Where did October go?

I just noticed that I had no posts for the month of October. Well, chalk it up to my new employment status... Call it luck, call it fate, call it Bush's legacy, but the Painted Man has recently joined the ranks of millions of gainfully unemployed Americans. I say 'gainfully' because I am (as many others are) now working from home as a freelance designer. More time with my son and more space to be creative... Right?

The Painted Man in 'Baby sitter? What baby sitter?'

It's bound to happen if your skin color is different than your child's... You'll be in the park or playground and a nanny will approach you and ask how long you've been 'nannying' for 'the family'. Or in my case, the caregiver might assume that your wife is actually your child's nanny... This'll be the next strip on Swirl (the final will have a few edits).

Chapter 6 ( a lot of pages...closer to the end)

Painted Man on SWIRL #2

To view the strip, click here.

The Painted Man in 'First Day of School'

What's it like for a mixed-race parent on the first day of school? Well a teacher might question whether or not you really are the parent of your child (as I observed on the first day at my son's new school). The next strip for SWIRL will highlight this experience. Above is a sketch.

The Painted Man in Smoke Signal #2

I almost forgot about this. Here's what the printed version of 'The Painted Man in Bushwick Bodega' looks like in Smoke Signal. Look for us in issue #3 with a full page.

Side note: My son's still not sure how he feels about his life being chronicled in comics... But it did get him into the Smoke Signal launch party where he saw live bands. He dug that, but it was way past his bedtime and he just couldn't hang.

The Painted Man on SWIRL

The first syndication of the Painted Man comic strip is now available on SWIRL. Get your SWIRL on!