Couple of Cartoons

I've often felt like this guy...

How can anyone not like pirates? Huh?

Prints of these cartoons will be available at SPX.


© Frank Reynoso, All Rights Reserved, Sept. 2009

Some Pics from the Brooklyn Book Festival 2009

This past Sunday, my girlfriend and I went to the Brooklyn Book Festival. The NY Comic Con folks had a booth and held panels by some top creators. (L to r: Danny Fingeroth, Scott Hanna, Denny O'Neil, Tom Raney, and Tom DeFalco.)

Here I am with living legend and my one-time professor Denny O'Neil at the fest.

House of 12: Touching Children's Stories

Here's the cover for House of 12's latest anthology, Touching Children's Stories. This collection will debut at this year's Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland. Among the contributors are Miss Lasko-Gross, Evan Forsch, Cheese Hasselberger, Ayo Brathwaite, and me.

If you're in the DC area, stop by and grab a copy! And while you're there, stop by my booth and pick up a copy of Saucy #1. I'll be exhibiting with Keith McCleary (Killing Tree Quarterly, Top of the Heap) .





(Cover art by Miss Lasko-Gross and Kevin Colden.)

1st Page of Zed and Itty: Beach Bum Bash

The first page from my latest comic Zed and Itty: Beach Bum Bash. It's an eight-page, all-ages comic that'll appear in The House of 12's anthology at this year's Small Press Expo. I'll be exhibiting at the expo along with my great friend Keith McCleary.
















© Frank Reynoso, Augt. 2009, All Rights Reserved

Page 2 of Zed and Itty: Beach Bum Bash

Unlettered page from my children's comic Zed and Itty: Beach Bum Bash.















© Frank Reynoso, Aug. 2009

Batman Sketch

Wanting to take a break from the cartoony style of my children's comic Zed and Itty: Beach Bum Bash, I did this Batman sketch.














© Frank Reynoso, Aug. 2009, All Rights Reserved

Sample Panels from Zed and Itty: Beach Bum Bash

A couple of unlettered panels from my upcoming 8-page children's comic Zed and Itty: Beach Bum Bash for the House of 12 anthology Touching Children's Stories. The anthology is set to debut at this year's Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland in September.

























© Frank Reynoso, Aug, 2009, All Rights Reserved

My interview on Indie Spinner Rack

Charlito from Indie Spinner Rack interviewed me along with some other cartoonists at the MoCCA Fest back in June. It's posted on their blog.

My interview on my latest comic Saucy #1 is halfway into the podcast. You can download it through iTunes or their blog.

Pencils for Wonder Woman Pin-Up

These are the pencils for a commissioned piece.















© Frank Reynoso, July 2009, All Rights Reserved

Saucy #1 and Buenas Noches Reviewed on Comic Critique.com

"“By George,” [is] a brilliant comic-of-the-absurd told in increasingly surreal nonsense-speak that will give a cathartic laugh to anyone whose life partially depends on paychecks from corporations."

Read the full Comic Critique dot Com review of Saucy #1 and Buenas Noches.

MoCCA Fest and then some

MoCCA Fest was great yet incredibly tiring. Took me a day to recover. Now that I'm rested and have pretty much caught up with emails, I'll be back with more stuff. Stay tuned.

My Site, MoCCA Fest 2009, and Saucy #1

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Deadly Tree Pencils

Needing a little break from the humor comics I'm working on for MoCCA, I penciled this piece.

The idea came to me when I helped my girlfriend make a salad.











© Frank Reynoso, Apr. 2009, All Rights Reserved

Some Recent Stuffs

Here's a selection of comics I'm working on. All these comics will debut at this year's MoCCA Fest 2009.

A freshly inked panel from my upcoming, satirical comic 'By George.'















This is a pencil drawing on tracing paper of little Frankie, the protagonist of my auto-bio comic tentatively titled 'Battery-Acid Test.' This drawing is for the title panel.











Little Frankie entranced by the wonders of Mr. Wizard.

















© Frank Reynoso, Feb. 2009, All Rights Reserved

Pictures from NYC Comic Con 2009

This past weekend, the fourth annual New York City Comic Con brought fans and professionals from all over. Overwhelming, exciting and inspiring, these picts are but a taste of what went down.

I regret to say that I didn't take pictures of some amazing artists such as Cully Hamner, Nathan Fox, Walter Simonson, Brian Bolland, Mark Texeira, Ted McKeever, Eduardo Risso, etc etc. But I had fun and look forward to the next con.

Ginormous line leading to the con. To give you an idea of how ginormous this thing was: this pict is just of 1/5 of just this line. There were more attendees already halfway onto the floor and inside the con.

The Ivanovs let it all hang out.
(Irina Ivanova and Serg Ivanov.)








Gotta love us.
(Nanette Maxim, Kris Dolbear, Joe Carmona, and Jiaxing Rong)



This is what the NY Comic Con is all about.
(Serg Ivanov and I.)







The great Brian Stelfreeze makes a rare appearance at the Con. Here he's sketching for a little boy who's going to be an artist when he grows up.









Keith McCleary of Killing Tree Quarterly, killing it at the Comic Con. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)













© Frank Reynoso, Feb. 2009, All Rights Reserved

The Phenomenal Jock: Bye, Bye Baby

Finally, some pages from my upcoming comic The Phenomenal Jock: Bye, Bye Baby. The comic will debut at this year's MoCCA Fest.

Jock's ravenous hunger leads him to a nearby, quaint suburban home. But everything's not as it seems. Can Jock handle the mighty Pwecious!?!































































































































© Frank Reynoso, Jan. 2009, All Rights Reserved

Latest Issue of The Indypendent

The latest issue of The Indypendent is out now. With cover art by Lynne Foster and illustrations by Christine Hale, Tim Durning, Leo Garcia, Louis Joe Comeau IV, Brian Ponto, and Jaume Guerra aka Guerruntz.

Some stories that you might be interested in:

American Dreams: Obama Harnesses the Seductive Appeal of an Abstract Ideology by Cyril Ghosh

Obama's Choice: President or King by Ann Schneider

A Stalled Debate on Economy by Arun Gupta

Post-Palin Feminism by Abby Scher

And the feature article Who You Gonna Call? Expectations of Obama's Presidency by John Tarleton

And so much more.

Studying the Human Anatomy

Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life: Over 1,000 Illustrations by George B. Bridgman

This book is a must for any aspiring comics artist. It's kicking my ass but I'm learning a hell of a lot about the human anatomy or the flesh machine as I like to call it.

I'm doing what all professionals advise: draw everything in this book!

From my Sketchbook

I really like the simplicity and boldness of tattoo art.

















Saw this couple the other week in Park Slope.

















Just sketched this one while riding the train. Didn't base it on any particular person. Just a general vibe.
















© Frank Reynoso, Jan. 2009, All Rights Reserved

Demonic Brute Pencils

While preparing my portfolio for the upcoming New York Comic Convention, I penciled this piece just for the fun of it.















© Frank Reynoso, Jan. 2009, All Rights Reserved