Kingdom Bound? A Family Made Comic Strip

Our local radio station is having an art contest. They will choose from among art made by entrants illustrating this theme, "What if Your Family Went Camping at Kingdom Bound"? Winners will get six full event tickets and a campsite at a Christian music event at Darien Lake. Here is the entry my family and I made together.

Five Happy Years

It was five years ago today that Kristan and I tied the knot. After my friends and my sons helped me overcome my last minute jitters
...the joyous occasion took place. We began our marriage with a readymade family. Below I am threatening my boys if they don't stand still and smile, I'm gonna cuff 'em.
The kids were happy about the day, but kind of grossed out by the displays of affection.
It was the best day of my life, and the first day of five very happy years and a whole bunch more to come.

T.A.I.L.S. #50: Sand Storm

If you've been reading my posts lately, you know I've been getting a lot of inspiration and enjoyment by doing the Art by Committee challenges from James Gurney's website. As a creative exersize, I've been trying to weave them into a single story. Some of them just don't fit. I'm wondering if I'll be able to continue, since they may add too many disparate elements to a single story. We'll see!

For now, the challenge for this week seemed to fit perfectly as part of an upcoming T.A.I.L.S. comic. Here's the challenge we were given this week.

Interdimensional Art Thieves

Here is my entry for this week's ABC challenge. Our prompt this time was

I think these challenges are an example of apophenia -spontaneous perception
of connections and meaningfulness of unrelated phenomena.

Memorial Day

My Art By Committee Challenge entry is a very loose interpretation of the prompt,

--but when I read the challenge, this is the comic that popped into my head.

Drawing Time

Sometimes I wish I had more time for art. But maybe I don't because I'm making time for other things that are even more important.

Sketchapalooza

In Curriculum Comics #1, I described our Sketchbook contest. Everyone who participates gets some kind of prize. Kids who just did a few drawings might get a free Big Mac at McDonalds. Those who do quite a few get larger prizes including art supplies or comics. The big winners' prizes this year were donated by McNamara's Office Supplies and Art Supplies. Here are just a couple of the top winners.