Dave Thomas
"I'm half blind, I can't drive, I live in a city with bad public transportation, and I live with my parents.
My comics write themselves. :)"
Dave writes and draws Irritated Senses every Monday, and has written and published the graphic novel Brief Heroics.
Send your feedback to dave@sweetchunkscomics.com!
Andy Jimison
"I currently live in Brooklyn, New York with my girlfriend and my cat Miles. I always thought I would make a comic
about living in New York, but making fun of the current vampire fad seemed way more fun."
Andy writes and draws The Vampire Fad every Friday.
Send your feedback to andy@sweetchunkscomics.com!
Alex Stephenson
"I’ve always had a pretty horrifying sense of humor and somewhere along the line, I realized that if I talk about the messed
up things I’m thinking, people think I’m a bad person. However, if I take the time to draw them.. people think I’m a
comic artist. Go figure."
Alex writes & draws Narcolepsy Incorporated, updated twice a week on Tuesdays & Thursdays at NarcolepsyInc.com.
Started in December of 2008, Narcolepsy Incorporated began as a humble comic/blog about stick figures with deep
seeded issues. Over time however, it blossomed into a colored, roughly shaded cartoon about two college roommates
with the occasional random comic thrown in for diversity.
Franny J. Miller
"I always enjoyed drawing, then when all my kids moved out I took some design classes at the local community college.
One thing lead to another, and now here I am a house wife in her fifties making comics on a computer!"
Franny writes and draws Yetti O'Connor every Thursday.
Send your feedback to fjmiller02@aol.com!
Funny Man
Local Artist Blind To Preconceived Notions.
By Jenny Redden , Education Editor, jennyr@baledger.com
Published: Thursday, February 25, 2010 - Broken Arrow Ledger
There are a lot of can’ts in Dave Matthew Thomas’ life. He can’t see out of his right eye or very well from his left. He can’t get a driver’s license because of it. But there are a lot of cans, too. For starters, he can make you laugh. And he can draw. He combined the two in “Brief Heroics,” a comic book he recently self-published with hopes of creating a series.
Dedicated to the “hundreds of dead trees it took to make this one book,” the comic is the story of a lovable, albeit gullible, man tricked into saving his hometown from a grotesque monster.
“I came up with the story in eighth or ninth grade,” Thomas said. “I started drawing it when I was a junior or senior in college.”
Thomas uses a stylus and a tablet to draw all of his comics digitally. He began drawing when he was 5 although he has been considered legally blind since birth. In addition to no vision in his right eye, he has impaired vision in his left. He was diagnosed with glaucoma when he was 12.
“Altogether, I think I’ve had 28 surgeries on my eyes,” he said.
He graduated in 2001 from a high school in Broken Arrow “so small it didn’t offer art class,” he said. He attended Tulsa Community College and Northeastern State University, where he received a degree in graphic design. He considers completing his first comic book a childhood dream, expect for one thing.
“I imagined getting paid to do it,” he said, laughing.
He keeps the laughs going as he explains why he added his middle name to his pen name: “Dave Thomas is the Wendy’s guy.” He calls his comic PG-13 humor and says he gets his inspiration from many of TV’s adult cartoons, especially “The Simpsons” and Nickelodian’s “Ren and Stimpy.”
To promote the book, he and a fellow illustrator started a Web site, Sweet Chunk Comics. He started the site in October and said he chose the name Sweet Chunks “because it can mean anything.” Thomas does the Monday comic, “Irritated senses: The random happenings of a legally blind artist.” His childhood friend, Andy Jimison, does the Friday comic, “Vampire fad: 300 is the new 30.” Jimison, who now lives in Brooklyn, agreed to join the site because he knew quality was important to Thomas.
“We want it to be funny and not super serious but something that’s approachable for a lot of people,” Jimison said.
"I'm half blind, I can't drive, I live in a city with bad public transportation, and I live with my parents.
My comics write themselves. :)"
Dave writes and draws Irritated Senses every Monday, and has written and published the graphic novel Brief Heroics.
Send your feedback to dave@sweetchunkscomics.com!
Andy Jimison
"I currently live in Brooklyn, New York with my girlfriend and my cat Miles. I always thought I would make a comic
about living in New York, but making fun of the current vampire fad seemed way more fun."
Andy writes and draws The Vampire Fad every Friday.
Send your feedback to andy@sweetchunkscomics.com!
Alex Stephenson
"I’ve always had a pretty horrifying sense of humor and somewhere along the line, I realized that if I talk about the messed
up things I’m thinking, people think I’m a bad person. However, if I take the time to draw them.. people think I’m a
comic artist. Go figure."
Alex writes & draws Narcolepsy Incorporated, updated twice a week on Tuesdays & Thursdays at NarcolepsyInc.com.
Started in December of 2008, Narcolepsy Incorporated began as a humble comic/blog about stick figures with deep
seeded issues. Over time however, it blossomed into a colored, roughly shaded cartoon about two college roommates
with the occasional random comic thrown in for diversity.
Franny J. Miller
"I always enjoyed drawing, then when all my kids moved out I took some design classes at the local community college.
One thing lead to another, and now here I am a house wife in her fifties making comics on a computer!"
Franny writes and draws Yetti O'Connor every Thursday.
Send your feedback to fjmiller02@aol.com!
Funny Man
Local Artist Blind To Preconceived Notions.
By Jenny Redden , Education Editor, jennyr@baledger.com
Published: Thursday, February 25, 2010 - Broken Arrow Ledger
There are a lot of can’ts in Dave Matthew Thomas’ life. He can’t see out of his right eye or very well from his left. He can’t get a driver’s license because of it. But there are a lot of cans, too. For starters, he can make you laugh. And he can draw. He combined the two in “Brief Heroics,” a comic book he recently self-published with hopes of creating a series.
Dedicated to the “hundreds of dead trees it took to make this one book,” the comic is the story of a lovable, albeit gullible, man tricked into saving his hometown from a grotesque monster.
“I came up with the story in eighth or ninth grade,” Thomas said. “I started drawing it when I was a junior or senior in college.”
Thomas uses a stylus and a tablet to draw all of his comics digitally. He began drawing when he was 5 although he has been considered legally blind since birth. In addition to no vision in his right eye, he has impaired vision in his left. He was diagnosed with glaucoma when he was 12.
“Altogether, I think I’ve had 28 surgeries on my eyes,” he said.
He graduated in 2001 from a high school in Broken Arrow “so small it didn’t offer art class,” he said. He attended Tulsa Community College and Northeastern State University, where he received a degree in graphic design. He considers completing his first comic book a childhood dream, expect for one thing.
“I imagined getting paid to do it,” he said, laughing.
He keeps the laughs going as he explains why he added his middle name to his pen name: “Dave Thomas is the Wendy’s guy.” He calls his comic PG-13 humor and says he gets his inspiration from many of TV’s adult cartoons, especially “The Simpsons” and Nickelodian’s “Ren and Stimpy.”
To promote the book, he and a fellow illustrator started a Web site, Sweet Chunk Comics. He started the site in October and said he chose the name Sweet Chunks “because it can mean anything.” Thomas does the Monday comic, “Irritated senses: The random happenings of a legally blind artist.” His childhood friend, Andy Jimison, does the Friday comic, “Vampire fad: 300 is the new 30.” Jimison, who now lives in Brooklyn, agreed to join the site because he knew quality was important to Thomas.
“We want it to be funny and not super serious but something that’s approachable for a lot of people,” Jimison said.
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