece is the bird. Flying people are a staple of comic books, but the bird definitively says that this girl is flying.