Here is a short video of inking progress of our our little comix noir story, Always and Never.

Music: "You" by the Idols.

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Headed over to the Vine and caught three sets of Scott Heustis, Pablo Calogero, Anthony Shadduck, and Breeze Smith. Realky fantastic music by fantastic musicians and it happened in my Long Beach town. Fuck ICE. @vine_lb #westerinocomix #bsides #sketchbook #longbeach #penonpaper #fatsandfives

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Fresh inks from our story, Always and Never.
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Here are the two drawings I made of the Butterss / Uhlmann duo from Thursday night. They used a lot of electronics and a bit of synthesized percussion. Good stuff all the way around. I sat my ass on the floor to draw these. @buttersscup @gregoryuhlmann @zebulonla #westerinocomix #fatsandfives

Here is some inking from last night. I'm still working on these but you get the idea. I inked a lot of this as Jeff and I sat at Jug Band Coffee during a singer/song writer open mic. Good stuff. #westerinocomix #alwaysandnever #inking #comics #comix @jugbandcoffeeandtea #longbeach

I've been scanning and laying out drawings from my live music sketchbook. I'm planning an 11x11 inch book. Not sure about binding or how many pages this will be. Gotta ways to go. These are looking pretty nice, I gotta say.

Music by Estradasphere
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A couple panels from the 3rd page of Always and Never, our Long Beach noir. That is the F&M Bank. #comix #alternativecomics #westerinocomix #longbeach

From Always and Never, our Long Beach noir. Still needs some clean up. Enjoy a heaping helping bowl of Flakes. They're fantabulous! #westerinocomix #alwaysandnever #inking #longbeach #comix #wip #flakes

Here is the first page of Always and Never, our Long Beach noir story. It's pretty much inked, but not erased. I'm going for a much looser feel and pages will be dense and dark. This page took me 4 sitdowns.
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Here are a couple of new posters using my sketchbook drawings. Ornette was drawn direct with ink to test a new Windsor & Newton brush. The second is Akira Kurosawa. If you don't know, I am a huge Kurosawa fan. Both need some adjustments. #westerinocomix #bsides #ornettecoleman #akirakurosawa

Two color pen drawing of Bobby Seale of the Black Panther Party. Everyone should read his memoir of the founding of the BPP, Seize the Time.
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Great hang at the Vine with Scott Heustis, Tony Green, and Breeze Smith. They added a theremin, player. Her name was Shelby. Didn't catch her last name. I really dug it. #westerinocomix #bsides @scott_heustis @tony_green_ @breezemuse888 @vine_lb

Here is a colorized version of an Albert Ayler drawing I posted a while ago. It is definitely a work in progress. #westerinocomix #bsides #visionsofayler #albertayler #freejazz #wip