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I’ve been taking a Graphic Novel course this summer, and while I’ve strugged to remain motivated, a recent assignment unleashed a new interest for me - political cartooning.

If your interested in checking out my new blog, PixelMarx.com, I will be posting a new political cartoon each day. These cartoons are drawn entirely in Photoshop so I’m able to create quickly on the fly, they relate to current political events, and are free to use, so long as they are not resold, or used to make derivative works. Blah. Blah. Blah.

If you’re intrested in the assignment I recently completed (drawing another student’s short graphic novel) you can read the Orange Peel Dreams [PDF version].. (The story is by Devon Delaney, with artwork by Nate.

Let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions or ideas that might make a great political cartoon.

This summer I enrolled in a graphic novel course to force myself to finish one of my long-time goals - to create a graphic novel. Unfortunately I’m finding I may not be as geared toward that sort of thing as I thought. However, I am enjoying the idea of producing a much shorter, serialized comic. I thought I’d share my first attempt, Monkey in the Machine [PDF 569K]..

It’s only 2 pages - which I’m finding is ideal - and it’s drawn entirely within Illustrator, which I’m hoping designers/illustrators can recognize, as that’s sort of the point.