SPX ANTHOLOGY!

Hey people, just a heads-up to tell your local retailer that they should order the SPX ANTHOLOGY 2005. It's edited by Brian Ralph and is packed with amazing storytellers. My story, you monkey-lovers will be pleased to hear, is entitled MILLIKEN DARBY READS A BOOK. It features everyone's favorite monkey-who's-a-little-bit-slow, Milliken Darby, in his long-awaited return to comics! The proceeds to the SPX ANTHOLOGY, as always, go to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, so buy up! It's for a good cause. http://www.cbldf.org/ And go to SPX in Bethesda, MD! http://www.spxpo.com

JOE RANFT, 1960-2005

It's with a heavy heart that I'm reporting the death of legendary writer/actor/Head of Story Joe Ranft. I've been a recent colleague of Joe's at Pixar, where Joe was Story Head on TOY STORY 1 and 2, A BUG'S LIFE, and CARS, as well as Head of Story for the company as a whole. He voiced the caterpillar Heimlich in A BUG'S LIFE and Wheezey the squeak toy in TOY STORY 2, among others. At Disney, he played an integral part in shaping BEAUTY AND THE BEST and THE LION KING, among other films.

Joe was an incredible person, a big teddy bear of a guy who always did his best to make you feel welcome and important to the company. I was looking forward to working more closely with him. His inspiration as a storyteller, and more importantly as a good person, will resonate with me always.

You can read more about Joe at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710020/ , and more personal notes at http://www.ronniedelcarmen.com/blog1/blog.html .

the second SD T-Shirt design

SD T-Shirt design

Noble Boy cover

FRANKENSTEIN limited edition

CRAZYFISHBOWL

Whew! I just finished painting the endpapers for the FRANKENSTEIN limited edition for San Diego. Each one has an original painting as you open the cover, signed and numbered. There are only 25 of these puppies, so come early. They'll be priced at $40 or $50 a pop. See you all soon!

CRAZYFISHBOWL

CRAZYFISHBOWL

SAN DIEGO wares

CRAZYFISHBOWL

Hey all-

As of now, I'll have these new thangs fer sale at SD:

*Two new t-shirts, available in men's and baby dolls...two-color designs, tigers are involved. Probably $15 a pop.

*A limited edition version of FRANKENSTEIN, signed with a fully painted image inside. Real paint, inside. Limited to 25, so come quick. Probably $40-50 bucks a pop.

*There might be a limited mini comic version of a new short story I'm doing for the SPX antho, too. Milliken Darby's involved. Price TBA if I get 'em done.

*I'll have a preview of my new fully painted, full-color tribute to Maurice Noble, NOBLE BOY, due out later this year or early next. This is done like a children's book, and will be bound like a board book. And it all rhymes. It's not really for kids, though. I couldn't get 'em bound in time for SD, so they'll hit later.

* And I'll of course have lots of original art, including pages from the Eisner Award nominated PLASTIC MAN, FRANKENSTEIN, SPAGHETTI WESTERN, ROOM FULL OF STRANGERS, and lots more...

SO there you go! Come see us at SD!

ON THE DRAWING BOARD: I'm currently almost done with pencils for the SPX MILLIKEN DARBY short, so inks begin soon. Also working on an expanded version of one of my other books, giving a whole new slant to it. Might even have some pages at SD to show the lucky loos. I'm happy with how it's turning out...it'll be close to 300 pages when it's all done. That'll hit right after NOBLE BOY. And I'm writing AS BIG AS EARTH stories, too...

More soon!

WELCOME

Hey all!

So, since the old message board had been repeatedly hacked, we're gonna try this blog thing. Feel free to post comments about books, art, animation, film, whatever. I'll be around to talk back atcha. Hope to see some of you at San Diego Comic-Con. Me, Mahfood, Huddleston, and Seda are booth 4800. Come see us!