12-19-08

Merry Christmas!

JEA

11-27-08

Well, I didn't get any hate mail from my previous entry so let's take the pendulum the opposite direction once more. My current place of employment, Bluffton Today, has realized that they can utilize more than just my advertising design skills and have put me to work drawing a weekly strip for their Education Section every Wednesday (which one may view on the web with a paid subscription starting December 1st).
I have posted all three that have run so far and plan on updating this page more often as I build a steady portfolio of published work.

A SENSE OF DIRECTION

Originally published by Bluffton Today

Click below for more Education Strips!

On the note of published work, I've been busy with another comic book that we are trying to have ready by the next comic con season. While I am reluctant to go into much detail here, I will say it's already proving to be a rather exciting venture that I hope to share with all of you in the not-so-distant future.

It's been a crazy year.
Here's to it ending on a high note.

JEA

10-21-08

In sharp contrast to my previous entry...

10-16-08

Two months since my last communique and all I have to show for it is this...

My brother Patrick and his wife Bethany.
It was a lovely wedding.

In the meantime, back to the drawing board.

JEA

08-10-08
Another year another number.
I finally hit the wonderful age of 30 as of yesterday!
And since I am still alive (despite previously held beliefs) I can share with you all the events of the past two weeks.

On the evening of July 25th someone, and we think a few someone's, decided to break into our home and stole quite a few valued items. Besides a few of Lori's cameras (which I am certain are far too technologically advanced for these primitve numb nuts to work) and a pretty nice LCD television, they also snagged both of our computers, monitors and all - and with them one of my backup discs which had backups of The Hallow, the story I have worked on off and on for the past year.

Thankfully I didn't lose everything, (I had a second backup) but I did lose everything I had done for the passed two months which essentially comes to the digital copies of the first draft and a 2/3's completed second draft. What these dickless redneck chicken f%#@er's didn't get was the print out of my first draft, which as of today is now retyped 100%.

So now two months behind on an already overlong project, I can continue work on
The Hallow.

And, for what it's worth, the said dickless retards didn't get everything. The pets are still with us, though as to what they witnessed we will forever be curious. And despite the headaches that it has brought both Lori and myself we are still on the fast track out of Savannah in the coming months, probably moreso now.

So until next time...

06-13-08
Updated ILLUSTRATIONS page.

06-03-08
Cause if I don't someone will write a letter that, sadly, will never be read.
The first signs of what is to be a hellish move...new P.O. Box!

P.O. Box 3891
Bluffton, SC 29910

JEA

05-01-08
Promotional illustrations for Live Oak Public Libraries.

Click thumbnails for larger view

One last note to anyone who used the Dead Scrolls to view past pages, that has been condensed into the area below for user ease.

JEA

03-23-08

What the...?

http://fletcherhanksredux.com/

JEA

02-27-08

Plainview
JEA

02-17-08

   On February 13, 2008, some of the folks over at the Savannah Morning News decided to run the above illustration on the cover of the Accent section.

   To keep it short and simple, thanks to all who made it happen.

JEA

01-22-08

Let's start the New Year off with some new work, shall we?
Allow me to introduce to all of you who don't already know, StarDust The Super Wizard!

Back in the late 1930's a cartoonist by the name of Fletcher Hanks wrote and drew stories about a famed superhero that lived on a star (seriously...he lived ON a star). His stories were wildly imaginitive and often times bizarre. It is not unusual to see panels in which StarDust is towering over his enemies like Sasquatch or simply crushing them with one hand. It is quite hilarious and worth a look (here) and (here).

But onto the good stuff where all of Hanks' characters become public domain. SCAD Professor Jeremy Mullins saw this as an opportunity and organized a web anthology project in which one could submit their own interpretations of any of Hank's characters. I stuck with the classic one but I understand some others did theirs on Fantomah, another of Hank's ultra bizarre characters.

Enough yammering. Here's a sample of some of my panels.
Yes that's an octopus in outer space.
Yes, StarDust is wearing make-up.
Yes, StarDust has a thing for eating pie while watching Seinfeld.
Yes, StarDust has a goiter.

Coming soon to a web browser near you.
Check back in the coming weeks for updates!