Grrrr!

This is my Grrrr! face submission to the Drawer Geeks. Check out more Grrr! faces at the Drawer Geeks web page here !

I hate mimes!

This CoTW is a MIME. Why do we hate mimes? Check out more mimes at the CSLB Character Design Class blog here !

Burglar

Here is my burglar for Rick Reese's Character Design class at CSLB. Check out MORE burglars at the class blog here !

Lumberjack

Here is my LUMBERJACK for the character design class that my friend Rick Reese teaches at Cal State Long Beach. Check out the class blog here !

I'm glad this cartoon won first place!

I've always thought Segways are silly looking. This was my dig at Segways and our culture. As it turns out, people have already been "Pimping" their Segways. Take a look !

Sold another cartoon!

This was a nice Christmas surprise. I had sent a batch of cartoons to The Saturday Evening Post magazine several months ago. A few days ago I get a check from them and a tear sheet showing the printed cartoon. It appears on page 91 of the Jan./Feb. issue.

I won!

This cartoon "Night of the Ambiens" won first prize within the cartoon club that I belong call The Wisenheimer. It is a great online forum where catoonists chat and talk about cartoons and other important world events.

So anyhoo. Nice to be recognized.

New Cartoon...Finally!

Here is a "blue line" as I call them, or "sketch" in any other universe, of my latest cartoon idea.

Looking into new ink and halftone techniques, I will probably end up right back to my usual way of ink and wash. Who knows I may discover something fresh and set the world of cartooning on fire.

Actually, the world of magazine cartooning is on the "Endangered Species" list. So, please, donate when you can and remember, no poaching!

I'm looking into Coquille/Stipple board...yes, I'm that old.

Ad Free

I've decided to joing the AD FREE blog world again. I apologize for the ugly ads I had on my sidebar. NO more.

Good to be King!

My friend Jeremy was drawing illustrations for his version of The Emperor's Clothes.

I felt inspired to sketch.

WOO HOO! Sold 2 cartoons!

I'm excited. I sold 2 cartoons to a "men's" magazine. (wink, wink...nudge, nudge...know what I mean)

I hope to post them here after they run.

(whew!)

My NEW Website (almost)

Hey everyone! I'm in the middle of updating my website here.

I want to have it focus on my new cartooning adventure.

The only buttons that work for now are the "Adult" and the "General". Here you can see some of my latest cartoons. I'm going to try and sell some of these, but I haven't worked out the pricing structure yet.

Anyway, let me know what you think! Please!

Dave

Great cartoonist!

Tim Harries is an awesome cartoonist. Very prolific...well a Gag-A-Day as his blog is titled. Just added a link to his site.
Tim Harries—A Gag A Day

Put the mouse down and step away from the computer!

Here is another take on the blog craze.

Another New Yorker Reject

Well sent out a LOT of cartoons to The New Yorker. Wow, tough nut to crack. I've been giving them my A material, too. Not my cheezy, banquet material, but the "good stuff". (note to self: get funnier)

This one in particular I felt captured the "blog craze". I still have hopes to sell these to other markets. We'll see.

More Tom Thumbs

I posted a color one below. Here are a few more black and white.

Tom Thumbs—Color

Some OLD cartoon Strips

I've decided I had better not post NEW cartoons since I'm trying to sell them to magazines...a legal thing.

So I've decided to post some OLD cartoons.

TOM THUMBS is a cartoon strip I tried to get syndicated a few years back. I wanted to create a "Ziggy" like character that had a tough time getting through life but kept on pluggin'. I wanted him to live in a world where anything could happen. Like in the cartoon shown above; he takes a "normal" elevator ride, but ends up on the bridge of the Enterprise.

I recieved a few postive comments from the syndicates, but alas, no takers.

Anyhoo, I've posted a few now and more later...in color even.

Remember all images are © Dave James. All rights reserved. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

Lunch Lady

The sketch theme this week is Lunch Lady. She's like 60 years old tryin' to look 18.

Continental Guy

This is my result for the sketch theme "Continental Guy". Check the sites of Adrien, Jeremy and Katie for their versions soon!