I set up a Facebook page for Missile Mouse.  Eventually, I’ll set up a fancy MM website with lots of artwork and information, but this will have to do for now.  Check it out when you get a minute, and if you feel so inclined, become a fan.  Cool!

Wow what a warm response for the Bear and Rabbit image in the last post!  Thanks for all the feedback.  I’m really digging these two guys so expect to see some ore of them soon.

This is the back cover art I created for The Star Crusher.  When Comic-con Came around Scholastic used the image to make some postcards for me to take with me.  I made Missile Mouse, the transport ship, the planet and the space BG all on separate levels so we could adjust the composition as needed with the copy that they’re throwing on there.  You can see MM’s ear covers a little more of the spaceship in the bottom one.

It was so nice this afternoon, Bear and Rabbit (the very best of friends) decided to go out for a Sunday drive.

Yesterday, I was watching my friend ink a drawing he was doing with an brush pen.  I’ve used one before, but never really gave it a full shot.  After watching him ink, and because I’ve been in a serious Calvin and Hobbes phase lately (Watterson’s brush work is gorgeous, especially in the later years), I decided I had to give the brush pen another try.  So I borrowed a pen, cracked open the moleskin, and drew the first thing that came to mind.  Here’s the inks sans color:

Missile Mouse is caught off guard by a deadly basgus.  Though space mice are not a part of the usual diet for a hungry basgus Missile Mouse will do just fine to ease the hunger pains.  It’s shell is said to be one of the strongest materials in the galaxy.  And as such, segments of it’s exoskeleton go for the highest dollar on the black market.  Consequently, the basgus superior design has caused it be one of the most adaptive species in the galaxy, easily evolving to survive in different extreme environments and climates.  There’s even word of giant basgus who live in the lava flows of distant planets.

This is a recent commission I did for someone.  Since finishing the book it had been a few months since I’ve drawn MM and I admit I got a little rusty. Below is a video of me drawing this commission.  You’ll notice I had to erase parts of Missile Mouse a few times before getting it right. If you want one of these original Missile Mouse drawings you can order one here.

Drawing a Missile Mouse Commission from jakeparker on Vimeo.

Several months ago you may remember me posting about some t-shirts I did for the kids school class.   When I got home the other day I found this waiting for me:

I opened it to find a delightful suprise:

That is a guide to the Ghibli Museum in Japan. A beautiful little book with a lot of Miyazaki’s original illustrations of how he wanted the musem designed. But that wasn’t it, there was something else down in the bottom of the paper bag:

And inside it was this:

Wow, thank you sooo much kids.    I’m happy to do a shirt for you guys anytime.