A couple of days ago, I was sent this neat piece of artwork from Stripy-Artist, a budding cartoonist I met on Twitter. I think it’s rather cool. Let’s all help support our young artists as they continue practicing and honing their craft. They’re gonna be the creators of tomorrow soon.

Thanks, Stripy-Artist!!!

Hank's Dad art by Antoine Gagnon

I love to see various artists’ renditions of Hank and the other characters from my comic strip ADDANAC CITY. Every cartoonist has their own style, so it’s interesting to see how they view the strip’s cast.

This pic was created by Antoine Gagnon of The Drunken Fools webcomic. Every Friday, he picks a webcomic character to draw in his own unique style. A few weeks ago he chose Mr. Addanac and give him the official Drunken Fools treatment. Thanks, Antoine! I’m diggin’ it.

Hank art by Hans

I received a second piece of Fan Art today which really surprised me. It was sent by a young cartoonist named Hans. The surprise is due to the fact that Hans and I have had a rather turbulent recent history. We’ve exchanged heated words over the debate of ADDANAC CITY’s creative validity.

But like the East Coast/West Coast beef that plagued the hip-hop scene for a while a few years back, Hans and I appear to have reached an amicable truce. I have no problem with his opinions and I feel that we have a healthy respect for what the other does. As a peace offering, he blessed me with this drawing of Hank commemorating his desire to see an ADDANAC CITY movie. I can’t wait to see one too!

Hans is practicing his craft and, little by little, he’s been bringing his ‘A’ game to the drawing table. I hope to see him with his own original comic strip soon where he can showcase his talent and grow. Good luck to you, Hans!

Created by Jynksie of "How Sweet It Is"

August 25, 2009 marked the 1-year anniversary of the ADDANAC CITY comic strip series. I’m thankful to all of the great people who came out to help me celebrate this momentous occasion.

I was pleasantly surprised to get a couple of pieces of really cool artwork by some extremely talented guys. I posted the first creation (by Speearr of Terence N Tijuana) on the blog for the Anniversary strip.

The second bit of artwork I received came from Jynksie, creator of the webcomic “How Sweet It Is”. Jynksie always finds a way to crack me up laughing and I love his rendition of Hank. You’ve gotta check out Hank’s guest-appearance in his latest strip.

So, go check him out and keep coming back here for another hilarious year of ADDANAC CITY.