Michael Jantze's 'Knocked Out Loaded' graphic novel coming soon

Red Bear Blue Bear #6

When we last saw Red Bear Blue Bear and friends, Big Bear and Blue Bear were attempting to rescue Red Bear from the tree using a monkey tied to a balloon...

Red Bear Blue Bear #5

Big Bear and Blue Bear endeavor to un-stuck Red Bear from the tree...

Red Bear Blue Bear #4

The adventure continues...

Red Bear Blue Bear #3

The adventure continues...

Red Bear Blue Bear #2

The adventure continues...

Red Bear Blue Bear

My girls have a pair of stuffed bears known as Red Bear and Blue Bear. We've had a lot of fun little adventures over the years with Red Bear and Blue Bear, and it occurred to me that it'd be fun to revisit these adventures. Therefore I'd like to introduce to you some old friends of our family, Red Bear and Blue Bear.

Cheers,

K

Team Cul de Sac drawing the line against Parkinson's!

You can bid on an original by me of Richard Thompson's "Cul de Sac" Petey and Alice Otterloop and help raise money to fight Parkinson's disease at the same time! There is more wonderful art to be found at the Heritage Auction website - art by the likes of Sergio Aragones, Tom Richmond, Bill Watterson, Stephan Pastis, Danielle Corsetto, Michael Jantze, John Hambrock, Dave Kellett and more!

Running and a new (so new it's rough!) strip.

Training update! We've got four runs in over the past two weeks, roughly 5.25 miles per run. Things are going well, with no chafing or cardiac episodes! Terrible time of the year to try and get back into the swing of it, though: exceedingly humid and hot, so it's a real chore to get out there and go. But get out there and go we do. Going to see if my dad's up for running the Excelsior Firecracker Run with me.

In other news, there's a new strip up over at Working The Void: so new, in fact, that it's still rough. See it while you can, as I'm finishing up the inking today! UPDATE: Inked strip is up.

Good luck,

K

Zits Motion Comics

Zits Audio Comics, brought to you by Jantze Studios and King Features.

While there's a great deal to be said about the what, why and theory behind these motion comics, I'm just happy to finally be able to share them.

You can see them at the Review-Journal, and Via YouTube:

Look for more soon, and good luck!

K

Somnicolossus scopuli?

The adventure continues over at WTV:

Rock Creature

Making an appearance in the latest episode of Working the Void:

Good luck,

K

Return of the strip?

So I re-drew the last strip as I was far from happy with how the previous version turned out. A friend who knows something about comic strips had a few suggestions as well, some of which are in evidence here, others to appear later. I've posted the two strips next to each other on the WTV site for to make easy the comparing, should you wish.

Good luck,

K

The Norm - a new frontier

Comic strips? No, it's Audio Comics™ - Michael Jantze's The Norm like you've never seen it before. More episodes are in the offing...

Good luck,

K

When the Elephants Come to Town

Our local alternative paper, City Pages, published its second (now annual) Comix Issue where they ask local artists to submit cartoons based on a common theme. The Republicans are holding their national convention in St. Paul, Minnesota this year, so naturally that ended up being the theme this time 'round.

I'd missed out on last year's issue, so I was looking forward to trying my hand at this year's. The question was, what to do? How to stand out? I had a feeling that for the most part the cartoons would be angry, vindictive affairs (as would be expected in an alternative publication, especially cartoons dealing with the RNC's national convention coming to one of the bluer parts of Minnesota) and frankly, it just seemed to easy to rant, boil, and foam, or to make the typical parodies. As a result, I didn't come up with an idea until a day before the deadline. And to my delight, it was among those chosen, although it only made it online, and you can click the strip below to see it.




I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed that it didn't make it to the print version, but I am happy with the strip, and I think I prefer it this way rather than had I gone the ugly boiling rant route and been in the print version. Not that I think that would've secured a print-version spot, as there are a couple cartoons that aren't all angry and ugly that did make it into print, such as Steven Stwalley's "Pink Elephants on Parade" and Carl Nelson's "GOPzilla" - both are well-drawn and funny, or at least to me, and refreshing compared to the typical crap like "Welcome Evangelicals" and "RNC Sneak Preview". I'm not going to link those last ones - if you want to see them, find 'em yourself. Bleh.

So if you get a chance, check out the strip. Oh, and let me know if you catch the metaphor.

Good luck,

K

New comic is up over at WTV

Up! A new comic over at Working The Void! Check it out, leave a comment, and have a great week.

Going to bed now...

K

The second "Working the Void" is up!

"Adventure awaits!"

The first comic is up!

Click on the link at the right to see the beginning. I'll be updating weekly.

Thanks, and good luck!

K

My webcomic journey

My journey to the posting of my first webcomic is coming close to its end... or its beginning... er - I'm almost there. Click on the rough teaser strip for some roughs and a look at the new home of my forthcoming webcomic!



Good luck,

K

In the meantime...

I'm busy with the last third of a project, so here's just something fun for now.



Good luck,

K