Fastest Pen in the Midwest

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!

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Woodrow Wilson

Our 28th president, elected in 1912 and again in 1916. The only president of the United States to hold a Ph.D., Wilson was also instrumental in the women’s suffrage movement.

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7 Wonders of the Ancient World map

All seven wonders of the ancient world are located on or near Mediterranean Sea, largely because those who wrote about them had traveled in these areas. Marvels like the Great Wall of China or the Taj Mahal in India (modern-day wonders) were unknown to the list makers or had not yet been built. Click for a larger image. (©Kids Discover Ancient Wonders)

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Who’s your pterodactyl?

A pair o’ winged dinos from In The Days of Dinosaurs by Howard Temperley.

23 Pterodactyls Whos your pterodactyl?

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Mutter Juice Noise Re-Rhymes

Here’s a familiar rhyme, or is it?

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Making Faces

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This was an illustration for Kids Discover Muscles, explaining how different muscles are used to make different facial expressions. It also serves as a guide for when I’m drawing other characters. The only drawback was that I couldn’t use kids that wore glasses. There was also a lot of mirror time in this one.

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Your basic cooling tower

19 cool tower Your basic cooling tower

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).

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Wind Power

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An infotoon about the upside of wind power, in that it can still function when the sun goes down.
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About

Making the most of THE BOX for nearly twenty years.

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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!

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Kids Discover Chocolate

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 Chocolate

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