Leland Purvis is an artist and craftsman currently working in graphite and pigments on paper, using pictures to tell stories. His major works in recent years have been graphic novels, historical fiction, largely aimed at younger readers. He prefers baseball, single malt highland scotch, the speed of sailboats and the smell of horses. And he [...]
Tag Archives: Comix
FREE WEBCOMIX WEEKEND
In honor of Free Comic Book Day on May 4th, TRIP CITY would like to draw your attention to some of the great FREE creator-owned comix we offer, including; Billy Dogma by Dean Haspiel The Red Hook by Dean Haspiel Schmuck by Seth Kushner & various Just Super by Jeffrey Burandt & Zees and various. [...]
RETRO SLAM JAM #1
Step into the ring with 1989′s most outrageous wrestlers in this mat-pounding, head-stomping, comix-wrasslin’ adventure! In this episode, it’s class warfare between Gator and The Natural. Can ol’ Gator take that pretty boy down a peg or two? Read Retro Slam Jam #2 by clicking HERE. Read Retro Slam Jam #3 by clicking HERE. Blake Sims is an artist [...]
JOHN LOVES WAYNE
JOHN LOVES WAYNE is the best punk, western, rock song about gay, cowboy lovers ever. This was my second attempt to make a “comic book, music video,” or more accurately, a “graphic lyric sheet,” and as Valentine’s Day is approaching, I thought it would be appropriate to run here on Trip City. As per usual, [...]
SCHMUCK 9: WARNING SIGNS
Skuds Mckinley is a Professional comic book artist and Illustrator based in Doylestown Pa. His first Self Published comic work, I’ll Take You To The Moon And Leave You There Vol.1 was met with fantastic reviews and quickly sold out of print. He has designed merch and album covers for Heavy Metal and Punk bands [...]
SCHMUCK 9 PREVIEW
The latest and ninth installment of SCHMUCK, “Warning Signs” is, as always, an awkward and personal story based upon events from my life a decade ago. This particular episode chronicles the beginning, middle and end of my avatar, Adam Kessler’s two and a half month-long relationship with Michelle, and how he misses the warning signs [...]
I, APE-MAN
Read the comic while you listen to the tune, so as to fully experience the post-punk-apocalyptic might that is, “I, Ape-Man.” Then come back here for a minute, I’ve got a couple of things I want to tell you. I, APE-MAN came into being as a song in the long long ago, in [...]
Yo Gabba Gabardine
Continuing our countdown to the final episode of TIME BUM, we present to you another one of his many appearances in Americans UK comix, this time in the punk-glam-rock adventure that is Yo Gabba Gabbardine, by Jef UK, Sam Vaughan, John Mathias and Ben. Buy print copies of this comic book here. Download free music [...]
SCHMUCK 8: The Double Date
Stephen DeStefano began his career as a professional cartoonist at the age of 15. He’s drawn the comic book adventures of SpongeBob and Mickey Mouse, has been the chief licensing artist on Popeye the Sailor for 25 years, and served as a storyboard artist, voice artist and designer in television animation on the Ren and [...]
SCHMUCK 8 PREVIEW
The latest and eighth installment of SCHMUCK, “The Double Date” is, as always, an awkward and personal story based upon events from my life a decade ago. This particular episode deals with my avatar, Adam Kessler bringing along his friend Daniel on a double date with Maria, “a hot latina” who he’s enamored with, and [...]
SUCKERS 2
When Corey White was four years old, his mother told him his father had died and left them with nothing. When he was eighteen, his father told him different. But then, his dad’s a con man, so who’s he supposed to believe? Eric Skillman and Jorge Coehlo present SUCKERS. Read Chapter one of SUCKERS. Eric [...]
Dino Fight UK
In possible memoriam of Time Bum, nay, of all of history itself (if the Mayan calendar is to be completely misinterpreted believed), we’re running some of Time Bum’s original appearances up until the upcoming, final episode of the Time Bum series. This short little Americans UK ditty that I made with my pal ZEES features the [...]
