Dylan Meconis: artist, writer, reader, and many other things besides. I make comics. I live in Portland, OR. And I am, contrary to occasional misconception, of the female persuasion. Website : Shop : Family Man : Bite Me! :Tumblr (3.0; @dylanmeconis)http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3e9a2c84bd1f656be2c4339912ce8756/tumblr_mn4q39T8Sc1qz8pm6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This week’s page of <a href="http://www.lutherlevy.com">Family Man</a> will feature maybe one of my favorite Goofy Luther Faces so far (and the young man has a goofy face). Crossing my fingers that I stick the landing when I ink it.</p> <p>I’m always curious about which characters from their repertoire artists most enjoy drawing; because of their design, because of their personality, for whatever reason. We all have favorites! </p> <p>(My own favorite character to draw from <a href="http://www.lutherlevy.com">Family Man</a> probably isn’t who you’d predict.)</p> <p>Who’s yours?</p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/50964204062http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/50964204062Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:57 -0700webcomics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/615571380b9d415b2f556c45565b2130/tumblr_mmxhq2hih61qz8pm6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Detail from <a href="http://www.lutherlevy.com">Page 290 of Family Man.</a></p> <p>Ariana kind of forgot about that turnip she’s got in her hand. </p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/50654484795http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/50654484795Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:01 -0700webcomics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b82182bd3170efeb64e8ad609ca7117b/tumblr_mmkxt90A9t1qz8pm6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>See you all this weekend in Toronto for <a href="http://torontocomics.com"><strong>TCAF</strong></a>, the Toronto Comics Arts Festival! I’ll be tucked away at table<strong> B13 in the Beeton Auditorium</strong> on the first floor, this Saturday and Sunday.</p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/50082466474http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/50082466474Fri, 10 May 2013 04:12:45 -0700tcaf 2013<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c943af45c2a331a56ec86d0a3381a7ba/tumblr_mmkxqxWTyr1qz8pm6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.lutherlevy.com">Detail from page 289 of Family Man.</a></p> <p>See you all at TCAF - I’ll be at table B-13 in the first-floor auditorium!</p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/50082419564http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/50082419564Fri, 10 May 2013 04:11:21 -0700webcomics<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3daf083e2376369c065c0edc0fdf7fce/tumblr_mmg19pPFeO1qz8pm6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Dudes in the Pacific Northwest - particularly pasty white dudes - have this collective need to rip their shirts off the first time the temperature pokes above 65 <span>°</span>F (~18<span>° </span>C).</p> <p>Not to go for a jog around the park, mind you; just to, like, air out? In the middle of a business and shopping district.</p> <p>WE ARE NOT AMUSED.</p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/49872246760http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/49872246760Tue, 07 May 2013 12:39:00 -0700springdudesbare chestportlandillustrationcomics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4991fe71b58b4f1f815473efa0faec5f/tumblr_mlkqfhAHK71qi6o44o1_r4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b2fb91269ee043f11375379577bb2dde/tumblr_mlkqfhAHK71qi6o44o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1692e76165b2ac5bc51c3431709e5bfa/tumblr_mlkqfhAHK71qi6o44o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1951ae4bfd4e82c5676adaaf322f0971/tumblr_mlkqfhAHK71qi6o44o4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://arashikami.tumblr.com/post/49859071333/away-mission-by-paige-carpenter">arashikami</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>“Away Mission” | by Paige Carpenter</strong></p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://princehamlette.tumblr.com/post/48471094023/in-celebration-of-the-new-star-trek-film-finally">princehamlette</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>In celebration of the new Star Trek film FINALLY coming out, here is every main character from every series of Star Trek with carefully hand drawn silhouette profiles of all the actors who played them!</p> <p><a href="http://society6.com/PaigeCarpenter/Away-Mission">This is available as a print and a tee shirt/hoodie on my Society6 shop.</a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Auggggggh, AUGGGGGGGGH, brilliant!</p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/49859191446http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/49859191446Tue, 07 May 2013 08:45:50 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/69fd55d310a549ef3ef19c2d8849d5d4/tumblr_mg4j65g6Ky1ql4m2so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://onlyartists.tumblr.com/post/39779308938/philipp-veit-self-portrait-1816-landesmuseum">onlyartists</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Philipp Veit (German, 1793-1877), <em>Self-portrait</em>, 1816. Oil on canvas. Landesmuseum, Mainz.</p> </blockquote>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/49705095554http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/49705095554Sun, 05 May 2013 11:36:02 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8fa9f18506ab199f16e887f843a48c6/tumblr_mm7iyuMn4b1qz8pm6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Detail from <a href="http://www.lutherlevy.com">page 288 of Family Man.</a></p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/49494896505http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/49494896505Thu, 02 May 2013 22:23:18 -0700webcomicsfamily man<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/326246cc95341ede829be36e6f6c4b05/tumblr_mm3jdpNdzV1qz8pm6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I don’t think I ever put this watercolor drawing of Lady Eboshi (from <em>Princess Mononoke</em>) up on Tumblr. I had to scan the original  this week for use on a poster, so here she is! </p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/49323937266http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/49323937266Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:41:00 -0700hayao miyazakiIllustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2ea560732f6aef4c4511df8a0077b14c/tumblr_mlumdwYWHa1qz8pm6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.lutherlevy.com">Detail from page 287 of Family Man</a>.</p> <p>I’ll see you all at the Stumptown Comics Fest this weekend in Portland, OR! I’ll be at table L-02 and I’ll also have my VERY OWN panel on Saturday at 11! (I’m bringing free coffee.)</p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/48931435354http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/48931435354Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:00:30 -0700webcomics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b3408ff113bdcf584af01d74ac6c249b/tumblr_mlhnr06KYY1qz8pm6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.lutherlevy.com">Detail from page 286 of Family Man.</a></p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/48361545902http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/48361545902Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:00:14 -0700webcomicsFamily ManIllustration<blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.lutherlevy.com/?p=1625">View Post</a></p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/48343062678http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/48343062678Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:18 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7d8f134df21b998949bea75ad829e652/tumblr_mlgp68bOVy1qz8pm6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.bridgetowncomedy.com">Bridgetown Comedy Fest</a> feature for the <a href="http://www.portlandmercury.com">Portland Mercury</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/quirkybird/8661312716/sizes/h/in/photostream/">Click</a> to see it at full resolution - Alison’s captions are pretty great!</p> <p>This was one heck of a fun assignment. Thanks to arts editor Alison Hallett and AD Justin Morrison at the Portland Mercury for trusting me with it.</p> <p>If you’re in Portland this week, pick up a copy of the paper - some of the faces from this piece are also used as spot illustrations for other pieces in the loving and detailed coverage of the festival.</p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/48288697851http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/48288697851Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:49:22 -0700IllustrationcomedyBridgetown Comedy Festportland<p><p class="p2">Ahead in the crosswalk</p> <p class="p2">the little dove hobbled, </p> <p class="p2">one leg gnarled beneath </p> <p class="p2">as she swiveled and bobbled.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p2">A car rolled towards her.</p> <p class="p2">Her sisters all scattered -</p> <p class="p2">I saw in my mind the slow crush and the splatter.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p2">Yet before the wheel met her,</p> <p class="p2">unworried,</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p2">she flew.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p2">How strange to forget</p> <p class="p2">that a bird could so do.</p></p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/48102674212http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/48102674212Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:03:00 -0700Poetry<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4c6f4f72b2ee371dded0990e9a4ddaa3/tumblr_ml3vvgrw3w1qzln6no1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://arashikami.tumblr.com/post/47992156643/studies-wolf-by-jemma-salume-oxboxer">arashikami</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://oxboxer.deviantart.com/art/Studies-Wolf-359464792">Studies - Wolf</a> | by Jemma Salume (*<a href="http://oxboxer.deviantart.com/">oxboxer</a>)</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>I love the way Jemma’s brain works! I tend to think in graphical blocks like this, but I rarely have the courage to draw that way.</p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/48047878924http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/48047878924Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:38:20 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cd8ce82c921048014a2f5556be94376a/tumblr_ml4sxibywC1qz8pm6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Detail from <a href="http://www.lutherlevy.com">page 285 of Family Man.</a></p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/47783480345http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/47783480345Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:00:04 -0700webcomicsfamily man<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ad3894208d2bddfd72cae2ca643a7ace/tumblr_mksholgmCO1qz8pm6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.lutherlevy.com">Detail from page 284 of Family Man.</a></p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/47197192927http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/47197192927Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:57:57 -0700webcomicsfamily man<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4ac3630fed59feb40c3a795f1a72d4b9/tumblr_mkffgsuDcL1r1cuhyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blackhistoryalbum.tumblr.com/post/46594302605/black-style-1880s-studio-portrait-of-an-african">blackhistoryalbum</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Black Style | 1880s</strong></p> <p>Studio portrait of an African American female equestrian rider from the late 1880s.</p> <p>via Black History Album, The Way We Were<br/>Follow us on <a href="http://blackhistoryalbum.tumblr.com/">TUMBLR</a>, <a href="http://pinterest.com/blackheritage/">PINTEREST</a></p> </blockquote>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/46796257207http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/46796257207Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:52:08 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/52705be72df531a541324e6dfa908cab/tumblr_mkfpm6cMQm1qz8pm6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.lutherlevy.com">Detail from Page 283 of Family Man.</a></p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/46609290496http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/46609290496Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:20:30 -0700comicswebcomics<blockquote></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.lutherlevy.com/?p=1608">View Post</a></p>http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/46577044398http://dylanmeconis.tumblr.com/post/46577044398Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:18 -0700