For 13 years, Armature was a weekly comic strip in the Independent Coast Observer, our local paper up here in Southern Mendocino County. After 5 or six years in black & white, I finally got to do color. This is a random sampling of some of them. I’ll definitely be posting more of these.
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My tribute to Rick Griffin
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The Guru Barber is based on my old friend Bid Eastwood. He was a somewhat philosophical barber.
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True sayings from real headstones.
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A sad true story of how I lost my first comic collection.
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Since this weekend is Memorial Day, I thought I’d put this one in…