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Fastest Pen in the Midwest

mikey — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:39:31 +0000

I was asked to donate some teaching time to a local community college, so I put together a quick teaser video. In hindsight, it reflects how much coffee the typical cartoonist consumes. Enjoy!

Mutter Juice Noise Re-Rhymes

mikey — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:47:06 +0000

Here’s a familiar rhyme, or is it?

Your basic cooling tower

mikey — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:37:20 +0000

As warm wind pushes through a mesh of damp material it cools and falls, providing cool air and circulation. (Reader’s Digest Books for Children).

About

mikey — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:11:15 +0000

Making the most of THE BOX for nearly twenty years.

I’ve always loved listening to how people speak as opposed to what they are saying. Above is a page from a forthcoming book entitled Mutter Juice Noise Re-rhymes. If not apparent, it’s a phonetic mashup of Mother Goose. Enjoy!

Kids Discover Chocolate

mikey — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:01:45 +0000

These are images (and sketches) that complement two points in Kids Discover Chocolate. The first being that chocolate is dangerous for dogs to consume, and the other that chocolate does not cause or otherwise agitate the problems related to acne.

Kids Discover Presidents

sm00gle — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:30:34 +0000

An infotoon about checks and balances, and how the president needs to be accountable to many different people.

Beeg Reever

sm00gle — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:20:30 +0000

I was asked to put together a KIDSBILL for Music Theatre of Wichita, so I decided to try something new. I saw Bryan Ballinger (breadwig.com) doing some cool stuff with Maya, so I tried to replicate it in Adobe Illustrator, eventually winding up in Photoshop for some of the details. I really liked the “onstage” look of it.

What’s the matter?

sm00gle — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:03:39 +0000

In July I drew up a few goodies for Kids Discover Matter. This one dealt with with a new type of liquid that is being used as body armor. It supposedly stays in a liquid form until something strikes it, then instantly hardens, then just as quickly turns back into a liquid.

In that same issue we talk about how your weight can change due to gravity (say, Earth vs. Moon) but your mass will still be the same.

The name

sm00gle — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:44:14 +0000

When my brother and I were little we played a game that had no rules, no physical boundaries, no set time limit, and absolutely no purpose—just a lot of running. My mom just called it dogfoose because it sounded like a made-up word; much like the game itself. This is an image from Fizz, Bubble, & Flash, a great primer on the periodic table for future Einsteins—and kids like me.

An image from FIZZ, BUBBLE & FLASH; Element Explorations and Atom Adventures for Hands-On Science Fun. Anita Brandolini and Michael Kline

At home with mikey

sm00gle — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:25:00 +0000

Spend a few minutes with the prince formerly known as artist…