Animated Guacamole Character

I animated one of the squishy monsters from those 'Guacamole' books that I sell at the comic/zine festivals...

Tapsy Tapsy

A strange little monster animation to go alongside that sacred Saturday morning coffee buzz.

Monster Swag

Pitter Patter

Nothing like a week of dismal rain to make a guy hunker down for some rainbow colored GIF monster making.

Bloxz's

Hey you guys, look what I made for you to stare at (click here, click the link).





Yep, I did that for you.

See Em, Why? Kay.

I knew I made all of those offsets for a reason, I just hadn't learned how to get GIF'N yet. Hell, if I wasn't such a muggle I would be livin' in GIFFendor, partying like a Saint. Can I maintain my street cred while making Harry Potter references? Let's wander aimlessly into the future together and find out.

Monsters, For Days

Fancied up a bit from Wednesday, now he flickers.



Did anyone successfully nab a table at Portland's Stumptown Comics Fest this year and want to share some table space with me? The emails just went out this week and I'm on the waiting list, which doesn't seem promising. So, please hit me up with an email if you've got a little table space to share, I'll be very appreciative, promise. James(at)gnartoons(dotdotdot)com.

DESTROY SOPA ! ! !

There is no new Agthbar episode today. No, you're not being punished for something you did, you're not even being punished for a future crime that I think you might possibly commit. Don't blame Agthbar for not showing up for work today and certainly don't blame me for not drawing him (it's practically all I do). Blame your government for not having your best interest at heart, and for consequently not having any heart. It is the fault of everyone who has worked in support of SOPA that you don't get to look at a new Agthbar episode today. You'll have to take this cartoon instead, and I warn you - Agthbar is pissed off about the potential of having his life and existence censored.



If you don't know about the SOPA, please take some time to learn about it. SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act, but it's reach goes far beyond just an honest attempt at preventing the piracy of creative material. If passed, this act will dramatically change every aspect of the internet that you know and love. This is a censorship act that will severely limit free speech on the internet, which some would argue is the only place that we have left to voice our opinions. Well, at least we'll always have our zines... Ok I'm getting off track here...

Please sign this petition and write a letter to your congressman, send an email, call your senator, and if you have the time even request a meeting with your senator. You only have until 24th to shout from the roof tops about this and to let your voice be heard, yell loudly and with persistence, friends.

Here's Google's petition too, while we're at it.

And here's the full text of the actual SOPA Bill.

Saturday Morning Cartooz

I'm pretty happy with this little promo animation for my buddy Agthbar's comic series.

Saturday Evening Cartoons

I've been playing around with animation a bit lately, what do you think? I've mostly been working with gif's. It's a lot of fun to make these, but they have proven to be extremely time consuming. I've been doing it in the "old-school" fashion of using stacks of trace paper to actually draw out each of the changing details from frame to frame. Then I use a scanner to get them into a computer where I use a few "new-school" tricks in order to polish things/thangs up for your glistening pixels.


I'm going to try my dangdest to upload one new animation a week for Saturday Evening Cartoons, but I'm not making any promises. How about telling some of your friends to check out the Gnartoons blog and maybe clicking 'like' on my facebook or Tumblr pages while you're at it?