You’re invited to the big book launch party for the new DRIVE and SHELDON books! Free sponsored drinks and cake-truffles, free sketches, both new books, and a huge new announcement! Here’s the deets:

When: Sunday, August 14th 7-10 pm

Where: Crescent Hotel, 403 N. Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills CA 90210. (Here’s a Google Map you can use for directions)
What: Free Signature Drinks and cake-truffle treats!

What Else: Free sketches, free giveaways at 9PM, and near-unlimited high-fives!

What Else-Else: A huge announcement for a project I’ve been working on secretly for TWO YEARS. If you love comics, you’ll want to be here for this!

….Both books will be on sale the day following the party!

You’re invited to the big book launch party for the new Sheldon and Drive books! Free sponsored drinks and cake-truffles, free sketches, both new books, and a huge new announcement! Here’s the deets:

When: Sunday, August 14th 7-10 pm
Where: Crescent Hotel, 403 N. Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills CA 90210. (Here’s a Google Map you can use for directions)
What: Free Signature Drinks and cake-truffle treats!
What Else: Free sketches, free giveaways at 9PM, and near-unlimited high-fives!
What Else-Else: A huge announcement for a project I’ve been working on secretly for TWO YEARS. If you love comics, you’ll want to be here for this!

….Both books will be on sale the day following the party!

From 2006, a little sci-fi ditty!

All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there…

EDITED TO NOTE: This batch now sold out. Next batch in a few weeks. Thanks for your interest, everyone!

For everyone who was asking: There’s a batch of Arthur sculptures in the store RIGHT NOW!

We’ll be releasing them in batches of 10-20…but as of this writing there are just 6 in the store! Head on over and secure your very own cute duck-butt.

Just for fun, I thought we’d have a little contest for the graphic designers among us!

Let’s have a contest for Imperial propaganda posters for La Familia, the Empire, the Drive Corps, IndustriaGlobo….anything set in the human empire of the strip. Feel free to tackle any angle or any theme.

One of the aspects of DRIVE universe that I like is that the Empire sort’ve harkens back to Soviet wartime styles in their own propaganda (except for the red, of course!). For example, we saw a taste of it in this strip. So shoot for that! Anything along those lines.

 Here are a few more examples:

Deadline will be August 31st, the grand prize will be decided by me, and the prize will be both DRIVE books, signed and sketched and specially personalized to you!

One of the famous things that Charles Schulz used to ask other cartoonists is, “What are you doing that’s new? What new characters, new places, new story lines are you introducing?”

It’s an apt question from a man who produced Peanuts for FIFTY YEARS.

And it’s a question I’ve been asking myself with Sheldon, lately. And the place that question led to…was Emily. And, in a little bit, to a second new character that’ll be entering the strip.

So I hope you’re ready for two new faces in the Sheldon-verse, guys!

…will be going up a little later in the day on Monday, following San Diego Comic-Con.

As will, perhaps, a write-up of the show. (Short version: It was an amazing five days — and everyone who came out is the best best best.)

San Diego Comic-Con has some huge stuff going on for DRIVE and my other strip SHELDON, so I wanted to give you guys a one-stop guide to the show:

(click the pic for a printable guide to the show!)

 

Here’s the breakdown of what’s new:

1.) First up….a new book: DRIVE: THE EMPEROR CALLS — the second book in the Drive series!

2.) The very first ARTHUR SCULPTURES are debuting! These aren’t just any mass-produced figurines stamped out on a machine, either: My friend — and LA puppet and special effects artist — Nikki Rice Malki hand-crafted these cute little duck butts, and only 200 of ’em will ever grace this world! And we’ll have 35 at the show — so snag yours early!

3.) New book: COFFEE: IT’S WHAT’S FOR DINNER collecting *all* the coffee strips into one book!

4.) New CHARACTER PAINTINGS: I’m bringing about 40 to the show, and they’re all character-specific pieces. Here’s a few samplers. Come check them out at booth #1228!

5.) Also! On Saturday at 5PM, I’m giving a WEBCOMICS WEEKLY with Scott Kurtz, Brad Guigar, and Kris Straub in room 25ABC.

6.) And as always, original Sheldon art will be 20% off for folks coming out to show, the high-fives are free…and the meaningful friendship is FORVER.

Can’t wait to see you there! Booth #1228

San Diego Comic-Con has some huge Sheldon-y stuff going on this year at booth #1228, so I wanted to give you guys a one-stop guide to the show:

(click the pic for a printable guide to the show!)

Here’s the breakdown of what’s new:

1.) The very first ARTHUR SCULPTURES are debuting! These aren’t just any mass-produced figurines stamped out on a machine, either: My friend — and LA puppet and special effects artist — Nikki Rice Malki hand-crafted these cute little duck butts, and only 200 of ’em will ever grace this world! And we’ll have 35 at the show — so snag yours early!

2.) New book: COFFEE: IT’S WHAT’S FOR DINNER collecting *all* the coffee strips into one book!

3.) New book: DRIVE: THE EMPEROR CALLS — the second book in the Drive series.

4.) New CHARACTER PAINTINGS: I’m bringing about 40 to the show, and they’re all character-specific pieces. Here’s a few samplers. Come check them out at booth #1228!

5.) Also! On Saturday at 5PM, I’m giving a WEBCOMICS WEEKLY with Scott Kurtz, Brad Guigar, and Kris Straub in room 25ABC.

6.) And as always, original Sheldon art will be 20% off for folks coming out to show, the high-fives are free…and the meaningful friendship is FORVER.

Can’t wait to see you there! Booth #1228