Sneak Peeks

I figured you might like to see some pages in progress for upcoming books, just so you all know I'm indeed hard at work. These two projects are pretty far along, and release information is pending. Stay tuned!

The top one is from TIGER!TIGER!TIGER!, and the bottom one is from THEY CAST LONG SHADOWS. Hope you dig 'em.

Justin Wright 1981-2008

For our one-time band-mate, some-time story man, and at all times friend.

travellin' cats

PROCESS

You folks put up with a lot of crap from me, really. I never seem to have time to post and I hate that I'm so sporadic with new images. Every single person that stops by really means the world to me for taking the time to peruse.

Anyhow, I thought I'd show you how things sometimes go through a development phase. These images were various tests for a period-piece, a boxing book that I might eventually actually someday get to. You can see how this stuff takes some time and consideration, especially at the early stages. I think the stuff near the top is what the project will eventually look like...it's got the right balance of atmosphere and solidity.

Hope you dig this stuff.

Hey all! A great review of MAGIC PICKLE has hit the web! The graphic novel has a street date of May 1st, but I bet you see 'em around before that. Here's what the SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL thought...enjoy! Oh, and the colors are of course by the amazing JOSE GARIBALDI, who is credited in the printed version, no worries. He's a genius!

MORE ART at GRAPHIC COLLECTIBLES!

Mitch at Graphic collectibles just posted more art for sale, including the cover illustration to SCRAP METTLE. Grab 'em while you can!

SIDEBAR interview!

The great guys at SIDEBAR have put together a new interview with me, and you can listen in HERE!

Harmonica on the brain...

MAGIC PICKLE!

They exist...and you can pre-order these Scholastic Books now on Amazon! MAGIC PICKLE AND THE PLANET OF THE GRAPES and MAGIC PICKLE VS. THE EGG POACHER are all-new adventure chapter books, heavily illustrated and written by me, of course. It's finally time for the further adventures of Jo Jo and Weapon Kosher as they work together to fit into their separate worlds. And for the first time, you can grab MAGIC PICKLE: THE ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL in full color, courtesy of the amazing Jose Garibaldi, too! These books hit in March and May, respectively. Go get 'em!

YOUR FRIEND THE RAT

So, you may or may not know that I was a part of the short film on the RATATOUILLE dvd, YOUR FRIEND THE RAT. It's Pixar's first real foray into 2-D animation on a short-film scale, with a couple of stop motion shots thrown in for good measure, and of course some good ol' 3-D, too. I did a lot of the backgrounds and color styling for the short, which was designed by Nate Wragg and Teddy Newton, and directed by Jim Capobianco. There's some behind the scenes photos here. There's a LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK you can purchase, as well, with actual art from the flick. It's cheap! Go grab a copy today and start the new year off right.

SCRAP METTLE LIMITED: ALL SOLD OUT

All 25 copies are gone...these went quick! Thanks to everyone for the support! I'll do a limited edition of the next book, as well, due out for SAN DIEGO. More info soon!

With Steinbeck and Ricketts

Good job, Petey

Tearin' up the East Bay

in the works...

Hey, lookit them bears

interlude!

So as a brief interlude from the art, let's have a look at another project i'm in the middle of with my Dad...a 1931 5-Window Ford Coupe! You can track the progress as we get 'er rolling over the next few months at the Number 63 Blog! Enjoy!

WHEN SYSADMINS RULED THE EARTH

It's available now at finer comics specialty shops everywhere! I did a cover for Cory Doctorow's new series FUTURISTIC TALES at IDW, based on his sci-fi writings. Cory is infamous for creating the notorious BOING BOING website. You can grab the original now, too, available at Graphic Collectibles.


More soon!

ORIGINALS

Hey everyone-

Sorry for the long gap between posts...I've been away in Italy doing research and trying to catch up. Still, there's some news: GRAPHIC COLLECTIBLES has some of my originals for sale. Now's your chance! Go to it!

pre-order THE MAGIC PICKLE!

They're on their way...two new MAGIC PICKLE books, ready for pre-order from Amazon. Scholastic Books' GRAPHIX imprint is offering new MAGIC PICKLE stories for the first time in six years, with the release of MAGIC PICKLE AND THE PLANET OF THE GRAPES and MAGIC PICKLE VS. THE EGG POACHER. These new books are chapter books, meaning very heavily illustrated prose books, written and illustrated by me. They were incredibly fun to produce, and they're a great expansion of the Magic Pickle mythos. They'll be available at shops in March of 2008, but you can pre-order now. Jully 2008 will also have the rerelease of the MAGIC PICKLE graphic novel, souped up with FULL COLOR by the amazing Jose Garibaldi. So that's 3 MAGIC PICKLE books for 2008. Now you know three more reasons I've been so darn busy!

More soon! I'll try to post the covers shortly.