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

Free Comic Book Day Flier

RATS!

Mice Templar is very, very good. That is all.

"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!

I got intervieweded

Hot dawg, I was interviewed by the wonderful Chuck Moore at Comic Related this past Saturday during the NYCC! Go hear my horrid voice with my pal Mike Bracco as we shout over the voices of more than 2,000 people!

Neither of the parties involved in the interview are depicted in this photo but you can see the booth where I was sitting at! Just picture we three there... Ahhh the joy of imagination...

Listen Here!

We're about 33 minutes into it :)

Chow Chow!!

Hey gang! It's time to show some support for my favorite chef, Rob Burmeister! Rob's going to be on Food Network's "Chopped" Tuesday, February 17th at 10pm so please tune in! I know I'll be cheering him on!!
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/93464/s-i--chef-to-appear-on-food-network/Default.aspx

GOOD LUCK ROB!

And if you happen to be a Staten Island local or just passing through you simply HAVE to go to Rob's restaurant with his chef partner Chris called Chow Gourmet! Best sandwiches and burgers you'll ever have! (You may recall the baby burgermeisters I designed for him!)

Goin' Threadless 3

The third of the pack!

Goin' Threadless 2

Here's the second of the bunch. Nothing gets between a salami goblin and his swiss!

Goin' Threadless 1

Hey gang! I've submitted some tee designs to Threadless.com, please check them out! They're currently being submitted for approval in order to be scored :)
Here's the first one.

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??

Stand By For Adventure!

Here's a piece I did for my good pals Jay and Tami for the upcoming Commander X action figure! If you haven't already checked out The Undersea Adventures of Captain Eli (or their amazing rootbeer and sodas) then it's about time you do!

JHZLHWYTIW2

What do those initials stand for, pray tell? Why Jesus Hates Zombies featuring Lincoln Hates Werewolves: Yea, Though I Walk 2, of course! :D

Here's the inked cover, fresh off the press!

From left to right several void and werewolves, Lincoln, werewolf zombie, zombie Gabriel, Jesus, and more werewolves, void, zombies and the like :D

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

What do Shy Zombies and Sliders have in common?

Nothing really. It's a trick question. Oh! But there is one thing they have in common: Me! Here are some recent commissions of mine.

The first is a commission I did for my pal Chef Rob Burmeister, owner of Burmeister's Chow Gourmet! Quite possibly the tastiest damn sliders you've ever eaten in Beef, Turkey, Pulled Pork and more!

Here we have The Burgermeister:

The Burgermeister telling the little kiddies to be good burgermeisters otherwise nobody will want them

The Bag O' Baby Burgermeisters! Yes, such a beautious thing exists...but no they aren't alive thank god:

Pulled Pork, Turkey or Beef? Can't decide? I say get all three and mix and match with some equally hungry friends!:

And of course all babies need to crawl and make noise with something:

And moving on from the little meat patties, a rotting meat farm with personality! This here zombie is a commission for a friend of mine's friend (say that 10 times fast)

From pencils to color I bring you simply: The Christmas Zombie (not to be confused with The Christmas Sweater)



And there we have it folks! I'm currently taking commission requests by the way. So if you would like a zombie or a burger of your own just drop me a line at Lauren.Monardo@gmail.com

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!

Cake

Don't do many portraits really, the zombie-fied portraits I did of
all the artists and writers on Jesus Hates Zombies: Those Slack-Jaw Blues
really helped though! Anyway, here's one of John McCrea of Cake,
for the daily theme "Cake" at Thought Faucet :)

Brain Juice

Well, things have been pretty hectic here! I was recently invited to join Thought Faucet, a really great art blog with Daily, Weekly and Monthly themes. It's a really great way to...well...get the brain juices flowing! Here are my first two (and only two at this point) posts for TF:

Weekly Theme: Green Vs Yellow

Weekly Theme: Plant People

"Bird Brain"