A Christmas Comic...well, a wedding comic

For a friend's Christmas/wedding present, I did a comic page of their ceremony.  Enjoy and Merry Christmas to all!

More Mutton Bustin' for the Mile High Sports Mag.

So, the National Western Stock Show is coming up here in Denver, CO.  It's one of the largest stockshows in the West.  This is going to be part of an advertisement for Comfort Dental in next month's Mile High Sports magazine.
This was quite a challenge for me too.  I really had to learn something about Illustrator to create this piece.  Then, due to the deadline, I gave up, live traced it and colored it with paths.

#200! Mutton Bustin'!!

So, mutton Bustin' is a rodeo sport.  Little kids ride sheep and hold on for dear life for as long as possible.  It's like bull riding for little kids...and one of the FUNNIEST SPORTS EVER!  These kids hold on for dear life while the sheep they ride runs as fast and as erratically as sheep do around a rodeo arena.  Anyway, for a stock show advertisement, I am doing an image of Toothy Mutton Bustin'...won't tell you what the art director's initial sketch idea looked like (but it wasn't appropriate).
Also, this is post #200!!  WOOHOO!  Anyone remember post #1?

Second Grade recommended Comic

Hey all!  It's the beginning of the month again, and once again Grant Thomas has been kind enough to put up another recommendation from my thesis on this website Making Visual Narratives.  Check it out by clicking the Making Visual Narratives link.  Third grade recommendation is coming soon to the site as well (and PS- it's a chapter book!).  Also, for any teachers interested, if you want the whole thing and haven't seen the grade you teach yet click this link: Jay's Thesis and download it for yourself.

The Uncut Sheets for MMD #1

These are the uncut sheets for the comic deck MMD #1.  They went on sale yesterday at xtremehandz.com and sold out nearly immediately.  These collector items were limited to less than 20 total.  It's an amazingly limited piece and if you are comic fan or a card fan, or know someone that is, this is a great present.  Like I stated, they are unavailable at xtremehandz.com, but I have 5 to sell.  If you are interested you may contact me at jpeteranetz@gmail.com or come visit me this wednesday from 5-8pm at I Want More Comics at 104th and Huron in Thornton.  I'll be there with De'vo signing and selling our comic decks and the 5 uncut sheets...if I have any left. (photos above courtesy handlordz, LLC.)

Happy Birthday, My Girl!

My wife's birthday is coming up on Sunday and I wanted to surprise her with this as ber birthday present...unfortunately, she saw this, critiqued it and so I had to fix it....oh well, Happy Birthday Girl! And yes, that is supposed to be us watching the Geese.

Migration Patterns

One of the coolest things about living along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains is the fall and the spring.  We, on a DAILY basis, see thousands of Canada Geese passing across the land to get to their winter or summer homes.  Right now They are heading south, but what an amazing sight.

NFL daily Sketch

So, I've been in a little bit of an artistic slump lately.  I have been disliking most of my current art, so I decided I'd go back to some life drawing and looking closer at people around me and images in magazines.  Then I got the NFL shop holiday magazine and saw a series of people in jerseys.  I liked the contrast of the images and the textures in the differing clothing.  So I drew one.  I liked the way it came out and decided I'd do some more (they are coming soon).

Limited Edition MMD #1

So, we've been fielding a lot of emails about the logistics of this deck.  How does it work?  How do you play it?  What exactly is a comic deck?  And so on...so De'vo the creator and writer does a short demonstration about the deck.  Again, amazing concept, and it's done on the same stock as the rest of De'vo's decks.  It's easy to shuffle, manipulate and fan.  It's a very high quality feeling deck of cards...oh and the artwork is pretty sick too.

MMD #1 release announced!

CLICKTHIS LINK: MMD #1  I am XTREME-ly XCITED (seems like an X-Men post...but it's not) to announce the release of the world's very first comic deck.  It will be officially available Saturday, so go buy it!!!! The image above is the Ace of Spades from the deck with the main character, D.

Another...DAILY SKETCH!!!!

Ok, so I know these haven't been daily...and I know I haven't been doing them daily, but we'll still call them Daily Sketches.  I am doing my best to do at least a bit of drawing daily.  So far, it's been some paid work too...those are the days I am tending to miss this daily sketch thing...oh well.

MMD #1: Official Trailer

I have talked about this before, and I'll talk about it again, mainly because this time...I have a full trailer and some amazing shots of some of the images from the deck.  This is the FIRST COMIC PRINTED ON A DECK OF PLAYING CARDS.  The first run is a limited edition box and limited run of 2000 decks.  Check out more info here: xtremehandz.com. or here: MMD Teasers