JHS

2012-01-27T13:14:00.000-08:00

Pirate's Cove

2012-01-17T18:11:00.001-08:00

A commission.

2012-01-07T13:28:00.000-08:00

Good Morning, 2012.

2012-01-04T14:02:00.001-08:00

Connecticut

2011-12-23T13:55:00.001-08:00

Doug hit a deer.

The Movies

2011-11-03T09:30:00.001-07:00

DO YOU KNOW CAN YOU GUESS some easy some hard

Cinema Sewer Volume 3

2011-11-02T14:24:00.000-07:00

Robin Bougie's latest fantastic filth movie appreciation book is out now, and I've got two two-page strips within; "Celebrities Fucking" and "Anal Fucking Desecrates Holy Ground" (that one is written by Bougie). GET IT.

Mome 22

2011-09-18T18:40:00.000-07:00

The final Mome (22) is 240 pages, and has 3 short strips by myself and friends.

"Axl & Jim" is about the drug-fueled long-time friendship between Axl Rose and James Cameron. I wrote and inked it, but it was penciled by my special lady Wendy. (4 pages).

"The White Rhinoceros, Part 4" continues the psychedelic racial adventure, and was written by The Partridge in the Pear Tree. (3 pages).

And "We Enjoyed Many Adventures" is by me, but was inspired in large part by Wendy. (1 page).

You can buy Mome 22 from Fantagraphics, or--

Buy a copy from me featuring a bunch of weird drawings on the indicia page (something like the above) by Wendy and myself.

CIRKUS NEW ORLEANS 2011 Edition

2011-09-14T10:28:00.000-07:00

Cirkus New Orleans was originally published by Top Shelf in 2001 as part of their Small Batch series. It's a comic journal reportage strip about my time spent living and performing with a freaky sex circus in the early '00's. It went out of print a little while back, so I put together this new edition. It contains the original 32-page story, but printed larger (which makes all the fairly intensive hatching and stippling somewhat easier on the eyes) and in a "dirty" fashion as I'd originally sort of wanted. That is, I photocopied it complete with the scrap book style seams of the pages and staining and natural wear and tear from 10 years of carting these pages back and forth around the country.

This reprint also has a new cover and includes 8 pages of previously unpublished Cirkus-era fliers, gags and illustrations. It's 40 pages, 7" X 8.5", and spray painted. What do people say about Cirkus New Orleans? Well, they say nice things like this and this and this.

Ordering information here. (By the way, the Cirkus storyline continues in Happy #3 and #4, in all making for a 77-page adventure into filth and depravity and friendship and fun).

2011-09-01T16:41:00.001-07:00

2011-08-28T19:11:00.001-07:00

Gag Comics

2011-08-19T15:41:00.001-07:00

Wyoming Rest Stop

Custom Globe

2011-07-10T08:46:00.000-07:00

A commission.

JHS Store

2011-07-06T20:51:00.000-07:00

Officially open and ready to roll, buy directly from me all my solo in print comics.

Jessica Farm (January 2008-April 2011)

2011-06-14T12:45:00.001-07:00

Brand new minicomic. 4-color photocopy and spray paint stencil covers. 7" X 8.5". 40 pages. 8$, includes shipping. Picks up where Jessica Farm Vol. 1 left off. Available in the store.

Maine

2011-05-22T09:14:00.001-07:00

May 2011

Dubuque

2011-05-19T14:55:00.001-07:00

April 2011

2011-05-16T14:39:00.000-07:00

2011-05-09T20:15:00.000-07:00

Moving

2011-04-29T18:27:00.000-07:00

2011-03-26T15:48:00.000-07:00

JONDY

Mome 21

2011-03-16T22:12:00.000-07:00

Mome 21 is out and in stores now. The 6-page 3rd part of my collaboration with The Partridge in the Pear Tree, "The White Rhinoceros", is within. Alsooooooooooooo, a 4-page horror story called "Mutant".

Order it from Fantagraphics.

Los Angeles

2011-03-13T16:13:00.000-07:00

-Walking through the Little Tokyo center strip a week or two back, a good amount of people- couples, families- were strolling and stopping to watch, karaoke was set up in the center/gazebo area and a man was singing Eric Clapton's "If I Saw You in Heaven" in an extremely intense and earnest fashion.

-In the checkout line at Ralph's tonight, a tall, thick fellow with wild hair and a black t-shirt was shouting at top volume, hoarse-voiced, "MUAMMAR GADDAFI'S GOING DOWN!!" and then, "SAUDI ARABIA HAS 25% OF THE WORLD'S OIL PRESERVES!!!" as he was leaving the store.

-At the park last weekend, we spotted this wonderful specimen (Josh and Wendy renditions):

2011-02-16T20:17:00.001-08:00

2011-02-10T21:21:00.001-08:00

Connecticut

2011-01-23T18:31:00.001-08:00

A commission for Gregory Spencer.

Josh-For-Hire

2011-01-16T18:48:00.000-08:00

I set up blogs for my work-for-hire enterprises.

Please visit for more samples:

Illustration

Storyboards

Commissions

I also set up a store. For now it's just my old Happy comics, but I will be adding comics and books and maybe some other things old and new in the coming months.

Merry Happy 2010

2010-12-24T15:58:00.000-08:00

From Quackers.

2010-12-08T21:57:00.000-08:00

Sweden Winter 1999

Karn Piana

2010-12-01T20:37:00.001-08:00

My friend Karn began doing comics in the last few years or so. In 2009 he put out his first comic, Autonoman, which was a pretty great first comic. His follow-up is an 18-page insert in the new MGMT 7".

It's an abstract sort of remix/extension of the Congratulations video. Get a copy if you can find it. And check out Karn's website, which has a lot of glimpses from his comics and paintings and more.

(Eye painting and record from my personal Karn Kollection.)

Racial Healing

2010-11-03T22:43:00.000-07:00

The White Rhinoceros, Part 2, written by The Partridge in the Pear Tree and drawn by me, is out now, in Mome 20. Ordering and previews; More.

How Nice

2010-10-24T21:56:00.000-07:00

Sleazy Slice Super Sale! In the words of Bougie himself:

"This is a special limited time sale! You get all 4 GIANT issues of Sleazy Slice for 50% off cover price, which is only $3 per issue! HOLY CRAP! That is over 250 pages of the dirtiest comics around for only $12 plus shipping! (Sorry, this sale only applies to all 4 issues as a pack, I won't sell individual issues for 50% off.)

This super-pack of filthy comics makes a perfect gift for the pervert on your christmas gift list! They will smile a drooly sex-obsessed smile of glee as they unwrap this delightful illustrated ode to the depraved! BET ON IT!"

I contributed to all 4 issues:

Sleazy Slice #1: "In A Land Of Magic" (20 pages)
Sleazy Slice #2: The back cover drawing (featuring the monsters from my "Night of the Jibblers" story, and colored by Bougie)
Sleazy Slice #3: "Cockbone"(26 pages)
Sleazy Slice #4: A double page Sleazy Slice spread drawing.

Go. Buy.

Oh, my head.

2010-10-19T21:54:00.000-07:00

Visit the Rhino to see the second page from the second part of The White Rhinoceros, due out in Mome 20 very soon now---

Brownie Sundae Sunday

2010-09-26T17:36:00.000-07:00

2007

THE FUTURE

2010-09-08T18:20:00.000-07:00

Here is a wee piece of a full-page illustration I did for the new Oxford American, The Future Issue (#70). It is my depiction of a cityscape in the year 2050. Go get you it.

Gags

2010-09-06T17:37:00.001-07:00

This is the gag page I did for Tom Neely's Bound and Gagged art show and book. Buy the original drawing from Secret Headquarters/ See the show in September/ Buy the book from Neely.

2010-08-10T22:52:00.001-07:00

The White Rhinoceros Begins Now

2010-07-14T22:50:00.000-07:00

Mome 19, featuring covers by me and the first 18-page chunk of The White Rhinoceros (written by The Partridge in the Pear Tree) is now out and in comic shops. See more images and pages at the Rhino website and at the Fantagraphics order page.

RACIAL MAGIC

2010-07-05T22:44:00.000-07:00

THE WHITE RHINOCEROS

"Exactly Perfect"

2010-06-23T22:56:00.000-07:00

Look to Jason T. Miles' crangly Wet Paint #2 for 8 of my sketchbook drawings and comics. (Photos by JTM)

The Groovy Age of Horror

2010-06-14T23:08:00.001-07:00

This is The Groovy Age of Horror.

Malibu

2010-06-14T00:56:00.001-07:00

New at The Randy Gander

2010-06-06T16:53:00.000-07:00

Another collaboration between BK Broylerz, Bald Eagles, Franklin, Jr. and Franklin P. Quacker. Visit--

THE RANDY GANDER.

THE RANDY GANDER

2010-05-31T20:07:00.000-07:00

If you're looking for a spicier slice of duck sauce than provided at QUACKERS, well get ready for THE RANDY GANDER.

QUACKERS shall remain the G- and PG-rated internet destination for all things brain-crushingly cute and duck-oriented.

THE RANDY GANDER is the brand new PG-13-, R-, X- and XXX-rated go-to spot for an altogether bawdier blend of dirty duck business. Check it out, buddy.

(Below: A piece of the Franklin P. Quacker/Bald Eagles/Franklin, Jr./BK Broylerz lusty duck jam session THE RANDY GANDER LOVE-IN #1)

2010-05-26T19:01:00.000-07:00

"Asshole Roommate"

2010-05-20T22:25:00.000-07:00

A new 28-panels-spread-across-1-page comic, in the New Orleans-based, Caesar Meadows-edited Feast #1.

Sleazy Sewer

2010-05-14T22:27:00.001-07:00

I've got some work in 2 new Robin Bougie publications--

A 2-page spread drawing for Sleazy Slice #4.

and

A 2-page comic strip appreciation of Messiah of Evil in Cinema Sewer #23.

What's New on Quackers?

2010-05-06T21:13:00.000-07:00

Why, Quackers in: Woofers!, that's what-
-By Franklin P. Quacker and Franklin, Jr.

BUNNYTOWN JUSTICE!

2010-04-17T16:05:00.000-07:00

At QUACKERS.
-By Franklin P. Quacker and Franklin, Jr.

New Comics Day

2010-04-14T01:33:00.000-07:00

Over at Quackers.
-By Franklin P. Quacker and Franklin, Jr.

QUACKERS

2010-04-04T21:56:00.000-07:00

My lady and I helped our little duck friend make a blog. The focus is on mind-smashing cuteness, with an emphasis on quackery. Most of the artwork will be by Franklin P. Quacker, with regular contributions from Franklin, Jr., and occasional guest stars!
QUACKERS.

Franklin P. Quacker and Franklin, Jr.

It's Back

2010-02-18T01:47:00.000-08:00

It was down, but now it's back up! The definitive video for ABBA's Angeleyes, put together by Michael Frost and myself, from original footage shot by Uncle Jorgen in 1983. Interperative dance by me, Brother Luke, and Cousin Steven.

2010-02-10T01:29:00.000-08:00

2004

2010-01-31T14:44:00.000-08:00

"Head of a Dog"

2010-01-07T20:28:00.000-08:00

New 1-page strip in Mome 17.

Free to Read

2009-12-29T01:59:00.000-08:00

It's nice to have it all in one place.

Strips of mine for free reading on the internet:

My take on Batman at French webcomics site Grandpapier.

Batman is also up on my website, in the scroll format if you prefer that....

Old psycho joy tale God is Happy.

2 strips for Where the Wild Things Are: The PG-rated one and the rejected PG-13/R-rated one.

Preview pages and a 10-page pdf for my first book House.

Same here for Jessica Farm: Volume 1.

2009-12-25T02:14:00.000-08:00

Clockwise from top: Mini Josh, Mini Wendy, Golden Boy, Turtle, Franklin Junior, Franklin P. Quacker, Monkey, Chicken, Quacker Senior, Regular Panda, Elephant, Bunny, Retard Panda, OldTheBunny (+ random Mini Chickens scattered throughout). Card and all people by Wendy except for Golden Boy, OldTheBunny, and random Mini Chickens.

The White Rhinoceros is coming!

2009-12-23T01:43:00.000-08:00

Among many other things I will be working on and putting out in 2010, perhaps most important to the world of racial magic is The White Rhinoceros. The White Rhinoceros is a racially-oriented psychedelic fantasy comic written by The Partridge in the Pear Tree and drawn by me. It's going to be a very long book. It will be serialized in the anthology Mome beginning with volume 19, which comes out summer 2010. Full Hyper Color!

Petss

2009-11-24T00:38:00.001-08:00

I am not kid-friendly.

2009-10-05T15:32:00.000-07:00

For the up-coming Where the Wild Things Are movie, Vice magazine put together a promotional comic book edited by Johnny Ryan. (The mini website is here; I think the pamphlet will be included in this month's magazine.) The "night-time" strip above was my original submission. It was rejected at the last minute by Warner Bros. Here is the soft, lite, "day-time" strip that they did accept.

Monster

2009-09-24T18:55:00.001-07:00

I did the cover painting and a 1-page strip (entitled "Monster") for the "Father"-themed issue of Australian zine Blackguard. My artworks in here were created in 2002. Ordering information.

The White Rhinoceros is coming!

2009-09-14T19:04:00.001-07:00

2009-09-13T19:28:00.000-07:00

Bats

2009-09-12T17:31:00.000-07:00

Hey, lookit that, L.A. comic shop Secret Headquarters has an on-line store now, and you can snag yourself a copy of my Batman comic, for the last time, ever. Go.

Portrait of Josh

2009-08-11T21:13:00.001-07:00

By Wendy.

Filth

2009-07-31T14:07:00.001-07:00

Go get a copy of Robin Bougie's great and groovy Cinema Sewer Volume 2 book-- Packed with Robin and company's writings and interviews on porn, horror, gore, exploitation, forgotten and happy gems and shitballs of films-- Including two and a half pages of extremely homoerotic collaborative comics between myself and the Boogz (from 2003). See:

Liberace

2009-07-22T18:17:00.001-07:00

A commission.

PONY

2009-07-11T17:15:00.001-07:00

The White Rhinoceros is coming!

2009-07-02T00:30:00.000-07:00

2009-06-25T18:24:00.000-07:00

1999

2009-06-20T20:10:00.001-07:00

2009-06-15T21:00:00.000-07:00

Portraiture

2009-06-10T20:47:00.001-07:00

Bridget, Fuzzy Pants and Thomas/ 2009/ Ink and colored pencil. Would you like me to draw your portrait? joshuahallsimmons@yahoo.com

Copy

2009-05-19T20:07:00.001-07:00

One of the things they tell you in art school is to copy from accomplished artists in order to improve. Here are a bunch of copied drawings I did while living in northern Sweden in the winter of 1999. Hmm, let's see-- There's Kirby, Clowes, Segar, Joachim Pirinen, Crumb, Ware, Tenniel, Warren Craghead, Herriman, Gould, and a few Swedish cartoonists and others I don't recognize....

2009-05-13T18:51:00.000-07:00

Dewy Doin' It

2009-04-04T18:18:00.001-07:00

Special Nice Cosmic Hyperdeath

2009-03-29T16:34:00.000-07:00

So I have an art show up in April, but the opening is this Friday, April 3rd, 2009, from 8-10 p.m., at Secret Headquarters in Los Angeles. Several new and newish paintings and drawings. Also, I'm printing up very limited quantities of a trio of recent stories as minicomics- "In a Land of Magic," "Cockbone," and (thanks to Secret Headquarters), "Batman." Yes, come.

2009-03-29T16:09:00.000-07:00

"Cockbone"

2009-03-01T12:22:00.000-08:00

New 26-page story in Robin Bougie's new new Sleazy Slice 3. Only available from Robin himself.

2009-02-28T11:15:00.000-08:00

Funnies

2009-02-28T11:05:00.000-08:00

Newspaper-style funnies one-pager in Mome 14, Tom and Michael above being one of the four strips...

Wendy's teaching me how to use a computer.

2009-02-08T11:31:00.001-08:00

"JESUS CHRIST"

2009-01-25T15:02:00.000-08:00

12 page story in the new Mome

"Night of the Jibblers"

2008-12-11T16:17:00.000-08:00

Here is a stand alone drawing I did in 2007 of the monsters from my story, "Night of the Jibblers." NOTJ is in the new Kramers Ergot, available now from Buenaventura Press.
The above drawing could be called "Jibblers' Night Out." Yes, I know, they're horrible creatures. That's just what Jibblers do.

2008-11-28T01:12:00.000-08:00

"Christmas Eve"

2008-11-25T20:41:00.000-08:00

This is a very dense, 2-page story I did for Jason Leivian's Diamond Comics #3. If you live in Portland, Oregon, I believe you can pick up copies of this for free around town. Otherwise, ordering information is here.

Anthologizin'

2008-09-21T17:26:00.000-07:00

I love a sexy comic anthology. I'm going to have stories in a slew of publications in the late 2008/early 2009. I'll post a couple panels from my strips as well as ordering information as each book becomes available.
And the formats on these titles are going to be all over the map-- From newsprint staple-free tabloid-style, to good ol' fashioned standard comic book size, to book store-friendly "graphic novels", to hyper deluxe skim board-sized art books-- Speaking of which, above are a few panels from my story, "Night of the Jibblers", for Kramers Ergot 7. This book is gonna blow the pants off everything. It won't be out until November, but for now you can pre-order the sucker. And here is an interview with the editor.

Cinefamily

2008-09-18T18:36:00.000-07:00

Here is the illustration of Grey Gardens I did for the Silent Movie Theatre's May-June Cinefamily program. Oddly enough, I'd seen the movie for the first time just a couple nights before being asked to do it.

Dolly Parton

2008-09-09T18:07:00.001-07:00

I did this:

for this:

Portland Sex Art Show

2008-08-29T14:05:00.000-07:00

Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, and Anni-Frid

2008-08-22T13:19:00.000-07:00

Waiting For You

2008-08-15T23:41:00.000-07:00

2008-07-27T14:48:00.000-07:00

2008-07-07T21:52:00.000-07:00

When in Los Angeles

2008-06-15T13:13:00.000-07:00

visit the Union Theatre/Velaslavasay Panorama!

Zeke

2008-05-11T12:07:00.001-07:00

Portrait of my ma's cat I did for the lady for Mama's Day.

2008-04-24T21:34:00.000-07:00

2 Books

2008-04-11T15:32:00.000-07:00

My second book with Fantagraphics, Jessica Farm: Volume 1, is now out.
See: A preview.
Read: Some reviews: 1, 2, 3
Buy: From Fantagraphics
or from Amazon or from your local comic or book store.

Also: My first book, House, is now in it's second printing, with nice, smooth, muted matte cover coating, just the way I always wanted.
You get: Fantagraphics, Amazon.

Magic Show

2008-03-28T12:08:00.000-07:00

Here is the piece I did for The Magic Show at Pony Club Gallery in Portland, OR-- up, on display and for sale in the month of April.

Doom, Doom, Everyplace

2008-03-24T21:14:00.000-07:00

Music & Video: wendypants