Evan Dorkin

Collector's Confessions Interview

An interview I did for the Collector's Confessions podcast is now up and available for viewing/listening. We talked about comics, Staten Island, Milk & Cheese, fandom, going to comic conventions as a kid in NYC, and some other stuff I can't remember offhand. Look for Winky the Pirate Cat's ap...

Two New Northwest Comix Collective Index Card Drawings on eBay

Finished up a new Northwest Comix Collective index card drawing of James Prolongo, the resident swipe artist/no-talent of the group. Also found a drawing I did of Aaron Winkleman -- Chairman of the No-Talent Squad -- which was a first crack at the one I sold on eBay earlier in the month. Both auc...

Finished Up A Script

Hasn't been approved yet, won't be drawn for a little while, won't be announced for some time, won't be published until next year, most likely.

I'm holding on to all the story breakdowns I drew to pace the script, when I'm able to I'll scan them all and post them along with the script for ...

What I Use To Draw (Erasing)

I make a lot of mistakes when I draw, my process involved a lot or stray lines, wrong approaches and overall fumbling to get a drawing into the bullseye, or as close to it as possible. But even the best cartoonists need erasers, to rid the page of structure lines and all the stray pencil marks yo...

The Good Friends of Jackson Elias Podcast Ep. 311

I am very pleased to let folks know that I am the guest co-host for two episodes of The Good Friends Of Jackson Elias podcast, beginning this week with a discussion about RPGs and fiction, and how they're informed by one another.

The Good Friends is a podcast about the Call of Cthulhu role...

My First Six Decades

I turned 60 today. To say I'm feeling conflicted is an understatement, but as they say, it beats the alternative. I'll hash out some of the gloom with my therapist on Thursday.

I'm not doing anything for my birthday, I took things slow yesterday and after midnight I made myself dinner (ham,...

What I Use To Draw (Tracing/Ruling/Lettering)

Because of my interest in traditional animation when I was a teenager, I got used to using a lightbox in my art. I attended after-school classes at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) for young artists interested in animation, where they provided animation art stands, cameras and paper for the studen...

What I Use To Draw (Coloring, Addendum)

While working on new post I found this picture which I forgot to include in the recent coloring post.

It's just a color chart I made a while back so I have an idea of how the AD markers I use look when applied to Bristol board. I'm not someone who can keep colors in mind so this is a handy...

FYI: Don't use the iOS App To Sign Up On Patreon

Apologies for not mentioning this earlier, but for those of you considering joining my Patreon, or any Patreon -- don't sign up through the iOS app! Apple takes a 30% cut now. Which is grotesque behavior. Apparently this kicked in last November.

From the Patreon PR:

• Apple wil...

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New eBay Auctions

Yesterday I went to pick up some prescriptions, three from my neurologist and one from my provider for my anxiety/depression meds. I called in my Fluvoxamine last week and was told I could pick it up on Monday. On Tuesday I was told my insurance wasn't going to cover it anymore. I checked with my...

New Index Card Drawing on eBay

Index card drawing of Aaron Winkleman, chairman of the Northwest Comix Collective (aka, the alternative Eltingville Club) now up on eBay. Ink is his blood, his taste is impeccable, his "talent", alas, remains unrecognized.

In many ways more surprising than the Eltingville Club revival that'...

Update 4/4/25

I am writing two short stories for a comics anthology. These were pitched last year and forgotten about and written off as "no sale". I was surprised to get the go-ahead on one recently and got the news that another was okayed last week. Or so. Feeling very rusty.

I'm getting back to some ...

An Interview W/The Comics Journal Site From 2021

I came across this interview that I did with Robert Newsome for the Comics Journal website while looking something up online. Figured I'd post a link to it for the hell of it. It talks about some career and emotional issues I was going through, some of which I've turned a corner on in the last ye...

Teepublic Sale

Teepublic is having a sale which means everything in our House of Fun shop is on sale for up to 35% off.

T-shirts, mugs, stickers and other merch, including the four Eltingville Club shirt designs now available as posters (click on a character design and then scroll down to "household good...

Tear Them Apart Videocast: Sunday April 6th

Paul Yellovich and I will be doing a live videocast this Sunday evening at 8 PM EST.

I don't know if we'll actually be talking about 2024, because I can't goddamned remember what I watched last night, so who knows. All I know is that we'll be hanging out for a few hours an...

What I Use To Draw (Coloring)

I have no advice to give anyone about coloring their work. I don't know anything about coloring. I don't know anything about color theory, my only color theory is that if something need to be colored, then you should color it. I don't know how to color anything digitally.

Back in the late ...

What I Use To Draw (Inking/Corrections)

I usually make a lot of mistakes when I ink, and this is what I use to make corrections:

Pentel Presto Jumbo Correction pen - this is my workhorse for covering up mistakes in art or lettering. Covers a good area and dries quickly. After some practice you get used to ho...

FYI: New Dorp Comic Con May 10th

I will be at the New Dorp Comic Con at New Dorp High School in Staten Island on May 10th. I'm going to be doing a panel (on what, I don't know) and will be signing stuff and meeting whoever comes by the table. I probably won't have books or anything to sell but I'll bring paper/index cards to do ...

What I Used To Use To Draw (And Some Stuff About Inking)

I didn't have anyone to ask about art supplies when I was a kid, and information was hard to come by about the subject. You could buy How To art books (if you could afford them) but there was precious little information available about what cartoonists and comic artists used. I didn't even know c...

Updated The F.A.Q.

FYI: Some new things have been added to the FAQ. A couple of new questions, some additions to previous questions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/f-q-121699617

Otherwise, it's been a busy week. Some new work a...

What I Use To Draw (Inking)

My main inking tools, first photo, from bottom-to-top:

Tombow WS-BH Black brush pen, hard tip (blue case) - Provides a thin, steady line. My main go-to for simple line work and many details.

Tombow WS-BS Black brush pen, soft tip (green case)&nbs...

Short Interview: Three Questions About Eltingville

This was done for a student's project. I gave some long answers so they'd have things to pick apart for their essay. I have to stop agreeing to do these kinds of things for a while, unfortunately, I just don't have time anymore. Anyway, I didn't edit this because I am trying to get through a ...