one million mouths

Soup or Symmetry?

2012-01-03T10:59:00.003-05:00

This is the cover of my new book, which will be released this spring through Koyama Press.
Bizarre evolutionary paths, a world of nitrogen oceans, silicon based life forms, yak yak yak.
Also, you ought to check out the new Koyama Press website.

Tintin & Snowy (In Full Battle Armour)

2011-11-07T15:44:00.005-05:00

This is a little drawing I did for the Toronto Draws show, which opened last week at the SteamWhistle Gallery.

Doppelgängbanger

2011-11-07T15:23:00.003-05:00

I've drawn a two page comic strip for the new NoBrow 6.
If you haven't yet seen NoBrow's books this is something you should do.
Available here.

Hab SoSlI' Quch!

2011-06-21T10:45:00.003-04:00

I've been steadily working on a new comic book, which I am keeping top secret for now,
but here, here is a drawing of a Klingon from my sketchbooky.

Another Place in Space

2011-06-02T11:20:00.002-04:00

Here is the Thing

2011-05-14T09:19:00.004-04:00

New Even the Giants screen print.
Edition of 30.

My table at TCAF last weekend.

Wake It & Take It

2011-04-24T11:46:00.002-04:00

I drew a two page comic about Bigfoot's babies for a new forest themed anthology called Root Rot published by Koyama Press. The book is debuting at TCAF.

Ham Fisted and Dented

2011-04-23T09:02:00.004-04:00

I drew these logos for a friend's punk rock record company.
The round one is for buttons and stamps.

EVEN THE GIANTS

2011-04-11T09:57:00.004-04:00

I did an interview with Squidface and the Meddler about my new book.
It's a great site, that features a lot of interesting artists. Check it out here.

Electrical Oscillation

2011-04-07T11:51:00.002-04:00

Two-colour screen print.
Edition of 20, by my own count.

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2011-03-20T18:17:00.002-04:00

A new guy (villain) from a new comic I'm drawing.

A Place In Space

2011-02-14T13:34:00.000-05:00

A Catalogue of Human Crisis

2011-02-12T10:59:00.003-05:00

My friend, the apple-cheeked mailman of Canada Post, brought me, yesterday, this advanced copy of the new book from AdHouse. It will be officially launched at this years TCAF (Toronto Comics Arts Festival).

The Emptiness Between Atoms

2011-02-06T12:13:00.003-05:00

Sanctify The Sacred Self

2011-01-24T08:42:00.002-05:00

Homegrown Skateboards put my cosmic fellow on a shirt.

By This Shall You Know Him

2010-12-14T11:50:00.001-05:00

Clamoring For Attention

2010-11-30T11:23:00.001-05:00

This complicated root system.

I've drawn a drawing, not this one, which will be
hanging at the Resistor gallery as part of the Krampusnacht
show. The opening is at 7:00 Thursday December 2nd.
www.resistorgallery.ca

Pinched And Penniless

2010-11-12T14:35:00.002-05:00

I drew an ass load of twenty dollar bills for this week's Coast cover.

Also, if anyone has sent me an email from my website and failed to get a response,
please resend to jesse@jessejacobs.ca

Something screwy is going on.

Ouistiti

2010-11-05T11:37:00.003-04:00

Oui oui oui.

Predicting The Future Using A Complicated Arrangement Of Concave And Convex Mirrors

2010-11-01T19:59:00.005-04:00

Interview with a neat art and illustration online magazine here

The Divine Manifestation of A Singular Impulse

2010-09-28T10:34:00.002-04:00

A panel from a new comic strip I'm working on.

Cosmic.

How To Draw A Well-Built, Multi-Storied Development

2010-09-20T12:13:00.003-04:00

In just twelve steps, the drawing. Process.

Cubes. Cubes? Cubes.

2010-09-15T13:14:00.007-04:00

I had a comic strip featured in the September issue of Le Monde Diplomatique.
www.monde-diplomatique.de/pm/.comics/comicsammlung

Feathering The Nest

2010-09-05T17:18:00.003-04:00

I drew a few illustrations for The Coast's back to school issue.
This story was about how to avoid being hassled by the man.

The Heat of One Thousand Hells

2010-08-19T11:14:00.003-04:00

I've recently, and triumphantly, returned to Ontario after a massive trip to both New Brunswick and British Columbia. In order to make up for lost time, I'm attempting to draw comics with both hands, simultaneously. I've posted some drawings from my sketchbook. I sure hope you like them.

Also, My friend Ted has built me a pretty great website. I still have a bit of work to put into it, but check it out at

www.jessejacobs.ca

2010-08-19T11:05:00.002-04:00

Three Drawings

2010-07-14T22:28:00.001-04:00

Atoms to Bits

2010-03-22T09:21:00.004-04:00

I drew some little drawings for Ruth Minnikin's new website.

www.ruthminnikin.ca

No, We Are Not Dead Yet

2010-03-15T12:02:00.002-04:00

My newest comic book is almost finished.

A Data Driven, Goal Oriented Approach

2010-03-05T12:07:00.002-05:00

I drew the cover and some futuristic illustrations for The Coast this week.

Ongoing Patterns of Regularity

2010-02-16T16:55:00.004-05:00

Some sally-assed blue jay studies from my sketchbook.

Drinking Snake Oil, Counting the Days

2010-02-11T11:40:00.012-05:00

Black Warrior Review, a literary journal

published at The University of Alabama,

printed this comic in the The Fall/Winter edition.

Earth Colony Initialize

2009-11-16T10:22:00.004-05:00

I drew these guys building a pyramid.

Also, Kevin de Vlaming from the Fabler, wrote this article on my comics...

http://bit.ly/Sh6Gz

ART SHOW

2009-11-10T13:35:00.002-05:00

This ought to be an interesting show with skate decks, photography, prints, and more.

If you're in Toronto check it out.

Barsowia Fourteen

2009-10-09T10:47:00.006-04:00

The new issue of Barsowia, a collection of comic stories published in Spain,

printed a few of my strange pages.

Spread Them Wide & Start Slowly

2009-10-03T10:31:00.004-04:00

Last weekend my book Blue Winter was honoured with The Gene Day

Award for Self Publishing at the Shuster Awards.
Here are a few comics from my sketchbook. One is about a hatchling and the other is about that game that guys play by tapping a knife real fast-like in between their fingers.

Do Some Skids, Kids

2009-09-20T18:07:00.006-04:00

Skateboard guy.

Protective Casing Permeated

2009-09-11T14:10:00.005-04:00

I haven't been updating as much as I ought to be. I plan on rectifying that poste haste, now that I'm settled.

The Radical Shift of Fortune

2009-07-10T09:16:00.006-04:00

Arctic landscape with mechanical whale.

Yes I have raccoon babies in the backyard.

I thought I knew what cuteness was. no I didn't. not until now.

We Belong Dead

2009-07-03T15:50:00.003-04:00

I've been fussing around with scratch board.

scratchy.

Cool Mermaid, Cooler Pet

2009-06-21T09:30:00.002-04:00

Boy oh boy am I missing the beach right now.

Lake Erie = old tires, weird foam, teenagers

oh and it was peppered with tiny rotten fishes that

Desmond could not resist, being a dog and all.

A Colourful Way To Say I Care

2009-06-03T15:07:00.004-04:00

A drawing done for Ruth's new record.

Also, check out this video the fellows at Homegrown put together of my recent visit
http://hgskate.ca/
to see some screen printing in motion!
For there is, and always has been, two choices in this world....
To skate, or to die.

Most Pettable, Unforgettable

2009-05-14T09:38:00.004-04:00

I finally did it. Desmond is my new best friend.
I no longer hang out with humans.
She makes up the coolest games and she ought to be in the pictures
I ought to bring her to Hollywood.

I did an interview with sequential for a TCAF special
http://sequential.spiltink.org/SequentialPulp-WebversionLarge.pdf
on page 4 and 5.

Kick Flips and Star Ships

2009-05-08T18:15:00.007-04:00

I visited Nova Scotia last month to collaborate with Homegrown skateboards on some limited edition decks and prints. Everything was hand printed, numbered and signed. Available at http://hgskate.ca/
Buy them and scratch them.

An Illogical Hairdo

2009-05-03T10:56:00.006-04:00

One would be forgiven for thinking this drawing of a vampire was a Vulcan as Star Trek fever sweeps the nation.

Just In Time For Spring

2009-04-19T19:25:00.004-04:00

My Blueprint for a Haunted Tree Fort drawing was printed on

beautiful sea foam t-shirts by Threadless for their 12 month club.

http://www.threadless.com/12club

A Squirrel's World

2009-04-17T12:34:00.004-04:00

With the things he loves he is most careful.

The Audacity To Demand The Infinite

2009-04-13T09:23:00.002-04:00

By the looks of that star I'd say it could go supernova on us anytime.

What About The Romans?

2009-04-12T19:11:00.004-04:00

Happy Easter indeed I bought this rainbow pack of pilot G-Tec pens which have forever been my favourite for drawing, never have I seen purple or green ones until now. The box even came with a bonus purple one.
I drew this while watching Jesus Christ Superstar.

Bury Me In My Swim Shorts

2009-04-10T14:53:00.001-04:00

Once again, it was I who spied the first robin of spring.

There were three of them hanging out under the jet stream.

Barreling Toward The Big Crunch

2009-04-08T12:21:00.003-04:00

While swimming the dark waters of the cosmos.

mon p'tit gars

2009-04-05T18:55:00.002-04:00

The Priest Of Precision

2009-03-22T13:13:00.001-04:00

helmet design from my sketchbook

Flat Power Spectral Density

2009-03-17T09:39:00.004-04:00

I took these photos of dazzling wild ice formations at the park last week.

nice ice,

acoustic device

In other news...

My comic books Small Victories and Blue Winter have been nominated for a Doug Wright Award...

http://www.wrightawards.ca/

To Long Lives and Quick Deaths

2009-03-09T11:14:00.004-04:00

I drew this poster at 1000 miles per hour yesterday for my pal Ruth.

Apologies to Seuss and Dzama.

Gooey-eyed pets and foolish bets.

Eternally Screaming into the Void and Empty Heavens

2009-03-02T12:37:00.004-05:00

The good people at threadless have printed the mighty jet-pack shirt. If you'd like to purchase this little number, you may do so at...... http://www.threadless.com/product/1721/Jet_Pack_for_the_Future_Today

Funny shapes and sour grapes.

Mission: Cosmic Domination, Triumphant!

2009-02-04T12:10:00.004-05:00

Eating lots of soup.

This One is for the Rats Who Hurled Themselves into the Ocean

2008-12-14T08:52:00.006-05:00

when they saw that the explosives in the cargo hold
were just about to blow"

I drew this week's Coast cover. Apparently, Halifax is suffering from some sort of rat invasion. All the construction on the pipes has disrupted their natural sewer habitat and rat chaos has ensued. Oh how I miss Halifax. All we have in London is giant black squirrels but they do kind of look like rats. It's just not the same though. It's all about the tails.

Hop on the Bandwagon or Die Trying

2008-11-24T20:37:00.004-05:00

Business card design for the wonderful musician Ruth Minnikin (and her bandwagon).

Listen to her songs, they will cure you.

Ledge to Ledge

2008-11-20T09:24:00.001-05:00

Cleaning out old files in the mysterious and forgotten regions of my hard drive I found this ad for some skateboard decks I drew for Homegrown a few years ago.

DS9, Voyager, Voyager

2008-11-10T10:29:00.002-05:00

Two pages from my sketchbook I drew while watching 3 consecutive episodes of Star Trek.

Winter Annihilates Autumn

2008-11-07T10:30:00.002-05:00

A Halloween comic I drew for the Coast last week. Scary? I'm not sure why but we had snow for Halloween this year. It didn't make any sense. The day after these photos were taken the temperature came back up and the snow began melting, and the warm wind brought with it that feeling of excitement and relief that comes with spring. It was a mock spring. It was a trick.

No Big Wins

2008-10-28T10:35:00.003-04:00

I reprinted my last book, Small Victories .

Lots of stories. 40 something pages with a screen printed cover.

If anyone is interested in acquiring a copy of this or the blue jay

one, email me at onemillionmouths@hotmail.com . KAW KAW!

copy and cut, fold and staple

2008-10-28T10:17:00.007-04:00

I put together my new blue jay book called

Blue Winter, Shapes in the Snow .

Follow Jason the shape shifting blue jay as he maneuvers

his way through the complicated world of humans. 36 pages

of hungry wolves, a freckled girl, dumpster diving,

pizza eating racoons, clicking squirrels, desperate ducks,

ice skating, and lots of snow.

Chit Chat, Cat Shit

2008-10-24T13:26:00.002-04:00

Here's to swimmin'

with bow legged women.

I Will Drive a Bulldozer Through It.

2008-10-10T13:30:00.002-04:00

A spaceman drawing and a comic about a father shaving his beard. Not my father, he hasn't a beard but he has one hell of a moustache that he has forever carried upon his upper lip, and I'm certain, he will one day take with him to heaven.

One in the Boneyard, the Other on Fire

2008-10-07T17:01:00.002-04:00

Come, we must deal shrewdly with them

or they will become even more numerous and,

if war breaks out,

will join our enemies,

fight against us and leave the country.

3 drawings of things

2008-10-07T10:18:00.003-04:00

Esau sold his birthright not for riches or power, but for a simple bowl of lentil soup.

As Jacob fetched the pottage and bread, Esau slouched on the rug, nameless and starving, without contempt, and pondered the day and how he, such a cunning hunter, had come out of the plains with nothing but a last name and even that, with the filling of his stomach, would soon be gone.

I'm going to try to post more drawings on here until I get a real website. I've been drawing lots of drawings and they just sit around confused. Cooooooooo!

Lucky Lizard's Flight To the Moon

2008-08-09T09:26:00.007-04:00

A shirt design I drew and printed. My camera is broken so I can't snap a shot of the actual screenprint but they came out good. HISSSSSSSSS!

Strange Things Done in the Midnight Sun

2008-07-11T06:33:00.009-04:00

I did the poster and t-shirt for this years Dawson City Music Festival. It's too bad I live on the other side of the country because I bet it's awfully nice.

don't sweat it; pet it

2008-06-28T02:27:00.001-04:00

Apologies to Lucy Maud

2008-04-06T09:24:00.002-04:00

I drew the cover for the Coast last week.

I think I'm done with freckles for a little while.

Fashion for the Future...Today

2008-03-12T16:53:00.006-04:00

The road to Heaven is paved not with bad intentions but fine fashion and
kind acts unto animals....

Some images screenprinted onto sweaters that I made at work and a lovely winter day spent in the park feeding chickadees. Those photos were taken in January, I think. I am no longer happy about the winter now.

In the Future All Sweaters Will Have Zebras on Them

2008-02-20T20:29:00.000-05:00

Hoodie I made especially for the celebration of the good Saint Valentine.

I am forever hopelessly romantic.