Erik Brooks's Blog, page 79
September 26, 2014
Fall
Fall arrived. And with it, this old dog. I know him. He knows me. But faith in that
is what remains.
September 25, 2014
Harts Pass No. 219
The second week in a row where a wolverine eats something -- or at least pretends to eat something -- the lives of animals are thankfully a lot less complex than our own. Sleep. Eat. Play jokes on unsuspecting wildlife photographers...
September 18, 2014
Harts Pass No. 218
Yes. Wolverines DO eat marmots!
September 11, 2014
Harts Pass No. 217
For sure one of those ideas that was hard to communicate in comic form, but we make our own fun here at Harts Pass Comics, so we expect you to work at it a little bit as well :) Cheers!
September 8, 2014
Grrrace, Grrrit, and Grrrattitude at the Rocking Horse Bakery
As one of my most artistically satisfying comic strips over the past several years, Bearnica seemed to cry out for a larger format. In the waning days of summer, I finally made the leap, and you can see it now (in 3' x 6' format) as one of several new pieces hanging in Winthrop's Rocking Horse Bakery. Grrrace, Grrrit, and Grrrattitude, people. The wolverine way!
September 4, 2014
Harts Pass No. 216
Sometimes its just fun to draw cute little animals. Elementary school rocks!
August 28, 2014
Harts Pass No. 215
Dear parents,Occasionally faced with impossible questions... sometime we punt! In a nutshell welcoming both the start of a new school year AND the start of the fall football season. Go Vikings!
August 22, 2014
Harts Pass No. 214
A little late in posting this week, but here you go. Shift that point of view now and again. Cheers!
August 15, 2014
A self portrait portfolio sample - circa 1999!
A portfolio sample from WAY back. Kind of a self portrait/studio scene. Certainly some bears in the background sketches (and even a decorated trash can) that recall my first story submission for Practically Perfect Pajamas :) While I've never really done a book with quite this much detail, there is something about it that I really love. Enjoy!
August 13, 2014
Harts Pass No. 213
Worlds collide! Ongoing wildfire stories and wolverine research/recovery/protection efforts find common ground in this week's strip. Heartbreaking -- but uplifting in its thus far positive progress -- is the rescue effort involving Cinder, a 35lb female black bear who was badly burned in the Carleton Complex fire. She looks pretty good in the photo below, and clearly shows a little spunk in the strip.
In other news, the Fed has reversed its earlier track and decided that the wolverines and their demonstrable (but supposedly hypothetical) reliance on late season snowpack for denning and rearing of kits do not warrant endangered species protection. I'm with Cinder on this one. Uncertainty my butt!
