Welcome to APESHOT
STUDIOS!
I'm Scott A. Gilbert, a librarian & library science student,
web designer, graphic artist, illustrator, and cartoonist living &
working in Houston, Texas with frequent
visits to South Florida and Oklahoma.
In Fall 2004, a new comic story by me, "The Skies of Texas" will
be included in a collection of comic stories about our country's leaders
published by Fantagraphics
Books. The collection will be titled The Bush Junta
and will feature comix by Spain Rodriguez, Paul Mavrides, Carol Swain, and
Mack White among
others (Mack is also editing the book).
As a professional illustrator, I've been doing a lot of work
for the New Times newspaper chain, Web
Hosting Magazine, and other clients. See
here for a portfolio of my illustration work.
The comic strip "True Artist
Tales" has been my main creative venue since 1987. The strip appeared
weekly in Houston newspapers (the Houston
Press & The Public News) and on-line for ten years. Currently
I'm on a creative sabbatical from the strip because I am kinda burned
out. My longer comic book stories have appeared in Pictopia from
Fantagraphics Books; Negative
Burn from Caliber Comics; the SPX 1997 Comic; Jenny Zervakis'
and Marc Cunningham's Zoomcranks; and Joe Zabel's great mystery anthology,
Murder by Crowquill. I've collaborated with Harvey Pekar on his American
Splendor comics (Windfall in 1995 and Comicon Comics in
1996, both published by Dark Horse
Comics). Occasionally I've written critical articles for The
Comics Journal. In 1995 I won the fabulous Xeric
Grant Award, and with it published a collection of the best of my weekly
comic titled It's All True! The Best of True Artist Tales. Copies
of this 50 page book are still available from me at $3 per copy postpaid,
so please email me if you're interested
in getting one. You'll be glad you did. |
