The Greatest Christmas Gift of All Time

Hi! My name is Alex. Hello. You look nice today. Did you know that Christmas is right around the corner? WELL IT GODDAMNED IS. And you know what would make the greatest gift? THIS BOOK:

LOSERVILLE VOLUME ONE

Do it. Do it now.

Merry Christmas!

AJC

Finished Jet City Comic Show commission piece

On Dating

Saturday Sept. 22nd!

Next Saturday I'll be at table AA40 at the Jet City Comic Show! I'll be selling copies of Loserville, prints and original work. I'll also be GIVING AWAY hugs and awkward social exchanges. 

It'll be fun-ish! 

I've also printed up some business cards on bristol and every card will have a mediocre sketch on the back. 

You can find show deets here:http://www.jetcitycomicshow.com/

Sea Monster!

Hi! Do you want to see the convoluted process I use to make my mediocre comics? No? Well tough shit! (Note: these were initially posted on my FB page here: Loserville Facebook Page )

1) Here is the initial drawing that I did at work. Drawing at work is how I keep from totally losing my shit.

2) Next, I scan it and clean it up in photoshop and print out a blue lined version to ink. I would post the blue lined version, but it's too much trouble for me to open up photoshop and save it as a jpeg. Just imagine this is baby blue instead of black, and you get the general idea.

3) Then I "flat" the image to separate out all the parts that I'm going to color. All sorts of online tutorials say you're supposed to do this before coloring it. I don't understand it, but I do it anyway. 

4) Then, I go in and color it. I use an antique version of photoshop with some free brushes that I found on the Internet somewhere. Funsies!

Jet City Comic Show!

Hi! I will be at this year's Jet City Comic Show Saturday 9/22. I'll be somewhere in Artist Alley. Probably sandwiched between guys with tattoos and hot girlfriends who publish books like nobody's business.

The deets on the show can be found on the internet here: www.jetcitycomicshow.com/

I will be selling this print, it's yours for $10 and a hug!

And this one! Also $10 and a hug!

Poster mockup for the Jet City Comic Show

Here's a rough version of a print I'm working on for the Jet City Comic Show (in Seattle on September 22, 2012). I'm going to sell it for $10 a pop. Or $10 and 1 hug, because I'll hug all you sons-o'-bitches.

The Comedian

Hi! Here's a thing I drew

Hi! Here's a thing that I drew for a great project that I'm lucky to be a part of called The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe - Reduxe Edition (Check it out Here).

Hi!

Hi! I'll have a table in Artists Alley at the Jet City Comic Show this September! Stay tuned for more deets and/or stuff that you can buy!

I'll have books and prints and original pages etc!

As always, hugs are free.

- AJC

commission! - UPDATED

Original drawing (pen & ink on Bristol)

Painted digitally

Loserville Original Artwork (give me your money)

Hi! I barely know how to work the internet or know how shipping works, but...have you ever wanted to own some original comic book art? WELL NOW YOU CAN! I've got a couple of pages from Loserville Volume One (pages 115 and 116) and a limited edition Loserville print for sale.

My Store

Sure, why not?

And while we're at it, just you and me, I'll let you commission some original artwork for yourself. Or a friend. Or you and your friend and some guy you don't like very much and feel obligated to send a gift to.  You can email me at dearloserville@gmail.com and it'll be fan-fucking-tastic!

Mother's Day Cards, from Loserville

Booklist!

Academic OneFile

Goldsmith, Francisca. "Loserville, v.1: And Then You Might Explode." Booklist 1 Jan. 2012: 78.Academic OneFile. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA279137505&v=2.1&u=salempublic&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w

Title:Loserville, v.1: And Then You Might Explode Author(s):Francisca Goldsmith Source:Booklist. 108.9-10 (Jan. 1, 2012): p78. Document Type:Brief article Full Text:  Loserville, v.1: And Then You Might Explode. By Alex J. Cox. Illus. by the author. Feb. 2012. 112p. SLG, paper, $12.95 (9781593622121). 741.5. Jenna and her husband, Deke, live up to the title of this silly but provocative tale. Facing such a panorama of plot oddities as Deke's desire to dress like clowns while they make love, Jenna being diagnosed with a disease that can lead to corporeal explosion, and hallucinations that involve an ice-cream delivery van, we are sucked into a vortex of uneasiness. One of the most successful features of the fast-paced story is its riff on reality talk shows. Cox's art suits both his characters and their shenanigans, foils, and surroundings: the simple, black-and-white cartooning pops with expressive actions and scenery that advance both the plot and the immediate depictions of each predicament. When Ice Cream Larry instructs Jenna on what being "In the Between" entails, Cox strikes a note of brilliance, illustrating in tightly woven words and images how multiple realities can and do coexist. Readers who remember Shannon Wheeler's satirical superhero, Too Much Coffee Man, will appreciate the antics on display here.--Francisca Goldsmith Goldsmith, Francisca Source Citation Goldsmith, Francisca. "Loserville, v.1: And Then You Might Explode." Booklist 1 Jan. 2012: 78.Academic OneFile. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA279137505&v=2.1&u=salempublic&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w Gale Document Number: GALE|A279137505

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Celebrity Butt Tumblr

Hi! I've started a tumblr for celebrity butt portraits. It's http://celebritybuttportraits.tumblr.com/. Check it out! Also, send any celebrity requests to dearloserville@gmail.com.

Hooray! Butts butts butts!

Love,

AJC

PS All portraits are ink and watercolor on 8x11 bristol. They'll be for sale as soon as I figure out how to do that!

Comic Strip Rerun!

Because it's a snow day, here's a Loserville rerun about the weather.

Loserville Volume One

Did you know that I wrote and drew a graphic novel set in the Loserville Universe? Well I god-damned did. You can buy five of your very own copies here: Amazon