Orville Redenbacher 2 Minute Pick-Me-Ups

We recently produced some illustrations for Orville Redenbacher's website. You can check them out here ("Milk Jugs" is our favorite):



Recognize that guy? Yep, it's Line Art Zander. The illustrations were drawn over photographs in Adobe Illustrator and then imported into Flash. Zander drew the counter in Google's "Sketch-Up" -- hopefully he'll write about his love for that program in the future.

The interactivity and concept was handled by Steven Stwalley and Olson.

24 Hour Day is 24 Hours Away!

Zander says that the sleep you get two nights before the event is the sleep that really counts, so I forced myself to go to bed at 10pm last night (an unthinkable feat). Fortunately I'm housesitting for my parents in their soundproof suburban home, so I didn't have to contend with the always-loud-until-midnight Yelly McDrunkersons who live in the apartment directly below me in Uptown. Anyway, here's a banner for you:


Also, if you're looking for some pre-game advice, Mr. Steinlicht asked me to jot down my tips, and they are available here.

24 Hour Comics Day This Weekend!

The marathon of marathons starts this Saturday at 10am. Danno thinks there may be a record number of participants -- 100 weary souls if you count both the Book Arts site and the MCAD site.

David Steinlicht has graciously volunteered to blog the event here.

While this means great blog coverage, it also means that the Minneapolis community will be All Small-less this year. Thanks for taking one for the team, Mr. Steinlicht.

Far Arden: Chapter Twelve

Uh ... please ignore anything I wrote about Far Arden on this blog over the past week and enjoy chapter twelve.

While there are still two chapters to go, this chapter fulfills my challenge from Mr. Steven Stwalley to complete a 288 hour comic book. The book actually stands at 290 pages right now due to a lengthy chapter eleven. So thanks for the prodding and cajoling, Steve!


Read Chapter Twelve.
Start from the beginning.

The FallCon Digest

Holy Smokes, Steven Stwalley has the best FallCon post you ever did see. He goes around and profiles all of the Cartoonist Conspirators at last weekend's show, which for some of you may mean putting a face to a name for the first time. For me Steve's post is a kick-in-the-groin reminder that next year I need to wander around with a fist full of cash and buy tons of the great stuff on sale (like Danno originals).