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I have a tumblr! I don't really know what tumblr is but that shouldn't distract from the fact that I have one. I will probably post some pictures on it and then forget about it or get super into it so that it takes over my life. Either way!

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Cave Monster illustration

A warm up sketch from last week that I colored for funsies.

Emerald City Comicon Print

Hey! I have a new print (in addition to the tee shirts) for Emerald City Comicon! If you're in Seattle, come to table J-12 in Artist Alley. We can hang out and talk about stuff, you know, stuff.

Emerald City Comicon!

Holy balls! It's less than one week to Emerald City Comicon! I'll be at table J-12! Selling comics and art and posters! And new this year, SHIRTS! Hugs, as always, are 100% free. 

And if you make it out to the show, be sure to pick up a copy of Monsters & Dames, I managed to get an illustration in this years book, along side Tim Sale, Tim Seeley, Camilla d'Errico and a cover by Arthur Adams/Nathan Fairbairn. Not sure how that happened. It's making me sweat just thinking about it. 

Anyway! Check out this handy map that I made! I'm pretty proud of it. Really gets to the point IMHO. 

Monsters & Dames!

Every year the folks at the Emerald City Comic Con put out a charity art book. One of my pieces, along with work from 82 other artists, will be available in the 2014 edition that's only available at the Con.

You can check out the other artists here.

CATZ art show at LTD Gallery

I was lucky enough to get this piece into the current show at Seattle's LTD Gallery. The show is called Catz, and it's a collection of pieces that mash up cats and pop culture. So I drew a cat lost in space. Because why not.

The piece is for sale at the gallery or through their site. Or click here. It's up to you, bro. It's up to you.

Art Dump!

Here is an art dump of some of my recent work!

Oh hey cool

I've finally set up a store to sell my prints and books online. I have a couple of prints for sale right now, as well as my collection of comic strips called A Collection of Awful comics. Christmas is on the way and your grandma would love ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS.

You can buy my stuff here: http://alexjcox.bigcartel.com/

Jet City Comic Show! Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the Jet City Comic Show. It's in Tacoma Washington and IT WILL ROCK YOUR SOCKS 80% OFF YOUR FEET! I'll be there with books and prints, like these! Come by, we'll hang out, have a few laughs, linger in each others eyes and fall in love. So fun!

Too Mean To Die - an anthology from SLG Publishing

Hi! My short story "Doctor Beerbottle Gives Bad Advice" is featured in the anthology Too Mean To Die from SLG Publishing. The anthology is full of sweet assed comics talent such as Jef Bambas and Derf. I also managed to draw the cover for the book.

You can buy it on Amazon! Here's the link thingy: Too Mean To Die

Rose City Comic Con! Books! Prints! Things! Hugs!

Hi! My name is Alex J. Cox, and I run this dumb artblog thingy. I will be at the Rose City Comic Con from September 21st and September 22nd. If you are in the Portland Oregon area, I recommend coming out to the show. I'll be at table L-09, where we can meet and have an awkward exchange. The table is as far away from the rest of the show as possible, but also close to the food. It'll be SO GREAT!

I'll be selling copies of Loserville as well as original artwork and prints. And if things go according to plan, I'll have a new collection of comics collected from this blog as well as some unpublished stuff available. Let's be honest, that project is in God's hands right now because of my poor time management skills. So  who knows what I'll have available. Either way, it'll be fun!

The show website is here: http://rosecitycomiccon.com/

As always, hugs are free.

Hot Rock and Robots

Hi! Here is a cover I drew for a song that Will Wakefield and the Congress Hotel sang. It's a cover of a song by the Police. There are no robots in the song that I'm aware of. False advertising. The song will melt your face off. So I hope you've made peace with your face!

King of Pain Song Download Link Thingy

Art Dump!

Hi! It's been a million years since an update. I'm going to be making some changes to this page and also updating it more often, but I'm a big ole flake, so there's that.

I put random work-in-progress photos on my FB page. So you can like it if you want. It'll make me feel better about myself. Here's the link: Alex J. Cox Fan Page Thingy

Anyways, here's an art dump! You're welcome!

1) During the Jet City Comic Show some very nice people paid me real money to draw their family. They're comic fans and love monsters and aliens and basically everything that I love. So here is their final piece. They're the ones getting sucked up by the UFOs.  This was one of the most fun pieces that I've worked on. UFOs! Robots! Cats!

2) Here is a goldfish who is also an astronaut. Who says goldfish can't be astronauts? Dream killers, that's who. 

3) This is another commission piece. This was going to be a tattoo but who knows. It's a gentleman skeleton with a top hat. Because all skeletons would wear top hats if you let them. 

4) This is the cover for a project that's sort of in limbo right now. It'll come out one of these days, in one form or another. I'm oddly pleased with this piece, because I'm a horrible judge of what is good. Fun!

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.