Planet Thorburn

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UCLA Comic Workshop on October 15

UCLA Comic Workshop on October 15

Hey guys! Sorry there’s no comic this Sunday.  But I do want to announce that I will be leading a Comic Strip Making Workshop at UCLA on Wednesday October 15, 2014!  I co-led a comic making workshop last November at UCLA in conjunction with a performance of Intergalactic Nemesis.  This year’s workshop will be in conjunction with Art Spiegelman and Philip Johnson’s WORDLESS!, a performance that…

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Don't be a grammar Nazi. #comics #webcomics I did Nazi that one coming.

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People on the internet love lawn care tips, right? #comics #webcomics #dystopia My lawn! You blew it up! Damn you all to hell!

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Free Comic Book Day 2017

#freecomicbookday 2017! What does your haul look like?

Hey comic fans!  Today was Free Comic Book Day!  Hopefully you guys got a haul larger than mine.

#freecomicbookday was great! Had to get @skottieyoung’s I Hate Fairyland! #hadto #comics

A post shared by Alexander Hoffman (@alexthoffman) on May 6, 2017 at 4:57pm PDT

Some highlights include:

I Hate Image (free): Skottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland crossover into the Image Universe with parodies…

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Craftcation 2017: Flexing Underused Creativity Muscles

Check out what I did this weekend at #Craftcation! My creativity muscles are swoll now. 🎨

I attended the 2017 Craftcation Conference with my wife this weekend. While this was mostly to help her with hew new sewing business, there were some cool art workshops where I got to try out techniques I normally don’t use. Since I went 100% digital for cartooning back around 2010, I barely even pick up a pen or pencil unless at conventions. This helped me flex my creativity muscles and taught…

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I miss @redeyefnc w/ @tomshillue. #redeye #nevahsurrendah

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Come see me at #WonderCon 2017! I'll be selling #comics, prints and greeting cards! WonderCon in Anaheim, CA has consistently been my favorite convention of the year!  This year I'm lucky enough to have an Artist Alley table, so come say "hi!"  I'll be selling comic strip prints, greeting cards and signing copies of my book!  Come find me in Artist Alley D-54! It'll be the most fun you've had in Anaheim...after Disneyland!

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Hanging out at #pasadenacomiccon drawing scary monsters. #scarypresidents

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I'll be exhibiting at Pasadena Comic Con on Sunday! Come say "hi" if you're in the area! #comics #webcomics I’ll be exhibiting at Pasadena Comic Con this Sunday! I’ll be at table #B-7 and I’ll be selling copies of my new book, Dawn of Absurdity, along with comic prints and sketches!

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George Wolfington Sometimes I feel like I don't draw enough and coming up with comic ideas can leave me staring at a blank canvas for awhile, so I decided to start recreating some digital versions of my scary president sketches I did for last year's Inktober. Here's a link to the original.

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Previously on Tales of Absurdity. Twitter | Facebook | Tapastic | BUY MY BOOK!

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Ronald Pagan #scarypresidents #inktober

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Grimmy Carter #scarypresidents #inktober

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Gerald Gourd #scarypresidents #inktober

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Blizzard Nixon #scarypresidents #inktober

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Lyndon Brains Johnson #scarypresidents #inktober

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JFSlay #scarypresidents #inktober