The answer is no, it's not too offensive.

"The pictures uploaded to your shop seem fine for now. If we find any material questionable at any time you will be notified."

I'm glad I asked, though. This is about the most offensive thing that I plan to merchandise, so it guess it's full steam ahead.

The other quick note of good news is that my sowing of postcards has yielded it's first harvest. I'm pretty happy to report that I'm in the process of doing an illustration for a Canadian literary publication. I'll post more details when I can.

I'm more than pretty happy. I'm really super happy. Should I use an exclamation point? Okay. I'm happy!

Is this too offensive for Cafe Press?

I'll soon find out. I've finally decided it's time to start up an online store. I've looked at some of the sites out there that offer on-demand products, and I've decided to give Cafe Press a try. They've got some good points, but under their list of prohibited content is "Inappropriate content or nudity that is not artistic in nature" and "Material that is generally offensive or in bad taste, as determined by CafePress.com." I'd consider the above artistic in nature, obviously, but does Cafe Press? We'll soon see. When you sign up for the Premium Store, you have a 15 day free trial before you need to start paying. I'm using this as a window to see if my work is considered artistic in nature, or if that tag only covers beautifully lit black and white photos of attractive nudes. I'll keep you posted on how this turns out.

If you want to check out the store, it still in its in infancy (closer to a zygote than anything else) but you can find it at http://www.cafepress.com/gavindelint. If all goes well and they don't shut me down for depicting a ding-a-ling, I'll be adding more items. If they do; see you at zazzle.com.

Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing

You may know him as MODOK!

From an article on Drawn.ca, I found the March Modok Madness blog. The concept was just too enticing to pass up. MODOK is one of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's stranger ideas, and I was thrilled to have an excuse to draw him (and to do some Kirby dots!!). The good folks at the MMM blog were kind enough to post my efforts.

Doodles - Mr. Lucky and the other guy

Often before I work I like to do some doodles, just to loosen up my fingers and noggin. I've been finding I'm really digging the doodles. I've been trying to improve at certain aspects of my craft, so some of my recent self-directed projects are less like fun and more like work - frustrating, frustrating work - while the doodles are just play. Below are a couple of the recent ones.