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Art of the Day! Midiria Saga Cover Illustration - Matty Boy Anderson Available now for purchase. This is the cover illustration of the fourth volume of CEASELESS FABLES OF BEYONDING strips, "The Midiria Saga". Thus far, this piece holds the record for the number of characters squeezed into it. Everything pictured comes from the epic fourth saga of the strip; it would...

Art of the Day! Su***de Street - Matty Boy Anderson Available now for purchase. This was created for a collection volume of BANDS I USETA LIKE, for the strip's 20th anniversary. It is of course a loving parody of Gilbert Shelton's art for the Grateful Dead album "Shakedown Street". I lived for a time on Atlanta's infamous DeKalb Avenue, nicknamed "Su...

Art of the Day! Tony Fabuloso Makes Corned Beef Hash - Matty Boy Anderson Available now for purchase. This is the back cover of the first issue of BAD SHAPE, featuring bitter failed comedian Tony Fabuloso demonstrating his method of preparing corned beef hash in his sister's kitchen. Original pen and ink, colorized digitally (using real pictures of corned beef hash). - To...

Art of the Day! T-Rex Arms Attacks - Matty Boy Anderson Available now for purchase. Here's the infamous villain of Atro City, T-REX ARMS, taking great issue with the licensing of his image. Whomever arranged for the production of these collectible figurines neither obtained T's permission nor arranged compensation. Now you can own this iconic image of th...

Art of the Day! Second Solstera - Matty Boy Anderson Available now for purchase. This cover was produced to herald the return of the weekly CEASELESS FABLES OF BEYONDING strip, on 2/20/2020. A collage image of the new cast of characters, with young protagonist Larson Lacksbeard at center, holding the Lost Book. Features (clockwise from left) a Murderw...

Art of the Day! 3 Women of the Beyonding - Matty Boy Anderson Available now for purchase. This is a portrait of three women from CEASELESS FABLES OF BEYONDING; (from left) Duchess Demandice of Creepwood, Nefaria the Red, and Darkana (and her owl). They stand upon a field of skulls and fire, so you know they mean business. This was created for the cover of the....

Art of the Day! Three Transformers - Matty Boy Anderson Available now for purchase. This is a pen and ink piece that was a submission for a contest that IDW held. The assignment was to create a fictitious "Spotlight" cover, featuring three characters that they assigned you. I got Cindersaur, Needlenose and Goldbug. I wanted to display different inking te...

Art of the Day! Wolverton MAD Parody - Matty Boy Anderson Available now for purchase. This is the cover of the 2nd issue of BANDS I USETA LIKE magazine, in the form of a loving tribute to Basil Wolverton's legendary MAD #11 cover. The masthead is also hand-drawn, as a tribute to Rick Griffin's second "Rolling Stone" logo. My intention with this cover was t...

Art of the Day! Anatomy of the McNugget - Matty Boy Anderson Available now for purchase. A parody scientific image of the organism from which McNuggets are created. Depicts the adult male, adult female, and larval stage, with all significant anatomical details annotated. - Anatomy of the McNugget

Art of the Day! L'il T-Rex Arms - Matty Boy Anderson Available now for purchase. Every villain has an origin, and T-Rex Arms is no different. Perhaps if he wasn't bullied, he would've turned out okay. Ah, who are we kidding! T had the deck stacked against him from day one! Here's a slice of his early life, and his everyday trials and attempts at accep...