This is a portrait of one of my personal heroes, Neil Young, done for BOOK OF CHANGES; a collection of interviews by Kristine McKenna published by Fantagraphics. This scan’s a little muddy since I no longer have the original art and had to take it from the printed book. Pen and ink, 2001.

Found this one in COMIC BOOK REBELS, a collection of cartoonist interviews by Stanley Wiater and Stephen R. Bissette, published by Donald Fine in 1993. Bissette drew a bunch of portraits for the book in his patented brush style and here’s how he caught me. The printed pic is only one square inch so I’ve blown it up here to bring out the mad slasher effect for which Steve is so rightly famous. Was there ever an artist who’s work was more perfectly suited to horror comics?

A page from CEREBUS #204, in which I battle BACCHUS for the aardvark’s soul. Dave Sim writes, while penciling and inking the figures and lettering CEREBUS’ speech balloons. Gerhard pencils and inks backgrounds. I helped out by lettering my character. 1996.

Another portrait of me from the hand of Paul Pope. Marker in sketchbook.

Those are my blurry young fingers inking a panel from ABRAXAS AND THE EARTHMAN back in 1982.

Rick Veitch from *choke* life by Paul Pope. Marker in sketchbook. 1995

John Totleben is 50 years old today!