The Home of the Creative Mind

Welcome to PooBahSpiel, the online voice and home of the creative mind of Mark Monlux, Illustrator Extraordinaire. Prepare yourself for an endless regaling of art directly from the hand of this stellar artist. And brace yourself against his mighty wind of pontification. Updates are kinda weekly and show daily sketches, current projects, and other really nifty stuff.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The Return of Stickman #1125


Yesterday I made a terrible mistake when scanning in the artwork submitted by Mark Carrasco. I accidentally repeated panels three and four as panels one and two. So if you didn't get the joke it's because I messed up the setup. I have since corrected the scan and you can see the full strip as it was meant to be seen by clicking on the arrow and visiting yesterdays NEW strip. It all goes to show that sometimes behind a simple strip is a overly simple person.

Oh, and yesterday's comment that the public school system provides entertainment was meant for this strip, not yesterday's. In short, yesterday was not my best day and I flubbed up several times.

Friday, March 19, 2010

The Return of Stickman #1123


John Markuson is my copy editor. I drive his insane. Often I will post comics that I think are perfect transcripts of the scripts I sent him. Yesterday, and this has been corrected, he asked how a geek like me could possibly miss-spell Leonard Nimoy?

Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Return of Stickman #1122


This guy usually shows up and remains planted in front of you just as largest crowd of potential buyers come through. I thought about drawing a crowd behind him, but I'm already late getting out the door to see the dentist.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Return of Stickman #1121


I sold more books than I did posters at the comicon. But I'm happy that I did bring along the posters as their income took care of parking and meals. Actually, my friend Joe Manfredini took care of meals and was kind enough board me while I was in Seattle. Huh, I know he got a book and a shirt for his wonderful wife Liz, but did he get a poster too?

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Return of Stickman #1120


I had a lot of fun at the Emerald City Comicon selling my book The Comic Critic Presents Seldom Seen Films. Between autograph requests I wrote a full week's worth of strips. If you want a copy of the book, go here.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

The Return of Stickman #1119


Now that I've made fun of the census, I'm off to the comic book convention. I'm sure I will come home loaded with plenty of new ideas to use in the Stickman strip. I did a comic book convention series once before. You can check it out here.

The Return of Stickman #1118 and Only Two More Days Until Emerald City Comicon!


With only two more days to go until the Emerald City Comicon nearly all my preparations are complete. If you happen to be in Seattle, I look forward to seeing you there. Here is a map of where I will be selling my first book "The Comic Critic Presents Seldom Seen Films".