Hello friend! Thanks for sticking with me. The phrase “Illustrator” can mean a lot of things, and encompass a lot of different jobs. Comic book artists are illustrators. Medical textbook artists are illustrators. Some graphic designers are illustrators. And logo designers are illustrators. If I had to pick a specialization, I think of myself primarily as an Editorial Illustrator, creating…
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W is for Winnipeg
Hello friend! This post is a double header, as I want to both recap my appearance at last year’s Central Canada Comic-Con (known as C4 to fans, and non-explosive-experts) and announce that I’ll be returning to Winnipeg’s C4 show this Halloween. Yes, Winnipeg just added me to their guest list, alongside much, much bigger and better talents and heroes of…
Don Sparrow’s Guide to Comic Cons for Artists Part 3: SETTING UP
Welcome to Part THREE of my multi-part Comic Con series. Each comic-con has a different personality, and every experience teaches me something new. So having been doing these for a few years now, I thought I’d share some of the things I’ve learned, or comfortable habits I’ve formed in this, Don Sparrow’s Guide to Comic-Cons for Artists. Click HERE for…
This! Is! Jeopardy!
Hey friends, A while back a friend of mine alerted me to a very cool and odd thing that happened. The CBC Books website had a cool feature, a literary version of the popular game show “Jeopardy!” If you selected the Comic Strip Tease category, you were given a series of images, from which you have to determine the…
Very Good Days
It’s the first of the year, so that means countdowns and retrospectives. I’m not made of stone, so I’m jumping in, too! January 7: My Best Pal meets my little boy. Note: He got cuter. February 14: A night out with my Valentine. March 2: Jeff and Wendy get married (and I go on TV) March 19: Turning 33…