Evan Dorkin

Collector's Confessions Interview

An interview I did for the Collector's Confessions podcast is now up and available for viewing/listening. We talked about comics, Staten Island, Milk & Cheese, fandom, going to comic conventions as a kid in NYC, and some other stuff I can't remember offhand. Look for Winky the Pirate Cat's appearance in the beginning of the interview.

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJZaDScliI

Two New Northwest Comix Collective Index Card Drawings on eBay

Finished up a new Northwest Comix Collective index card drawing of James Prolongo, the resident swipe artist/no-talent of the group. Also found a drawing I did of Aaron Winkleman -- Chairman of the No-Talent Squad -- which was a first crack at the one I sold on eBay earlier in the month. Both auctions start at $20 and end in 5 days.

James Prolongo - https://www.ebay.com/itm/256911723972

Aaron Winkleman -...

Finished Up A Script

Hasn't been approved yet, won't be drawn for a little while, won't be announced for some time, won't be published until next year, most likely.

I'm holding on to all the story breakdowns I drew to pace the script, when I'm able to I'll scan them all and post them along with the script for the $5 and up tier. I'll be doing another script in June and, if things work out, I'll have some other work of this sort this year. All the materials will be posted once they're published as process p...

What I Use To Draw (Erasing)

I make a lot of mistakes when I draw, my process involved a lot or stray lines, wrong approaches and overall fumbling to get a drawing into the bullseye, or as close to it as possible. But even the best cartoonists need erasers, to rid the page of structure lines and all the stray pencil marks you don't want the scanner to pick up or the eye to see.

Kneaded erasers are my favorite because they work without leaving wear and tear on the page and don't fade ink lines much...

The Good Friends of Jackson Elias Podcast Ep. 311

I am very pleased to let folks know that I am the guest co-host for two episodes of The Good Friends Of Jackson Elias podcast, beginning this week with a discussion about RPGs and fiction, and how they're informed by one another.

The Good Friends is a podcast about the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game, as well as horror movies, books and horror gaming in general. I've been a big fan of the podcast for years, after stumbling across it while looking for some less obvious influences on m...

My First Six Decades

I turned 60 today. To say I'm feeling conflicted is an understatement, but as they say, it beats the alternative. I'll hash out some of the gloom with my therapist on Thursday.

I'm not doing anything for my birthday, I took things slow yesterday and after midnight I made myself dinner (ham, salami, Swiss cheese sandwich, two pickles and an Oreo Cookie-flavored Coca-Cola from China which was...interesting?) which was served on a gold-plated TV dinner tray my sister sent me for my birthda...

What I Use To Draw (Tracing/Ruling/Lettering)

Because of my interest in traditional animation when I was a teenager, I got used to using a lightbox in my art. I attended after-school classes at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) for young artists interested in animation, where they provided animation art stands, cameras and paper for the students. I also worked at home, borrowing a lightbox my friend Rob Beck's father had made him. I bought a plastic peg set to hold the animation paper while animating my crude but enthusiastic projects (non...

What I Use To Draw (Coloring, Addendum)

While working on new post I found this picture which I forgot to include in the recent coloring post.

It's just a color chart I made a while back so I have an idea of how the AD markers I use look when applied to Bristol board. I'm not someone who can keep colors in mind so this is a handy guide which I have on hand whenever I'm coloring something.

These are the basic colors I work with, my palette, I guess. Markers get expensive and I always wish I could go outside this work se...

FYI: Don't use the iOS App To Sign Up On Patreon

Apologies for not mentioning this earlier, but for those of you considering joining my Patreon, or any Patreon -- don't sign up through the iOS app! Apple takes a 30% cut now. Which is grotesque behavior. Apparently this kicked in last November.

From the Patreon PR:

• Apple will be applying their 30% App Store fee to all new memberships purchased in the Patreon iOS app, in addition to anything bought in your Patreon shop.

• Any creator currentl...

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New eBay Auctions

Yesterday I went to pick up some prescriptions, three from my neurologist and one from my provider for my anxiety/depression meds. I called in my Fluvoxamine last week and was told I could pick it up on Monday. On Tuesday I was told my insurance wasn't going to cover it anymore. I checked with my provider and she told me that she just got a fax saying the same. So, I'd have to go out of pocket for it and since it's turning into an expensive month and not a great income month I put up two auc...

New Index Card Drawing on eBay

Index card drawing of Aaron Winkleman, chairman of the Northwest Comix Collective (aka, the alternative Eltingville Club) now up on eBay. Ink is his blood, his taste is impeccable, his "talent", alas, remains unrecognized.

In many ways more surprising than the Eltingville Club revival that's been going on, it turns out that there's a good number of fans who are into The Northwest Comix Collective (the art/alt versions of The Eltingville Club that appeared in a one-shot comic that first ...

Update 4/4/25

I am writing two short stories for a comics anthology. These were pitched last year and forgotten about and written off as "no sale". I was surprised to get the go-ahead on one recently and got the news that another was okayed last week. Or so. Feeling very rusty.

I'm getting back to some comics pages I'm doing for a project that some friends are writing. Feeling very rusty.

A friend and I are talking about my pitching in on a project being developed that looks like fun. And ther...

An Interview W/The Comics Journal Site From 2021

I came across this interview that I did with Robert Newsome for the Comics Journal website while looking something up online. Figured I'd post a link to it for the hell of it. It talks about some career and emotional issues I was going through, some of which I've turned a corner on in the last year or so (fingers crossed), some of which I'm still struggling with. The interview is from April, 2021, around the time that Dark Horse Comics were readying the hardcover Beasts of Burden collection ...

Teepublic Sale

Teepublic is having a sale which means everything in our House of Fun shop is on sale for up to 35% off.

T-shirts, mugs, stickers and other merch, including the four Eltingville Club shirt designs now available as posters (click on a character design and then scroll down to "household goods" to find the posters).

Here's the link to the HOF shop: https://www.teepublic.com/user/house-of-fun

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Tear Them Apart Videocast: Sunday April 6th

Paul Yellovich and I will be doing a live videocast this Sunday evening at 8 PM EST.

I don't know if we'll actually be talking about 2024, because I can't goddamned remember what I watched last night, so who knows. All I know is that we'll be hanging out for a few hours and anyone who wants to hang out with us are welcome.

You can fold your laundry or draw or fall asleep while we talk about horror movies and whatever. As usual we'll be taking your questions, com...

What I Use To Draw (Coloring)

I have no advice to give anyone about coloring their work. I don't know anything about coloring. I don't know anything about color theory, my only color theory is that if something need to be colored, then you should color it. I don't know how to color anything digitally.

Back in the late 80's I colored my Pirate Corp$! covers like this: I'd take the train to the Staten island Ferry, then took the ferry into Manhattan, then the R train to Union Square to go to Giant Photo and pat to ha...

What I Use To Draw (Inking/Corrections)

I usually make a lot of mistakes when I ink, and this is what I use to make corrections:

Pentel Presto Jumbo Correction pen - this is my workhorse for covering up mistakes in art or lettering. Covers a good area and dries quickly. After some practice you get used to how much pressure to put on the pen in order to not gunk up the paper and just lay down the coverage you need. As soon as it dries you can lay down a new line or larger art correction without trouble. T...

FYI: New Dorp Comic Con May 10th

I will be at the New Dorp Comic Con at New Dorp High School in Staten Island on May 10th. I'm going to be doing a panel (on what, I don't know) and will be signing stuff and meeting whoever comes by the table. I probably won't have books or anything to sell but I'll bring paper/index cards to do sketches. I'll be sitting next to the folks from JHU Comic Books and I assume they'll bring whatever books of mine they have on hand. Or not. Folks can bring their own books, I'm happy to sign whateve...

What I Used To Use To Draw (And Some Stuff About Inking)

I didn't have anyone to ask about art supplies when I was a kid, and information was hard to come by about the subject. You could buy How To art books (if you could afford them) but there was precious little information available about what cartoonists and comic artists used. I didn't even know comic book art was drawn at larger sizes than they appeared in print, so for a few years all the kid comics I made were comic-sized. This might be another reason my art gravitated towards filling up ev...

Updated The F.A.Q.

FYI: Some new things have been added to the FAQ. A couple of new questions, some additions to previous questions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/f-q-121699617

Otherwise, it's been a busy week. Some new work and some new offers of work, enough that I had to turn down some things, which hasn't happened in a long time. Sent a lot of art packages out -- a lot for me, at least. Pushing along the very late comm...

What I Use To Draw (Inking)

My main inking tools, first photo, from bottom-to-top:

Tombow WS-BH Black brush pen, hard tip (blue case) - Provides a thin, steady line. My main go-to for simple line work and many details.

Tombow WS-BS Black brush pen, soft tip (green case) - Provides a supple, variable line. A "brushier" line. I do most of my inking with this and the Tombow hard tip. I'll build up over thinner hard tip lines or just go in with this for a line with mor...

Short Interview: Three Questions About Eltingville

This was done for a student's project. I gave some long answers so they'd have things to pick apart for their essay. I have to stop agreeing to do these kinds of things for a while, unfortunately, I just don't have time anymore. Anyway, I didn't edit this because I am trying to get through a backlog of e-mail, so hopefully it isn't too awkward:

1) Did the rise of rightwing politics within 2010s fandom spaces contribute to you finishing TEC after all those years?

No, I pla...

Interview: Eltingville, Comics, Animation, Fandom, Influences, Etc

I recently did a fairly long e-mail interview for a video project (that may or may not happen) and I was given the okay to post it on the Patreon. It covers a few topics, but mostly is about Eltingville. Hope you enjoy it!

As an ice breaker, I'd like to ask if you are a fan of Pro Wrestling. There was an ECW reference in the pilot and I've seen wrestling be referenced in your work. Do you have a favorite company or wrestler?

I'm a lapsed fan. I grew up on...

What I Use To Draw (Penciling)

I like to do rough layouts and quick sketching with a red or blue Prismacolor Col-Erase pencil. This is a leftover from when I studied animation at NYU back in the 1980s. I'll often work in red, then go over the lines I want to define and emphasize in blue. The different colors allow me to pick out certain elements more easily.

Like it says on the pencil, you can erase Col-Erase lines pretty cleanly if you don't press down super hard (unlike the regular Prismacolor color pencils, which...

New Index Card Drawings on eBay

Two new drawings on eBay. Bills and replacement art supplies are a-calling.

Eltingville auction: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256857818915

Milk & Cheese auction: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256857823419

The Eltingville Club #2, Page 10 Original Art

Scanned for color so you can see what the page looks like before it's digitally adjusted and corrected. In panels 3 and 7 you can see pasted down lettering corrections.

I like the way the texturing worked out in that last panel. It's the only pretty thing on the page and the effect haloing around Bill's face makes him look even more deranged.

Cripes, there's a lot of text on this one. Remind me not to write about obsessives again, I have my own issues to deal with. This is also ...

Notice From The Management

The M&C PDFs I just uploaded for the print tier had to be removed due to...cat hair.

Will be rescanning and reposting asap.

The management apologizes for the inconvenience.

Now to clean the scanner and brush off the art.

The View From The Hill

I've probably posted this BEASTS OF BURDEN story before, but with so many new backers I thought I'd dust off one of the favorite things I've written. This story was part of a series of 8-page comics done for Dark Horse Presents. They were collected as a single comic and then in the second hardcover. And, of course, they're in the BEASTS OF BURDEN OMNIBUS.

If you like this story and want to see more, everything published so far is available in the Omnibus, almost 600 pages of material f...

New Art on eBay: Josh Levy and Milk & Cheese

The last of the first round of Eltingville Club index card drawings, with the Secretary of Science-Fiction checking in: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256847652087

And the M&C "Eat the Rich and Spit Out the Poison" colored drawing (with bonus index card drawing): https://www.ebay.com/itm/256847653341

2025-03-08 00:44:58 +0000 UTC View Post

M&C Trading Card #50 Recreation Commissions

Front/back of card from the old set.

Something I like about doing recreations is "fixing the old art", thirty years later. Sharper lines, stronger details. I draw better than I used to. Just more slowly.

These will soon be available as downloadable prints for the $10 backers.

Grrrr!