• Paul Hornschemeier's rendition of the Ice King, from Zack Smith's enviable collection of Adventure Time-themed sketches
• Paul Hornschemeier is beginning to post teasers of his forthcoming Forlorn Funnies #1 along with the sketches at his The Daily Forlorn blog
• This drawing by Steven Weissman appears to be related to the current Barack Hussein Obama strip; plus his latest "I, Anonymous" spot
• Celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day with Dame Darcy as she pays tribute to Adam Ant x 2 (plus Darryl Hannah in Splash) — this and more in her new blog update
• Sketches and illustrations by Max at his El Hombre Duerme, el Fantasma No blog
• The Creature (which you can buy) and a few sneak peeks at The Hidden on Richard Sala's Tumblr blog
• From Leslie Stein, an excerpt from the forthcoming Eye of the Majestic Creature #7
• "Gravity," a new painting by Malachi Ward
• Renee French zooms in on the gross part of a box of fruit; also we all feel like this sometimes
• From Steve Brodner: Ron Paul, Sen. Joe Manshin, Troy Davis (above; all with relevant info & commentary)
• Sketchbook stories by Anders Nilsen
• The Lovely Sparrows CD cover illustration by Derek Van Gieson (click to see wraparound)
Plus:
• Matthias Lehmann's sketches and notes for a new comics project
• Character designs by Bob Fingerman for a series of post-apocalyptic YA novels he's working on
• An illustration for Bloomberg View by Victor Kerlow
• More mythological drawings by correspondence-course teacher Frank Santoro
• Sketchbook strips by Marco Corona at his Il Canguro Pugilatore blog
• Wild-n-woolly sketchbook drawings by John Cuneo