Magazines

SpongeBob-cover

SpongeBob Comics

My association with SpongeBob Comics began with the first issue, and includes cover ideas (based on my original sketch, seen here), along with gags, old-looking fake ads from the SpongeBob universe, and interactive stories that combine storytelling and puzzle-solving.

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Blek-80s

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Blek-50s

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Blek-60s

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Dangers & Dead Ends

Three pages from a longer “Pick-Your-Own-Predicament” story that had SpongeBob comics readers flipping back and forth to try its nearly endless variations.

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Dangers-and-Dead-Ends-1

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Dangers-and-Dead-Ends-2

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Dangers-and-Dead-Ends-9

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Gag-Station-puzzle

Nick Magazine

Gag Station

Wordless gag cartoons, each with its visual “punchline” removed. Match them up to complete the jokes.

Holiday Gag

One of numerous gag cartoons created for Nick Magazine.

Gee-this-light-takes-forever

National Lampoon

This piece seems a lot less outlandish now than it did when first published, cough number of years ago.

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F-Word-new-1

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F-Word-new-2

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F-Word-new-3

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