CcTC Spooktacular Charity Project 2011

Thanks to all of the PCS members and other folks who contributed to this year's Spooktacular for CcTC. To read more about the project and past PCS involvement, CLICK HERE. There were a ton of different styles and so many trick or treat bags! As always, the kids had an awesome time and appreciated everything.

We would especially like to acknowledge: Andrew and Oliver Hart, Marc Damicis, Paul Palcko, Dave Perillo, Melissa Lomax, Christian Patchell, Christine Larsen, Tim Durning, Anthony Pedro, Cinzia Sevignani, Jay Bevenour, Chris Wirth, Wesley Bogan, Brandon Heary, Joan Newton, James Pointdujour and Sam Heimer!

To see more of the bags, please CLICK HERE.

Call for Artists for CcTC Spooktacular Charity Project 2011

It's that time again! Every year for the past decade or longer, the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society has illustrated hand-drawn Trick or Treat bags for the kids at the Children's Crisis Treatment Center (www.cctckids.com).

To see and read about the 2010 CcTC Spooktacular Bags, please CLICK HERE.

To see and read about the 2008 CcTC Spooktacular Bags, please CLICK HERE.

Once again, the PCS will be making these awesome treasures for the kids at CcTC to appreciate. We would love to have artists volunteer. It is a great chance to get more active in the group and also do something nice for kids who really need and deserve it.

Happy Halloween, everybody!

Halloween Tradition.

Halloween is a big deal in the Lomax/Patch abode. All things spooky and hallowed have a special place in our hearts. One of our favorite traditions, right up there with the carving of the pumpkin and the donning of the costumes, is making Trick or Treat bags for the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center (CcTC). With our allegiance to the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society we have participated in creating bags for five years of this decade long tradition. We both got involved through the good graces (and mileage on his car) of one Jeffro Kilpatrick who has lent both his pencil and heart to the Crisis Center for the better part of 12 years.

This year, with the PCS being busier than ever, we were unable to get together for the customary pizza and beer to crank out our annual 100 Halloween Bags. But traditions must be maintained even in the eye of a deadline so Melissa and I set up shop in our studio to create our contribution, all the while listening to some Johnny Cash and Tom Waits.
This year we collaborated on bags. Yours truly had the task of making some spooky potato stamps and Lomax had type duty. Her elegant script has marked many a greeting card and is way nicer than my own. And what goody bag would be complete without some GLITTER?!?
These bags will be part of the 2010 Spooktacular, sponsored by Charette, the AIA Philadelphia and students of CHAD (Charter High School for Architecture & Design). The Spooktacular event provides kids at the CcTC (The Children s Crisis Treatment Center) a safe place to trick or treat and enjoy the happiest of Halloweens.
You can see some more of the bags Melissa and I created on my blog.

Reading with Pictures

I thought I'd share a link to the "Reading With Pictures" Kickstarter site. RwP promotes reading in the classroom through comics. I have a 2 page story (done for charity) in here alongside quite a few high rollers. I suggest preordering, since most of the sales will be done in that way. I don't intend to have a large number of personal copies, and this will help to promote their sales through Diamond.

So, visit Reading with Pictures on Kickstarter

Preview sketch: