MERRY CHRISTMAS YA'LL'S!!!

Below are some scans from a Comic I did back in 1996, that went by the name "CHILLIN'S"... It was put out by Moonstone, and it had quite a few Talented Writers and Cartoonists involved (Rafael Nieves, Juan Gomez, Brian Mitchell)... This story in particular, was written by Nick Muntean and Illustrated by Me... Inked with a BIC pen mostly (Cuz' I couldn't Ink with anything else very well a the time)... It's Hard to look at Old Work like this, but it was a Fun project to work on... Also attached, is a page from My sketchbook where I revisited the Characters... I'd LOVE to do another story with these 2 Siblin's, where I can go Totally Nuts... Maybe...











Next Time, I'll post the "Earl and Walter" story I did with Rafael, as well as current Sketches of those Guys as well...

Love You All,

T...

Here's a Sketch that got out of Hand... I just wanted to throw down some tones... But "NOOOO" ...

In My Sketchbook...


On My Desktop...


Later,

T...

Sketches...

Here's a couple of Development Sketches for another Project Rafael Nieves and I are workin' on... It's a short Horror Story about Kids at Camp... It'll be Black and White, so I'm workin' on usin' My Blacks more Effectively...




After watchin' a string of Noir Films on TCM, I felt the need to revisit an old IP of mine that goes by the name "Chitown"... My take on an Old Gumshoe Detective story...


OH!!! There's a New "LabBratz" strip up too...

I'm Out!!!

T...

More Random Sketch-A-Roni's...

1.) I Wish I Woulda' actually Done a BackGround on this one...

And

2.) I Wish I Woulda' Done a Better Goose...



An Old Sketch of JAG's Who? The Hex! Kids (Well, My Version of Them at Least)... Go to My "Link-A-Roni's", and Go Check Out His Strips... Oh, And there's a Couple of Random "CUCOS" of Mine...



I'm Out...

T...

Nothin' Special, Just Some Random Sketches...







Later,

Tony

I'm Back... It's been too Long Folks, but I'm Back...



This Weekend, I will be Appearin' with Rafael Nieves, Juan Arevalo. and Johnny Gomez at the InterFan Jam 2008, in HomeWood, Illinois... Guests of Honor, are Alex Niño, Brilliant Filipino Comics Illustrator, and Douglas Klauba, Painter Extraordinaire... It'll be FUN, so come on Down...


Sketch-A-Roni's... YAY!!!

Just Figurin' out Bits and Pieces of My Fantasy World...


Playin' with the Brown Pencil was FUN... The Red takes to It better than the Blue...


All Kinds of Stabery goin' on here...


OH!!! And have You been checkin' out LabBratz??? WHAT!!! Well You better get Your Sweet ButtCheeks over

There

right now...

Laters,

T...

WEBCOMIC POSTIN' !!!

First Off, The Latest Lab Bratz Strip is Up... Written by Ed Dunphy and Doodled by Me... Check It Out Kids...

Lab Bratz

Next is Len Kody's "CHI 1968"...

"CHI 1968"

... He Writes it and Jenny Frison Draws It... Great Stuff Maynard...

Stop lookin' here and go check out these Fantastic WebComics... Or, Lonely Rice will Kill You...


More Sketches Comin' Soon,

Tony

Wizard World Chicago 2008 is Here...

And MR2 is in the Buildin'... Check It...



If You're in the Neighborhood, Stop on By and say "Hello"...

Laters,

T...

Some Sketch-A-Roni's to Sweeten the Pot ... (teehee)

Sometimes, a Sketch just goes out of control... Allow Me to Introduce You, to said Sketch...


This one goes back to what appears to have been My Most Productive SketchBook Time Period yet, September 2007... They're not all Good, but there is a lot of It... From My SketchBooks, to Post-It's, and even Delivery Menus... Lots of Action Type sketches involvin' this Character (( If You know Your stuff, You can tell where some of the Influence (designwise) came from ))...


That's All for Now My Starchy Little Niblets...

Later,

Tony

Comic Strip Alert...

Hey LRC Fan, in the Links-A-Roni's section, is a link to a Strip that is Written by Ed Dunphy with art by Me, called "Lab Bratz"... It all started when Mi Hermano Rafael Nieves told me that after 3 years, Ed would need a new Cartoonist to take over the strip after Previous Cartoonist Max Velati moves on... My run on Lab Bratz starts with #151...

Check it out at

Lab Bratz

, and let Us know what You think... Better yet, let Them what You Think and Vote for Lab Bratz...

Here's a Peek at some Sketches of a Couple of the characters, Al and Von...



Later,

Tony

Sketch-A-Roni Alert...

Kid Eatin' CUCO...


Mi Amigo Norm Dwyer (Check His Blog Out), posted a Sketch Page with a Robot on it... It made Me want to post this one here... Robots are Hard to Draw... I threw some marker stains on it, in an effort to deflect from the crappy sketch...


Later,

T...

Late Night Sketch Postin'...

Here's a "Blasto From El Pasto" ( Well, Not that Old Actually )... I was tryin' to get that 80's Horror/Family Flick Look with this Sketch, ( You Know; Goonies, Monster Squad, Gremlins)... I started Doodlin' around with My Markers, tryin' to get an Autumn Color Palette goin'... In Hindsight, I should've incorporated some bolder colors into it... Like some Purples, Darker Browns, even some Richer Yellows ( Oh well, Live and Learn )... I've had this idea millin' around in My Melon for quite awhile already... Maybe, as I develop it more, I'll post more about it...


Relatively New Sketch, of an Old Character from My AD&D Days... A Ranger that My Friends Steve and Dave had Fun makin' Jump through some Dangerous Hoops... This sketch was a Mini-Homage to Dak's ( Yes, that's His Name ), early adventures that mirrored My inexperience as a Player... Good Times...


Some more Moleskine Sils... Only this time I was goin' for Warriors/Fighters... Not nearly as much fun as the CUCOs' one I posted previously, but this SketchBlog is about the Bad as much as it is the Good... At least that's what I told Myself when I posted this one...


That's it for this Installment of "The Lonely Rice Chronicles"...

>Cue Creepy Organ Music<

Later,

Tony

Some Older Sketches...

Cute Girl, Big Gun, and Dead Bodies... A Formula that never gets Old ( At least I hope Not )...


Random Sketch-A-Roni Page...


Moleskine Doodie...



Later,

T...

No Bricks, but Hopefully a Better Character... ;OD} ~ HAHAHAHA!!!




Later Rice Likers,

Tony

All Charg'd Up to Post a Sketch-A-Roni...



Later,

T...

More Random Moleskinery...

There's Lonely Rice Pissin' LuvDeath Off... Not a Smart Thing to do...



Later,

Tony

Moleskine Silhouettes...

I wanted to check and see if this BrushPen I bought several years back was still Good or if I should toss it... Still works and I have another ink cartridge for it, there might be more Silhouette Doodies in the future...



Happy Saturday...

T...

Bet You thought I'd Forget to post today, Huh??? Well You're Wrong... Here's More Marker Doodies...



Later,

T...

Moleskine Fight!!!

WereWolf vs. Frankenstein Monster... An Epic Battle indeed... One a "Force of Nature", the other a "Man Mountain"... What's not to be Excited over...


Ink'd with a PITT BrushPen...

Later,

T...

Faces in the Crowd Numero Dos... While out and about, One sees many different Faces that demand Sketchin'... These were Two I saw, with a little Impromptu Poe Sketch for good Measure.. Doesn't look like Poe, but I still like it...



I'm Out!

T...

SomeTimes, a Pencil just isn't available... So, You work with what You have... And what was available was My Green Copic marker... While on the phone, I threw some Inkage on it...



Laters,

T...

Damn... I missed the tail end of March Postin's... Coulda' been one Helluva' month... Oh well...

Here's a Quick little Boxin' Poster I did for My Girl Jen... Part of a thing They have goin' on at Work... It was Fun and accompanied by Her Delicious Baked Treats...


She Won...

Later,

T...

Random Page in My SketchBook... The "Stoopid Fish" and "Bunny Poops" ones made me Giggle while I was Sketchin'... Then I thought, "What if the bunny was Bad-Ass"???


Stella was havin' a Great Day the Day I Doodied this one, I was not...


L8R 4 You,

T...

Well, Jen and I are headin' out to Iowa for the Weekend, so I thought I'd throw some Sketch-A-Roni's up for all 6 of You who actually show up anymore...

I remember, back in the day how Excited I'd get knowin' that is was "DodgeBall" day in P.E. ... Sure, it was about the Strategy, Bein' able to run around Yellin' and Laughin' in Public without Worry of Reprimand... But My Favorite part of it was watchin' SomeOne (Anyone really) catchin' one of those Red Missles right to the Grill... First Off that Sound of it Hittin' and Expandin' around as much of the face as it could, before Bouncin' off in another direction (Classic)... Followed by that Slow-Mo Fall backwards onto Their ButtCheeks... Topped off by that Bewildered look of "WTF" ... Man, I miss Grammar School...


Little Pig, Little Pig, Let me Come In... I've always kind of saw this story as a Slasher Flick, all wrapped up in a Fairy Tale... So here's My Spin on it...


See You Monday,

T...

Alright, Mi Amigo Juan Arevalo has some new Art Postin's over at shojinstudios.blogspot.com (Follow the Link on the sidebar, cuz' I'm outta' practice with the html stuff) ... Go check it out...

And, here's some more Sketch-A-Roni's...

I LOVE Dreamin' in CartoonyVision... It doesn't happen nearly as often as I'd like, or even make any Sense most of the time... Oh well, this was just an itty-bitty piece of a LARGER Fight Scene... How Sweet would it be if one could actually record Their Dreams ??? Well, I'm gonna say "Pretty Sweet"...


Sometimes, i just like to Doodle with an Ink Pen...



I'm Out Ya'lls,

T...

Some more Sketch-A-Doodies...

Doodied this one while listenin' to a few girls talk about how inept most guys are at Linguistics (Winkitey-Wink) at Borders... 10% CUCO, 90% LadyKiller...




Just Dreamin'... Oh, and for some reason, I could smell Cotton Candy in this dream...



Later,

T...

Tryin' to get back into the mix after a Rough Month... So, here's a Mini Moleskine Sketch, as well as a Header Test...




Later,

T...