A Liturgy for Beginning an Artistic Work
Happy New Year, dear friends. Here is a liturgy for all the beautiful things you will bring into being this year—both works of art and...
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Apr 20, 2016
Mouse Guard
Welcome to the Mouse Territories. Blacksmiths, masons, healers, and craftsmice ply their trades in grand cities and small townships, from...
Apr 15, 2016
Designing A Book Cover, Part 2: Gorilla Tactics
Around this time last year I received the manuscript for Book 2 of Dr. Critchlore’s School For Minions, tentatively titled The Search For...
Apr 15, 2016
Chapter Six: Slaves and Nomads
[Fantasy adventure and slapstick cartoon humor. Martin runs from dragons and bandits, while Marco tries to break out of a desert...
Apr 13, 2016
The River Fox Chapter Five: The King’s Guard (Or Lack Thereof)
[Fantasy adventure and slapstick cartoon humor. Martin runs from dragons and bandits, while Marco tries to break out of a desert...
Apr 13, 2016
Hitchhiker’s Guide to Truth and Meaning
Meaninglessness and meaninglessness and meaninglessness mixed with a good bath towel and conveniently placed feelings of right and wrong....
Apr 1, 2016
The Do-Something Day
“Bernie wanted to help. It was a sparkling, sunny, do-something day.” Those are the opening lines to one of my favorite picture books as...
Mar 25, 2016
The Vaster End of Blood
This Good Friday, I commend to you the following excerpt from Chapter 4 of Robert Farrar Capon’s most outstanding The Supper of the Lamb....
Mar 23, 2016
Drawing the Miracle Man
Over the last year, I’ve been thinking a lot about what Jesus looked like. A book I wrote and illustrated about Jesus, called Miracle...
Mar 17, 2016
The Commons #8: On Saint Patrick, featuring Dr. Jonathan Rogers
The Commons podcast, hosted by Dr. Brian Phillips of the Circe Institute, contemplates the lives and times of people worth imitating. In...
Mar 10, 2016
The River Fox Chapter 4: Nomad Slaves
Fantasy adventure and slapstick cartoon humor. Martin runs from dragons and bandits, while Marco tries to break out of a desert camp. The...
Mar 2, 2016
The River Fox Chapter 3: The Caravan
Fantasy adventure and slapstick cartoon humor. Martin runs from dragons and bandits, while Marco tries to break out of a desert camp. The...
Mar 1, 2016
The Wingfeather Saga: The Animated Series
Today is the day. After months of meetings, prayers, conversations, emails, and phone calls we’re officially launching the Kickstarter...
Feb 23, 2016
The River Fox Chapter 2: Meet The River Fox
Fantasy adventure and slapstick cartoon humor. Martin runs from dragons and bandits, while Marco tries to break out of a desert camp. The...
Feb 19, 2016
Sad Stories Told for Laughs: Russ Ramsey
If you aren’t reading Russ Ramsey’s Behold the King of Glory this Lenten season, you ought to be. It’s the best Lenten devotion I’ve ever...
Feb 17, 2016
The Molehill Vol. 4 & the Virtue of Laughter
Every year, the Molehill presents a new editorial mystery. I solicit contributions from writers and artists all over the country, and...
Feb 10, 2016
The River Fox Is Coming
One part Lord of the Rings and one part Calvin and Hobbes. Volume two of Jonny Jimison’s Dragon Lord Saga is on it’s way, and the online...
Feb 4, 2016
On the Easel and on the Horizon
Kickstarting Ellen and the Winter Wolves was quite the exhausting undertaking, so getting the last supporters’ book in the mail was a...
Feb 3, 2016
The Lifegiving Home: an interview with Sally and Sarah Clarkson
Sally and Sarah Clarkson released a beautiful book into the world this week: The Lifegiving Home. I’m sure I need only say that our own...
Feb 1, 2016
The Phoenix and the Psalms
Last week I put on my smart hat (I don’t actually have a smart hat) and went to Vanderbilt University. Professor David Michelson is...
Jan 28, 2016
The Timely Arrival of A. S. Peterson
A few months back, my buddy Pete (a.k.a. A. S. Peterson) asked if I would be up for doing some art for his wintery, Twilight Zone-like,...
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