Author: cmbutzer
Chipmunk Samurai!
Happy New Year with a bunch of Samurai Chipmunk drawings. I’ve been sketching these guys for awhile and I intend to silkscreen a few, Mainly as prints maybe a t-shirt or two. When I throw some color on these I’ll repost them.
Goodbye 2012 with an Octopus.
Twas an alright year but now it’s about to be over. I thought it’s best to send it out with an Octopus. Why an Octopus? why not an Octopus. So, goodbye 2012! we didn’t all die, we re-elected a president (which, some view as the same as dying- they’re just being a tad bit over […]
Got into to TCAF!
You heard that right. I was selected to exhibit at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival! From what I understand it is relatively difficult to get into and is supposed to be a fantastic festival so I am really excited to be able to exhibit! I’m not going alone either. Two of my studio mates also got […]
The Continuing Adventures in Silkscreening
So after a bit of rough start (i.e. making as many mistakes as I could in a given time), I’m starting to get the hang of silk screening. I’m now venturing into three colors with the Red Riding Hood image that I appropriated from a comic I did a few years back. I edited all […]
Silkscreen fun times
So I’ve been taking Sara Varon’s silkscreen class at SVA and so far it’s been good fun. I’ve decided to start simple- a series prints of animal boxers. So far, so good. I’m looking forward to trying something more complicated as so far I’m really just doing two color prints which was probably for best […]
Windows 8 commercial storyboarded
This is one of the commercials for Microsoft’s new Windows 8 campaign I storyboarded for 1st Ave Machine’s director Aaron Duffy last summer. It was a lot of work, but good fun too. Below are some samples from boards that I drew for this commercial.
NY Comicon 2012 RECOVERY period
oh boy, I thought I knew what tired was. After four great days at NY Comiccon I had no how hard it would hit me. I’m on the recovery now, but it was a fantastic time- my book Gettysburg got mentioned in the NY TIMES! Here’s a photo of Aya Kakeda and myself at our […]
New York Comicon COMETH
For the first time in known history I will not only attend New York Comicon I will be an exhibitor! This is a bit of an experiment for me to see how my works stands in the more mainstream world of american comics. I know I can sell books at Stumptown and MoCCA but can […]
Digestate
I’m going to be in a new Anthology called “Digestate” assembled and produced by J.T.Yost. This book is all about food and our relationships with it. There’s an awesome list of contributors who’ll be in it and a diverse thoughts and tastes on food. This image is my opening splash.
Fight Fight FIGHT cover inks
Hey there, Yay SUMMER time! so many new things abound. I went to the Stumptown comics fest and had a blast, Leased a new new studio with my friend Tory Sica that includes S.Y. Choi, Aya Kakeda, Tae Eun Yoo, and Jen Tong. Working, working, working! The image is for a self published book that […]