Here’s a quick snap from my iPad of a pencil sketch I needed to bang out. I love satyrs but hate camping.

I’m playing more with composition and I’m enjoying how the pencil rough is coming out.

But I’m about to start painting the “Dildo King” piece with reds and purples this week, so this new sketch will have to wait. Nothing like being around a bunch of punks & skins and great music to recharge your batteries!

It’s here! It’s in full-color! And “The Welcome Back Fuck” comic is available for digital download for just $1.35? YES!

“The Welcome-Back Fuck” is a full-color, 9-page mini-comic by Dale Lazarov & Drub about a ska musician who returns from an extended tour to be welcomed home by his skinhead boyfriend. They make up for lost time starting at the airport parking lot…

“The Welcome-Back Fuck” was originally published in black and white in Best Gay Erotica 2007 and reprinted in Best of The Best Gay Erotica 3, both published by Cleis Press. This color edition is exclusive to this digital release here at https://www.rbn.co/drub

About the writer:
Dale Lazarov is the writer/editor of GOOD SPORTS (drawn by Alessio Slonimsky), NIGHTLIFE (drawn by Bastian Jonsson), MANLY (drawn by Amy Colburn), and STICKY (drawn by Steve MacIsaac), hardcover collections of gay erotic comics published by Bruno Gmünder Verlag that Gay Vox, among others, have called “the best gay erotica comics ever”. Dale now self-publishes wholesome, smart PDFs of gay comics smut through Ribbon. He lives in Chicago. Visit his site at http://www.dalelazarov.com/

As those that follow along are familiar, we go from pencil to pen to paint. Here’s the latest piece I’m working on for a client in sweaty New Orleans.

I’ll be thinking about the color palette while I’m in Las Vegas with a bunch of stinky punks and skinheads. Well, it’s one of the things I’ll be thinking about.

There’s some things I’ll be adding in during the painting stage, including the background scene and a few graphical elements.

Enjoy!

So I’ve just wrapped up the ink stages of one drawing and I plan on scanning some tomorrow, so…

Tonight, I started scribbling out and idea I’ve had germinating in my head of a bacchanalia with really goat-y satyrs and the lucky bastard who stumbled upon their grove. Here are some really shitty iPad snaps done of various sections of the composition.

I keep seeing pinks and greens… Bright and cheery. Yeah?

Here’s a new pencil sketch I just sent off to a client in New Orleans for approval, changes, or additions.

I’m working very closely with him to make sure he gets something that he really wants. Having mutual interests, the banter has been very candid and fun for both of us. After this, barring anything I am not seeing, I’ll move forward with inking this royal piece of smut and try not to get my greasy hands all over it. After I ink it in, I’ll send it off for another round of approval and then start painting.

I’d really like to get it done in the next week or two.

What do you think of the pencil sketch?

As numbers dwindle of the limited edition T-shirts, smarty pants people are snapping them up before they are all gone!

Not only are people getting their limited edition T-shirt while my supplies last, smart people are doubling up on a pack of 5 affordable handmade blank greeting cards too! The shirts are $15 and the greeting cards with envelopes are just $20. You put them together and you’ll save on shipping.

As of today, I’ve got 13 T-shirts left. The break down is: 1 small, 4 large, and 8 medium. Get them while they last!

The hand made greeting cards can be of any image in the gallery here, even the ones marked “Sold Out!” as that pertains to the fine art prints only. Mix and match to your heart’s content!

All you need to do is drop me a line telling me which ones you’d like on cards and I’ll be sure to take care of you!

Since I don’t have a bootblack at my beck and call, I have to do things for myself. And since a lot of you like this type of thing…

Here are before and after shots of the same pair of boots I’ve had for a long time. I’m too lazy to do the math, but not to lazy to fix this situation.

My boots have lots of scratches and scars on them, from scrapes on the heel from kick starting my Vespa, gouges in the toe from climbing over walls or tripping and probably falling down someplace, and not to mention the large amount of mud I’ve let accumulate on them when it was wet and messy this spring. I was getting tired of looking at them by the back door for months and I’ve got a hot date Friday night, so yesterday I got out my box of polish and rags and got to work.

Now there is nothing I can do about the dings that bootblacks have freaked out on me about, so we’ll let that slide because I actually wear these boots everywhere and have done for over 12 years. Those same bootblacks usually don’t have cordovan polish and expect my boots to be Fabergé eggs, sitting in a closet until the next big gay event, so, there you go.

I posted pictures yesterday showing the before and after shots and got several emails asking me if they were the same boots or what I did to resurrect them from their dusty hell. Since the response was so great, here’s a run down of what I did because you asked…

First I found my cordovan polish, lit it on fire and threw the lid back on to douse the flame. I took the old laces off and found an old sock in the box of polish and rubbed off most of the big pieces of dirt. My stiff brush was missing and it would have done a better job, but I’ve seen bootblacks at leather bars with less, so whatever… Anyways, I applied the first layer of gooey cordovan (NOT BLACK!) polish to the boots and let it sit for 5 minutes while I picked the treads clean of pebbles and mud with my fingers. The polish loosened all the really stubborn mud and I really applied pressure to the spots that wouldn’t come off easy. By now, my boots are covered in a nice layer of polish. I polish my boots just like this from time to time to prevent the leather from cracking and assuring that I don’t yank one of the eyelets out one day trying to take them off. Then I rub and buff out the polish with a clean, non-muddy rag (in this case, the other old sock) until it shines. The toe caps, if dull, can come to a nice shine with a little bit of saliva and some buffing. A good boot boy might lick and spit on them for show, but I’ll let your imagination fill in those blanks.

Here’s the before and after, with new boot laces:

You know what’s missing from the gallery? More minions of Satan!

I remembered I did a piece, lost it, found it, put it away, filed it electronically and forgot about it. So, yeah, it’s not really new.

In any case, I’m wrapping up the last few panels on a comic book and I figured I would throw you pigs a bone of sorts to keep you placated and interested. I kind of wish I put big gnarly hooves on him and had his tongue sticking out.

Here’s “Horny Devil” in this pin-up. As always, it is available as a 13″ x 19″ print and/or on greeting cards.

Another batch of “Splat!” shirts went out last week and more photos are coming in from their happy new homes.

Zoolander may have “Blue Steel” and “La Tigre” but he’s no match for Will doing his patented “Red Devil”! Fits really nice, don’t ya think?

Hey! If you want to send me your pictures, with a note accompanying it telling me which ones you don’t mind me sharing… *ahem*… like these other naughty monkeys, bring it! Shoot me an email or post it somewhere and put my face in it.

I really like that.

There are only a few left in each size, so get them while they last!

People show their appreciation in many ways, through actions, gestures, gifts, poetry, and encouragement. Imagine my surprise over something such as this…

Yes. You are seeing this correctly.

Now, people have tattooed my art on their bodies and sent me pictures, but never has anyone tattooed their body with my name! Flattered would be an understatement. It goes without saying that this guy loves my art, t-shirts and greeting cards, has bought all of these from me, and has asked for my explicit permission to tattoo my trademark boot print logo on his flesh.

It’s a testament to how deeply I’ve moved people with my illustrations over the years. Words can’t even begin to describe how awesome this is.