the invitation says it all except that christine and i will be at the opening if anyone wants to say hi!

All I know is that she’s from Gent in Belgium and very talented. Take a look at Astrid Yskout’s illustrations.

i just started teaching a new school year at a new school. i wasn’t going to write anything about it but penelope said “i wish you would.” so, with that mandate from the head honcho, here is a link to my flickr. i’ve been posting photos from my classes ever since school started last month. [...]

jeff smith, the award-winning creator of Bone, invited craig thompson, the award-winning creator of Blankets, to contribute to an internet history of self-published comic books. his essay is here and it is illustrated!

Geninne D. Zlatkis was born in NY, but has stretched her wings all over Latin America & the US before building her nest atop a mountain near Mexico City. There she lives with her husband and two sons while painting, sewing and embroidering adorable creations of all sorts.

What has captured my fancy has been Geninne’s [...]

Just wanted to take a sec and let everyone out there know that I’ll be attending the American Illustrator’s opening party, which is being held on Thursday November 13th at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York’s lower east side. I can personally vouch that it’s an awesome venue and a great atmosphere to meet [...]

poketo artists and 826LA students collaborated to create a special series of artist wallets. visit poketo.com to learn more about the fundraiser, buy the wallets, and read interviews with the 826 artists: john pham, christine castro, rama hughes (that’s me!), leah chun, chris bettig, tim biskup, mark todd and esther pearl watson.