Last week I completed the seventh Isle of Elsi storyline, “R.J. Jr. in The Underground Underground” which took two years to draw, and another year before that to write. You can read the whole story for free, starting here. In the last nine years I’ve posted 400 pages of Isle of Elsi!

If you would like to support the creation of more Isle of Elsi stories, please consider: 1) purchasing print collections of Isle of Elsi, 2) joining my Patreon where I document my creative process ($1+/month), or 3) making a small donation over on Ko-Fi.

In this moment, when the U.S. Government is actively trying to suppress trans and nonbinary people’s rights, I think it’s important to publicly state that on page 41 of this story Sally is specifically thinking about her gender, after being exposed to the Dwarf’s culture which treats gender very differently than the Human culture she was raised in. It’s my intention that Sally’s character arc across this series will contain a gender journey towards a nonbinary or trans identity.

To help me make sure that journey feels authentic I have enlisted the help of my good friend Maia Kobabe who has agreed to be a consultant on forthcoming Isle of Elsi storylines with a particular eye towards Sally's character.

I know for a fact that I currently have multiple trans and nonbinary kids who read Isle of Elsi. To them I say: I’m going to work hard to make sure you can see yourself and your experiences in Isle of Elsi. You belong here. You can be the main character of a story.

To anyone who has hatred in their heart for trans people, especially for trans kids, I say: please find another webcomic to read.

Starting this week I’m taking my customary hiatus so I can write the next two Isle of Elsi short stories. After I draw and post those pages, they will be collected into the third Isle of Elsi book. Thanks to everyone who has supported this independent, self-published fantasy series over the years!

Isle of Elsi Adventures #7 and Isle of Elsi Adventures #8 are now both available for online ordering! You can see a video preview of #7 here and a video preview of #8 here.

I'm also offering an Underground Preorder Pack where you will get all four issues that make up this story arc as they are released (and save a bit on shipping in the process!). I have already shipped out #8 to existing preorder folks, and any future orders will receive the first three issues, and then the fourth and final issue (#9) in March.

Radiator comics has also added Isle of Elsi Adventures #6, so you can throw that in your shopping cart with a bunch of other great minicomics by a variety of creators! Radiator will be adding #7, #8, and #9 eventually too.

In 2023 I was hired by weezer to do a bunch of illustration and animation work for their Indie Rock Roadtrip tour visuals (which are displayed behind the band while they perform). All this work was directed by Brad and Brian Palmer at SRND Studio in Brooklyn, NY.

In this reel I tried to only highlight the animation work that I did. In some cases this includes recreating a simpler version of a shot from the show to provide context for the animation, and to not show other people's work. You can watch the show on YouTube, to see all the various ways the talented motion graphics designers and animators at SRND plussed my illustrations and added their own elements to make a killer show. I also included a few animations that I created which were not used in the show, seen here for the first time!

This show was such a dream project for me (weezer is my favorite band)! I learned a lot by animating all kinds of different things (lots of effects, a few characters) and using different techniques (hand-drawn, motion tweens, rotoscoping).

I don't have the rights to put any weezer music under this, so you'll just have to turn up your favorite weezer song while you watch this!

Isle of Elsi Adventures #6 is now available for online ordering! This full-color, floppy comic book collects the first 28 pages of "R.J. Jr. in The Underground Underground" which picks up right where the second Isle of Elsi book collection left off.

When Draziw the Wizard casts a spell incorrectly in Nogard the Dragon's cave, hundreds of stalagmites and stalactites come to life! This mishap leads Rex and Sally into an adventure deep underground where they discover a clan of dwarves. Mysteries abound the first installment of this action-packed story!

I'm also offering an Isle of Elsi Adventures Underground Preorder Pack for the four issues which will collect the entire 113 pages of "R.J. Jr. in The Underground Underground." Each issue will be sent as they become available, while also saving a bit on shipping costs.

• Issue #6 is currently available, and will ship immediately.
• Issue #7 will ship in November 2024
• Issue #8 will ship in January 2025
• Issue #9 will ship in March 2025

Here you can see a video preview of Isle of Elsi Adventures #6:

Today weezer released the Blue Album 30th Anniversary Box Set. As you can see above, it is an incredible thing to behold. Included in both the vinyl and cd boxed sets is a sticker sheet that I illustrated - an updated* version of the memories tour poster I illustrated back in 2010.

Below is a clip from the promotional launch video, where you can see what the stickers look like! (PLEASE NOTE: This is an 9MB gif, so it might take a while to load on slower connections).

*These illustrations were also used on the cover of my book weezer fan: Phase 7 #017-#019. Years ago I was exhibiting my work at a comics show and a chemist came up to my table and looked at this book. He snidely laughed, and pointed out that I had drawn the carbon dioxide molecules incorrectly (with the oxygen molecules tilted up in a "V" instead of in a straight line). Uh... I think chemistry may have been my weakest subject in high school? Anyway, I finally corrected this glaring error on this sticker sheet, so chemists can look at it without rolling their eyes!