On The Trail With A Curly Tail

behold in all it's blue glory,
the cover to the "Ham & Eggs Side-Dish":
On The Trail With A Curly Tail: The Memoirs of Inspector Serrano Ham

"On the Trail" Designs

These designs are for the second story I've written so far for "On the Trail With a Curly Tail".
The oafish porker on the left is a friend of Ham & Giblets from Hocksford, named Slops.
This story is to be illustrated by the awesome Mike Bracco!

Ham & Eggs Side Dishes

Hey Gang,

I am super excited to announce two new projects that are in pre-production for Ham & Eggs! One will be a collection of Ham's Memoirs called "On The Trail With A Curly Tail". It will feature around 12 original 5-page shorts written by Stephen Lindsay and myself, artwork provided by several extremely talented individuals! Here's a little sneak peak to whet the appetite! A rough sketch of young Serrano Ham back when he was a hostage negotiator with the NPPD by Danilo Beyruth. Danilo's been a friend of Stephen and mine since we first started working together two years ago! His work is always astounding and inspiring!:

Ham rough sketch by Danilo Beyruth

Second is a one-shot TPB focusing on the origins of Colonel Towsta Strudel called the Saint Severin's Day Murders. Story by Stephen and I and artwork by the also incredible Daniel Thollin! Daniel has worked with us in the past, and he has some amazing looking projects coming up with Stephen that you simply HAVE to check out! Here's the cover image for SSDM by myself and a Strudel concept piece by Daniel!

Strudel concept by Daniel Thollin

SSDM Cover art by me

Both Danilo and Daniel have done Ham & Eggs guest strips for us as well! Perhaps you remember? If not, check them out at www.inspectorham.com!

Issue 2 of Ham & Eggs now for sale!

I am uber-excited to announce that Issue 2 of "The Slightly Askew Adventures Of Inspector Ham & Eggs" is now available for purchase!

Ham & Eggs Issue 2

Please go and get your copy! We are now self-publishing Ham & Eggs, so keep both eyes open for new Ham & Eggs books in the near future!

Ham & Eggs Issue Two! Look Out!!

Well, Happy New Year and all that! The first post of 2009 is thus: A reveal of the wraparound cover for Issue 2 of Inspector Ham & Eggs! Colors provided by the one and only Carly Monardo, who did an outrageous job!!

Original Inked Version
if you think it's all fun and games lining up two 9x12 pieces
of bristol board when you don't have a flat surface big enough...try again!

Colors by Carly
man it just looks all sorts of ghoulish and grand, don't it??

Did I Happen To Mention...?

That issue 1 of Ham and Eggs is now available for purchase?

Yes? Oh...sorry! Well here's the link! Please buy some :D

The Slightly Askew Adventures of Inspector Ham & Eggs Issue 1

New Prints Coming Soon!

To debut at this Saturday's signing at Comic Book Jones, I bring you two brand new Ham and Eggs prints!

11x17

8.5 x 11


And don't forget the original Viva La Ham print! Still available and also for
sale at the signing!

WOWIO: The Slightly Askew Adventures of Inspector Ham

WOWIO: The Slightly Askew Adventures of Inspector Ham & Eggs 01 by Stephen Lindsay and Lauren Monardo


squeak!
Please download our book! It will make us happy!

Happy Birthday America!

July 4th, in a way America's birthday...and also me! and my twin sister, of course :) Yep, the big 2-4, so old now....so so old....

In celebration, so more concept work for Ham Year One
..is that the G'nok Mambabwe chasing our young hero?

Ham Year One designs

Stephen and I, in addition to carrying on our current Ham and Eggs storyline, are also working out some ideas for a "Ham Year One" story. HYO will cover young Serrano Ham in his rise through the New Pork City Police Department and his eventual departure. Here are just a couple of designs, young Ham and young Giblets! Enjoy :)

Just so I don't take any undue credit, I didn't paint the BGs
I looked up old photos of NYC and 'dry brush' filtered the hell
out of them in PS :D


The original HYO design was clean shaven and had his signature coat.
After a few great suggestions from Stephen, the beard went on and the
Inspector Ham coat came off

Detective Jack Valentine Jones

They say that JV Jones is one bad motha...

Velcommen to Zee Grinder!

Hello all! Check out the new digs! Nothing too fancy since I'm less than knowledgeable in even the most basic HTML. But for now, this will do! Ham and Eggs (Or The Slightly Askew Adventures of Inspector Ham & Eggs) is up to page 8 of Issue 2! We recently made our first return back to Baron Von Blackforest's HQ, Zee Grinder since page 7 of Issue 1! In celebration of this, and the revamped blog, I bring you (in glorious techni-black and white) The first and second appearances of The Baron and his submarine of dastardlyness!

Issue 2

www.inspectorham.com

Ham for Sale!

Brand spankin' new and fresh off the presses!
30 print, limited edition, signed and numbered and begging for a home!
"Viva La Ham" prints now available at www.InspectorHam.com!

Viva La Ham!

Here's some pork-aganda for you! Stephen and I, the slightly askew minds that
bring you Ham and Eggs need your help! Spread the word about
"The Slightly Askew Adventures of Ham and Eggs"

Updated every Tuesday and Thursday only at www.CaptionsandBalloons.com!
Guaranteed you'll love it or your money back!
Oh wait...it's free! What have you got to lose??

Ham and Eggs

Well it's been some time since I last posted here! A lot of stuff has happened, been mostly busy with my latest project with JHZ creator and my bud Stephen Lindsay! The Slightly Askew Adventures of Inspector Ham and Eggs has officially launched and has currently 8 posted pages at www.captionsandballoons.com, which we update every Tuesday and Thursday. In addition we have a production blog we like to update as frequently as possible at http://hamneggscomic.blogspot.com!

We're always looking for pinups, so PLEASE feel free to send yours on over to ColonelStrudel@gmail.com!

Here's the inks of the first two pages to give you a taste of what he have :)