Alabaster Pizzo

Ongoing

Mimi and the Wolves is an ongoing serialized comic book series, self-published by the artist since 2013. There are currently three installments; the pages to the left are from Act III: The Howl. 

An excerpt from Act II was printed in Best American Comics 2015, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and edited by Bill Kartalopoulos and Jonathan Lethem.

You can purchase the books here.

The lyrics featured in the pages on this website are from a song by Tica Douglas.

2016

Hellbound Lifestyle is a 72-page full color comic book published by Retrofit Comics. All the text is taken from private journals or text messages written by my friend, the hilarious Kaeleigh Forsyth. She graciously allowed me to mine her deepest thoughts and fears to create this comic.

You can buy Hellbound Lifestyle here.

Abundant praise for Hellbound Lifestyle:

Drunken Boat: Peopel Mag 2 Hottest Pll Under 30 Interview

The Cartoonists' Club of Great Britain

The Creators Project

Comicsverse: Giggles Outweigh the Tears

Graphic Policy: Review: Hellbound Lifestyle

Broken Frontier: Staff Picks for August 2016

Optical Sloth

Bleeding Cool: Two From Retrofit/Big Planet

Elmenreich Books

Page 45

Just Indie Comics: Misunderstanding Comics #5 (in Italian)

High-Low Comics: Retrofit Extra

Comics Alternative: Episode 194 (podcast, review at 55:00)

2016

Ralphie and Jeanie was a series of 3 or 4 page color comics posted every Monday for 14 weeks on Vice Comics. 

It's now in print. You can buy the book here.

Thank you to Vice Comics editor Nick Gazin.

2016

On 3 occasions I provided the illustrations to absurdly funny articles by Jenny Nelson on Funny or Die:

This Month's Horoscopes for Plants

How to Establish Lasting Relationships While In the Bathroom Line

Gossip For Plants This Summer

Thank you to AD Natasha Fedorova and Nate Maggio.

2017

Local NYC chain Irving Farm Coffee Roasters commissioned me to create 8 large drawings to cover the windows of their new store in the West Village while they renovated. The drawings averaged 5 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide and featured scenes from the surrounding neighborhood. 

Thank you to creative director Gracie Pizzo, who also took these photos.

2017

Editorial illustrations for a piece about the lagers of Asia. Thank you AD Rob Engvall.

2017

Illustration and lettering for the short film Amor Verdadero en Pueblo Téxtil

2017

Roaming is a noir-comic I adapted from a short piece of writing by Horatio Baltz. It's posted here in its entirety.

Ongoing

Samples of editorial illustration I've done for Barista Magazine.

Thank you editor Sarah Allen and AD Demitri Fregosi.

2017

A short comic which was published in Kuš #30 "Brooklyn. Presented here in its entirety. 

I also did the cover for that issue.

Ongoing

Every month, my pals Jenny Nelson and Kady Ruth host a variety show featuring two comedians and one "expert" who gives a short lecture. It's free and it's fun, check it out!

2016

Editorial illustrations for the now-defunct online magazine Hopes & Fears. The piece was about World Vasectomy Day.

Thank you AD Leo Peng.

Ongoing

A selection of privately commissioned portraits, drawn from photos or to varying specific specifications. I am always available to do these. They make best gifts!

2017

1. Tombili of Turkey, ?-2016

2. Stationmaster Tama of Japan, 1999-2015

3. All Ball of USA, 1984-1984

4. Tiddles of Britain, 1970-1983

5. Félicette of France, ?-1963

6. Mrs. Chippy of Britain and Antarctica, ? -1917

7. Pangur Bán of Ireland, 9th Century

8. Morris of USA, ?-1978

9. Ketzel Cotel of USA, 1992-2011

10. Nicky/ Little Nicky of USA, 1994-2003/ 2004- ?

2015

"We Lived Alone" is a comic adapted from a song by the same title by Connie Converse, who recorded a dozen or so demos of charming folk songs in New York City in the 1950s and then suddenly vanished forever. The songs were remastered and re-released by Squirrel Thing Recordings in 2009.

This comic is posted here in its entirety. Listen to the song here.

2016

A cover and a sample of several interior spots for a piece about adult education classes in the DC area.

Thank you to AD Adam Griffiths.

2017

Small drawings of a selection breakfast items for a special invite-only breakfast hosted by Irving Farm

Ongoing

A selection of editorial illustrations for Portland Mercury.

Thank you to AD Kathleen Marie. 

Ongoing

Jnana Organics is a small company in Mount Kisco, New York that makes a dairy-alternative similar to soymilk from pumkin seeds in a variety of flavors. I do all their labels, including different background motifs for each flavor.

2015

Ruler Comics were a series of 1 or 2 page color comics I adapted verbatim from the thousands of real reviews of a 12-inch wooden ruler on the Staples' website. Ruler lovers, haters, and indifferents alike express their feelings about their $.79 investment (and much more).

You can read them all here.

Ongoing

A few physical objects I've made, some to sell, some just for my own enjoyment or decoration.

2016

"Conversations With Antdawg Binobaby and Harish, My King" is a short, printed companion to Hellbound Lifestyle. Transcribed in their entirety are two text message conversations that Kaeleigh Forsyth had with hopeful Long Island bachelor, Antdawg Binobaby, and tenacious Brooklyn realtor, Harish.

You can by the 32-page mini here. 

2017

Every February 1st, cartoonists are challenged to record their entire day, hour-by-hour, in a comic. This year I posted mine to Twitter more or less in real time.

Presented here in its entirety.

Ongoing

I love to draw people, animals, and especially animal people. Drawing a Fursona by request is an honor I don't take lightly, whether or not the client calls it by that name.

Ongoing

Just some .gifs, just for fun

2017

Cover for the Brooklyn issue of Latvian comics anthology Kuš! I also have a 4 page comic in this issue.

Buy it!