Tales of Strange Romance

Hopefully 'Gimpy' as I like to call the main character in the faux comic, 'Tales of Strange Romance', made you chuckle! The faux comic is the cover of this week's SF Weekly's dating issue. Along with the cover, I was asked to illustrate a full page and three spot illustrations.

Andrew, SF Weekly's art director, and I decided on the romance comic theme early in the sketch process. I tried to keep the feel of the old comic throughout the illustrations even including halftone patterns and muted colors in each. You can see a few rounds of sketches on my sketch blog.

Thanks Andrew and SF Weekly! GOOOOO GIMPY!