Mr. Ravi

This is our cat Ravi. His formal portrait for my daughters room. His name is followed by his nicknames.

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How to Survive and Thrive in Your Family

Here’s a book I have been working on for a year…at least. But it has changed significantly since I became a father. At least in some of the tone - if not the content. It started as a straight ahead ‘rules’ book. But that was dull. So I investigated self-help books. Most of [...]

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The Thing with No Head, at the Walker Art Center

 
Here’s more info for those close to the Twin Cities about a screening of my animated short, The Thing with No Head at The Walker Art Center. It takes place Saturday, September 1st. The day has a lot of great events for the family, the whole family. So bring Grandma and little Janie and Ken. [...]

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Graphic Novels and not so Novelish Graphics

I’m going to be writing about Graphic Novels. What the hell do I know you ask. I don’t read too many GNs. A few here or there. But there is one I really love. It was sent to me by a friend in Europe who found the English translation. It is called Ordinary [...]

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Animation

I spend a lot of time doing on-air graphics and animation for TV. I am in the middle of finishing up two jobs that are about 50/50 animation and what I would call motion design. Now I found this link on my friend Adnan’s site, (an artist who works in feature animation, but that’s just [...]

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Final List of all Mattel Toys in the Recall

‘Sarge’ toy truck from the Pixar/Disney movie CARS, enamel based paint contains lead.
Tickle Me Elmo - Asbestos edition.
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Plush dolls, filled with human waste.
‘Little Knifey’ action figure, real knives.
Batman Fun-to-Pose talking action figure - shouts insults in Mandarin.
Fisher-Price, Little Scientist Science Kit - weapons grade plutonium is real.
‘Little Broker’, Wall [...]

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Wikipedia

Found a great little story about how the FBI and CIA have been editing Wikipedia enteries. When presented with this fact the agencies refused to comment on whether they did it or not. I didn’t know lying was such an important part of the American method. Especially bold-faced lies. I do admire that. The ability [...]

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Gene

 
I just found out about this a few days ago, thanks to a posting on Another Mark’s blog (that being Mark McDonnell, a very talented artist who out-draws me any day of the week), that a friend and fine artist by the name of Gene Wiskerson passed away in July.
While I was working at [...]

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Blog the minutes away

Maintaining this blog forces me to ask why I keep this blog. Partially it is a marketing device. A way to keep in touch with people who might hire me, or at least want to see what I am doing. It is partially a way to collect my thoughts about what I do and [...]

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Cave Bear and Duck

In the mid-1960’s I developed a comic book, comic-duo called Cave Bear and Duck. OK. It wasn’t the 1960’s, but it was way back in the 2004’s. In like March. It was a different time. Movie tickets cost $8.50 and you could buy an entire chicken dinner for as little as $6.00. FDR was President [...]

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