Sure as You're Born
Shaenon: This month’s wallpaper illustration is based on the children’s book A Visit to William Blake’s Inn, written by Nancy Willard and illustrated by the husband/wife team of Alice and Martin Provensen, who drew lots of beautiful children’s books in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Oh my gosh, look at this! I did a sketch of Gavotte enjoying a nice cup of tea for Valerie Kaplan, and she went and TATTOOED IT ON HER ACTUAL BODY. This is, to my knowledge, the first time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Tuitey Fruity writes, ” The current fashion story arc and Unity playing dress up made me want to draw her modeling some extreme fashion and a funny shirt.” Thank you so much! Channing: She is totally rocking those star-shaped glasses.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Personally, I think of “Cherry Lips” as just Tip’s theme. My pick for overall Skin Horse theme song is Bowie’s “Oh! You Pretty Things.” Anyway, thanks for the great question! Channing: Subsequent to the drawing of this strip, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: I’m planning a Kickstarter campaign to reprint the Narbonic books, which recently sold out their first print run. This art is for a bookmark I’m making for Kickstarter backers. More on this exciting story as it progresses. Channing: More[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Remember the Narbonic bookmark illustration I posted last Sunday? I made a wallpaper out of it. I know this isn’t technically Skin Horse art, but I dig it anyway and I hope you do too. As usual, if you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Drew this at the annual National Cartoonists Society meeting in May. Based on a true story and real cartoon people! Channing: Also known as the “Cardboard Box The Toy Came In” paradigm. Children routinely refuse to enjoy or be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Gil Tamar was kind enough to send a picture of a sketch I did of Dr. Lee and Nick, framed and hanging on the wall. Look how classy! Channing: I mean, as a member of the evil shadow government,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Look how awesome this is! GoComics, which e-publishes Skin Horse, has included it in next year’s page-a-day comics calendar. It looks so classy. These would make excellent holiday gifts for literally everyone. I’m just saying. Channing: Naturally, our contribution[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Another illustration for the Narbonic reprint Kickstarter, which I’m planning to launch next month. If all goes well, this will be part of a stretch goal project. Channing: Aw, how sweet and acutely destructive!
Shaenon: Here’s one of my non-Skin Horse (but thematically related) projects. My husband Andrew and I wrote the booklet that comes with this tiny desktop-sized Zombie Garden Gnome. And here he is rampaging in my own vegetable garden! This is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Mark V. sent us this drawing of H.T. destroying human civilization and stuff, like he does. I really like his Cheshire Cat-like face. Thank you so much! Channing: Aw, sweet! Thanks so much! I’m digging the miniturtle army.
Shaenon: Before Skin Horse, I drew a strip called Narbonic. The two-volume print collection of Narbonic sold out of its first print run earlier this year, because it’s awesome. Now I’m running a Kickstarter campaign to do a second printing.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Last month, my son Robin and I had the pleasure of visiting England, where my parents currently live. Robin got to go to Nottingham and retrace the steps of one of his namesakes, Robin Hood. I was inspired to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: As these thumbnails prove, I wrote the sequence with Tip in his handsome suit early on, probably in the first year of the strip. Originally the context was completely different, but there’s never a wrong time for a handsome[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: The latest Couscous Collection, FUTURE, is here! I did a Narbonic story for this one as well as drawing the cover. This is the shortest Couscous anthology, hence the super-low price. Look how beautiful! (Also: The Narbonic Kickstarter just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…