This card went to Arby Bernt.

Not feeling much like Superman myself today. I just beat a deadline for an illustration job for a brochure for a Labor of Love client. Sleep was set aside in order to accomplish that. Now I’ve still got the day job to get through.

This card went to Jeff and Teresa. Jeff runs the Swenson Funnies site listed over in my one-degree sites. Not everything there is work safe. ‘Course, if you cared about work safe you probably shouldn’t be here. He’s one of the GLYPH alumni.

This one turned out better than expected. Always a nice surprise when that happens.

I sent this card to my stepmom Jan. Wilma does not remind me of Jan (nor Jan of Wilma – Wilma tended to irritate me) though Fred might sort of remind me of my dad. Both Fred and my dad were friendly and large and (sometimes) loud. Of all my dad’s blood sons I’m the shortest at 6 feet and 3/4 inches. Dad was 6′ 3″. Dad was not as stupid as Fred, thank god.

I was sketching out one of the other postcards when the phrase “kitten versus octopus” popped into mind.

“kitten versus octopus”

The phrase kept repeating itself until I drew this card. I like the sound of the words separate from what they describe. I like the absurdity of concept. There’s no big story here, it’s not elaborate enough to be High Concept.

“kitten versus octopus”

I have no idea who wins.

This illustration went to my brother Dion and his wife Rachel up in Alaska.

This image was sorta supposed to be a re-imagining of the Vulture, one of Spider-Man’s early villains. The Vulture is one of those guys that works best in comics, you’d be hard pressed to have him seem threatening in a movie. The comic version is an old guy who flies using wings on his arms. His costume is green.

This card went to Doug Faxon aka the Evil Doctor Flaxon. It was on the FAIT site, over a decade ago now, that my art debuted online. I don’t think that Doug does much with the Evil Doctor these days. If I’d been thinking ahead I’ve have done a new portrait of the doctor.

Must remember to think ahead.

With color. Lots of colors. I briefly considered coloring this in monotone but … she’s Scraps, the Patchwork Girl! No monotone colors here!