• ARTBAXTER.COM celebrates five year anniversary in July.
• A new MY OWN PETARD story begins in July at PHINKWELL.
• Lance Hansen joins PHINKWELL in June with three short story excerpts from his graphic novel PYGMALION
• I go for summer figure drawing at Dupree Studios. Some examples can be found on my blog
• A new MY OWN PETARD story at PHINKWELL called, "Ant Interuptus," begins in March.
• I write a long report about the MoCCA 2012 Comics Fest at PHINKWELL.
• Classic HENRY by Carl Anderson begins in April at PHINKWELL.
• I take a silkscreen class at the Fleisher Art Memorial. The two prints I made can be found on my blog
• I do the cover illustration and judge the entries for the PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER's annual "Comics Issue" in December.
• A new MY OWN PETARD "Holiday Special" story at PHINKWELL called, "Phillip's winter Sostice Miracle" begins in December and runs through March
• I write a long report about the Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Fest 2011 at PHINKWELL.
• I begin to talk to Tommy Rudmose about what will eventually become PHINKWELL.
• Several Philly cartoonists are asked to participate in PHINKWELL
• PHINKWELL launches in the beginning of November
• My new comic strip, MY OWN PETARD, begins at PHINKWELL launch. The first two stories are "Kicked" and " All My Friend's Wives."
• I take an oil painting class at the Fleisher Art Memorial.
• Summer figure drawings exhibited at Dupree Gallery.
• I go for summer figure drawing at Dupree Studios.
• I begin work on a new comic strip that will eventually become MY OWN PETARD.
• ANIMAL CUT UP CAKES page in the ESOTERICA section returns due popular demand. Thousands of old ladies weep for joy.
• I do the cover and have a two page, two color comic, "Blood Oranges," appear in the fourth issue of SECRET PRISON.
• I have a one page feature, "Roxborough Sketchbook," appear in the third issue of SECRET PRISON.
• I have a one page BILLY & TOMMY comic, "Hello Summer!" appear in the second issue of SECRET PRISON.
• Summer figure drawings exhibited at Dupree Gallery.
• I go for summer figure drawing at Dupree Studios.
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• I step down as PCJ organizer and select Dre Grigoropol and Brett Hopkins to carry on
• I have a one page HAIRY comic appear in the first issue of SECRET PRISON.
• I've removed the ANIMAL CUT UP CAKES page in the ESOTERICA section. Due to the huge amount of traffic the page attracted from nostalgists, I began to exceed my monthly bandwidth allotment, shutting my site down at the end of each month. Its success was its demise.
• I've updated the HENRY cartoons in the ESOTERICA section. Now all 60 cartoons from the HENRY book have been posted. All the cartoons have previously appeared on my Blog.
• I also began to post in the 8TH MAN page of the ESOTERICA section.
• I also finally updated this WHAT'S NEW section.
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• The PCJ is currently on hiatus until June.
• We had our last regular meeting on March 8th.
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• The BLOG reaches 56,000 hits getting a thousand his per week.
• I have four pages of comics on display in the TELL AND SHOW – a group exhibition of Philadelphia comic artists at the Green Line Cafe.
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• The PCJ celebrated its SECOND ANNIVERSARY!
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• I begin the SCHOOL OF COMICS at Dupree Studios. The first class is an eight week course.
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• I have a one page comic in the What Makes a Man Dress Up Like a Bat?? comics tabloid.
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• PHILLY COMIX JAM debuts its first free citywide publication What Makes a Man Dress Up Like a Bat??.
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• A MOLLY & GUS strip appears in the PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER's annual "Comics Issue."
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• I begin to teach a ten week comics class at the University City Arts League.
At the PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• I have six pages of comics on display at the COMICS, CONVICTS AND WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA show at the Saint March Gallery
• HENRY Mondays finally comes to an end when I post the 60th cartoon.
At the PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
My BLOG is still chugging along, thank you. Don't miss:
• HENRY Mondays - a new vintage HENRY cartoon every Monday morning.
• Wednesday, December 3rd the BLOG reaches 9000 hits.
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• The PCJ Celebrated the opening of it's FIRST ANNIVERSARY SHOW Monday December 1st. It celebrated again FIRST FRIDAY December 5th.
• We had one meeting: Monday December 8th.
• The pages that night have been posted on the COMIX page.
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• Monday, December 15th the BLOG reaches 7000 hits.
My BLOG is still chugging along, thank you. Don't miss:
• HENRY Mondays - a new vintage HENRY cartoon every Monday morning.
• Friday, November 7th the BLOG reaches 8000 hits.
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• We had two meetings: Monday, November 10th and 24th.
• The pages from both nights have been posted on the COMIX page.
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• Sunday, November 23rd the BLOG reaches 6000 hits.
My BLOG is still chugging along, thank you. Don't miss:
• HENRY Mondays - a new vintage HENRY cartoon every Monday morning.
• Cartoonist, Bil Keane's birthday observation with my commentary on FAMILY CIRCUS death strips featuring Grandma & Granddad.
• Animator, Art Clokey's birthday observation with my commentary on the GUMBY toy.
• I completed a seven part COMICS EXPOSÉ on the TOPLESS BACK.
• Tuesday, October 16th the BLOG reaches 7000 hits.
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• We had two meetings; Monday October 13th and 27th.
• The pages from both nights have been posted on the COMIX page.
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• Monday, October 16th the PCJ BLOG reaches reaches 5000 hits.
My BLOG is still chugging along, thank you. Don't miss:
• HENRY Mondays - a new vintage HENRY cartoon every Monday morning.
• NEW COMIC Wednesday.continues with MOLLY & GUS strips
• Cartoonist, Mort Walker's birthday observation with my commentary on a BEETLE BAILY strip from 1973.
• Manga Artist, Kazuo Umezu's birthday observation with my commentary on the "children in peril" genre.
• I completed a seven part COMICS EXPOSÉ on the TOPLESS BACK.
• Tuesday, September 2rd the BLOG reaches 5000 hits.
• Tuesday, September 23rd the BLOG reaches 6000 hits.
At the PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• We had two meetings; Monday September 15th and 29th.
• The pages from that night have been posted on the COMIX page.
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• Monday, September 8th the PCJ BLOG reaches reaches 4000 hits.
My LINKS page is completed. You will find links to:
• The Philly Comix Jam and its Blog!
• Study Guides to The Complete Peanuts and Locas for the NACAE!
• The XERIC Foundation and my grant winning project SPUD Comics!
My BLOG is still chugging along, thank you. Don't miss:
• HENRY Mondays - a new vintage HENRY cartoon every Monday morning!
• My drawings of giant monsters from the ULTRAMAN Japanese tv show!
• Cartoonist Fontaine Fox's birthday observation with my commentary!
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• We had two meetings; Monday August 11th and 25th.
• The pages from that night have been posted on the COMIX page.
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• The PCJ BLOG reaches 3000 hits!
My BLOG is in "Sumer Snooze Mode." Don't miss:
• HENRY Mondays - a new vintage HENRY cartoon every Monday morning.
• Sketchbook drawings of my Roxborough/Manayunk neighborhood continue.
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• We had two meetings; Monday July 14th and 28th.
• The pages from both nights have been posted on the COMIX page.
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
My BLOG is still chugging along, thank you. Don't miss:
• HENRY Mondays - a new vintage HENRY cartoon every Monday morning.
• Sketchbook drawings of my Roxborough/Manayunk neighborhood continue.
• Director, Gerd Oswald's birthday observation with my commentary.
• Sunday, June 1st the BLOG reaches 2000 hits.
• Sunday, June 29th the BLOG reaches 3000 hits.
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• We had two meetings; Monday June 9th and 23rd.
• The June 23rd meeting was a MARVEL TRIBUTE NIGHT.
• The pages from both nights have been posted on the COMIX page.
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• The PCJ BLOG reaches 2000 hits!
In the REAL WORLD:
• I had six comics pages from two stories in THE ART OF SEQUENTIAL Show at the Philadelphia Sketch Club. The reception was Sunday, June 15th. I received the "Best Comic Page" award and the "Best of Show" award for pages from my "Monster Boot" story
• I hosted an evening of cartoons at the LANSDOWNE SOFA CINEMA on Saturday, June 29th. I introduced cartoons that were from 1933 through 1959. I placed the cartoons in a historical context and gave brief artistic and socialogical commentary
My BLOG is still chugging along, thank you. Don't miss:
• HENRY Mondays - a new vintage HENRY cartoon every Monday morning!
• Sketchbook drawings of my Roxborough/Manayunk neighborhood begin
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• We had two meetings; Monday, May 12th and Tuesday, May 22nd.
• The pages from both nights have been posted on the COMIX page.
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
• I've replaced the STUFF page with an EVENTS page.
My BLOG is still chugging along, thank you. Don't miss:
• HENRY Mondays - a new vintage HENRY cartoon every Monday morning!
• Sketchbook drawings of sone of my characters.
At the PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• We had one meeting; Tuesday, April 22nd.
• The pages from that night have been posted on the COMIX page.
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
My LINKS page is completed. You will find links to:
• The Philly Comix Jam and its Blog!
• Study Guides to The Complete Peanuts and Locas for the NACAE!
• The XERIC Foundation and my grant winning project SPUD Comics!
My BLOG is still chugging along, thank you. Don't miss:
• HENRY Mondays - a new vintage HENRY cartoon every Monday morning!
• My drawings of giant monsters from the ULTRAMAN Japanese tv show!
• Cartoonist Fontaine Fox's birthday observation with my commentary!
At PHILLY COMIX JAM:
• We had two meetings; Tuesday, March 11th and 25th.
• The pages from that night have been posted on the COMIX page.
• The PCJ BLOG announces local events of interest to Philadelphia area cartoonists.
My BLOG is still chugging along, thank you. Don't miss:
• HENRY Mondays - a new vintage HENRY cartoon every Monday morning!
• My drawings of giant monsters from the ULTRAMAN Japanese tv show!
• New pages from my sketchbook!
• Cartoonists and other artist's birthday observations with my commentary!
• The overuse of the exclamation mark in comics hype!
• Plus, nonsense I haven't even thought up yet!
The ESOTERICA page is has been updated yet again:
• I'm a member of the Philly Comix Jam, a group of Philadelphia cartoonists.
Read of our exploits!
Ironically, the WHAT'S NEW page has been updated to reflect what is actually going on
The ESOTERICA page has been updated with these moldy tidbits:
• Read all about Carl Anderson and his creation "HENRY; " that bald kid who doesn't talk!
• Find out "Who Was the KAT from AMT?" already!
The SKETCHBOOK page is for you to check out the unfiltered musings from my fevered brow. This new section has been started with these:
• "Character Parade" - sketches of my characters - *Coming Soon*.
• "Monsters" - I likes to draw 'em!
• "Nudes of Distinction" - What's not to like?
• "Self Portrait" - You won't find out what I look like from this hall of wacky mirrors!
• "Dreamscape å La Weirdo" - Abandon hope all ye who enter here!
The ESOTERICA page is for odds and ends and subjects of esoteric interest. The new section has been started with these :
• "Animal Cut-Up Cakes" is a pamphlet that has haunted me since I was a kid.
• "Art Baxter's Bookshelf" are books rare and obscure that you may be unaware of.
The "SPUD" COMICS page has the cover to the new SPUD Comics and five complete stories:
• "...That Defining Moment" a true story from my childhood.
• The bittersweet "Monster Boot."
• A "Johnny Hickey" Adventure.
• Terry & Sherry in "A Question of Taste."
• Go into the woods on a "Summer Day."
• Plus three one-page comics.
The ILLUSTRATION page features 24 color and black & white illustrations from my portfolio.
Read all about me on the ABOUT ME page.
Visit the CONTACT page to get in touch with me .
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