So! It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted anything about my book The Cardboard Kingdom. That’s because I’ve been struggling with it and repeatedly starting over for about a year. But I’ve been making progress and wanted to share a new set of character designs for the two main characters: Ben and his younger brother Jake.

I’m excited to share some wild illustrations I did for local author David Erik Nelson‘s Kindle novella TUCKER TEACHES THE CLOCKIES TO COPULATE. It’s a funny, profane, thoughtful tale set in an alternate version of post-Civil War America, where steam-powered automatons fought as soldiers, and are now adrift amidst Reconstruction. I can’t recommend this book enough–it’s exactly the mix of humor, wry observation, and imaginative magic that I love. So go buy it!

30 QUEENS: My new collection of DRAG RACE art!
by Chad Sell on September 26, 2011 at 6:18 pm
So! I’ve finally collected my Drag Race art into a nifty little art book! It features 30 queens (more or less), is 5.5″ x 7″, and is available to buy online!

Each copy is $5 plus $2 shipping in the US. Orders for 30 QUEENS and Shadow Play can be combined for a flat shipping rate of $2. (However, shipping of 30 QUEENS can’t be combined with the Drag Race prints, given their drastically different sizes and shipping methods.)
E-mail me if you have any questions!
panjacomics at gmail.com
(One note: I haven’t been able to configure Paypal to combine orders of Shadow Play and 30 Queens, so I’ll just refund the $2 shipping for anyone who orders both individually! I apologize for that extra step, but I’m just a dumb comic artist!)

So, I was lucky enough to meet my drag superstar muse, RAJA (aka Sutan Amrull) when she performed in Detroit!
It was an absolute thrill to finally give her a hug and hang out–she proved to be every bit as cool, down-to-earth, and smart as I’d expected. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been lucky enough lately to work with really cool people on freelance illustration projects, and I’ve been dying to share some of the results!

So, I haven’t been updating The Sellout much, and I feel bad about that. I’ve been having a blast with Manta-Man, and so most of my time has been focused on that. Plus, I’ve been busy with some other projects that aren’t quite ready to present to the world, and I went to the Summit City Comic Con, hung out with friends at the Kids Read Comics Convention, etc. In any case, I wanted to share some ninja doodles I made today–I’m still trying to develop the right style for my self-contained Sachiko spin-off story. My tendency is to obsess over page layouts, anatomy, and clean lines. To mix things up, I’m playing around with different approaches that lead to much looser, lively results.
More soon!





