Paper Planes

Paper Planes

Drawings and comics by Carl Nelson

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May 12
This is the interior art of the previously-mentioned Landlord’s Daughter album. More details to come.

This is the interior art of the previously-mentioned Landlord’s Daughter album. More details to come.


May 11
This is the cover art to an upcoming Landlord’s Daughter album.

This is the cover art to an upcoming Landlord’s Daughter album.


Mar 25
The final spread for writer Adam Eivy’s Sleep Deprivation Ninja comic. The entire story is available for free as part of the Bureau of Drawers Quarterly anthology.

The final spread for writer Adam Eivy’s Sleep Deprivation Ninja comic. The entire story is available for free as part of the Bureau of Drawers Quarterly anthology.


Mar 15
For St. Patty’s day this year, I’ll be doing live stunt drawing at The Mix, along with friend and artistic colleague Billis Helg, as part of the Stay Tuned St. Patty’s Party. The event features our longtime musical associates Landlord’s Daughter, as well as We Wrote the Book on Connectors, and classic TV show theme song rock cover band Stay Tuned.
Doors open at 8 PM and there’s an $8 cover. Also, due to the coinciding holiday, the show will be 21 & up (sorry kids).

For St. Patty’s day this year, I’ll be doing live stunt drawing at The Mix, along with friend and artistic colleague Billis Helg, as part of the Stay Tuned St. Patty’s Party. The event features our longtime musical associates Landlord’s Daughter, as well as We Wrote the Book on Connectors, and classic TV show theme song rock cover band Stay Tuned.

Doors open at 8 PM and there’s an $8 cover. Also, due to the coinciding holiday, the show will be 21 & up (sorry kids).


Mar 10

Mar 8
My illustrative compatriots at the Bureau of Drawers have put together a free e-anthology which you can download here. Writer Adam Eivy has his entire first Sleep Deprivation Ninja story (with art by me) in the anthology, and a bunch of my other friends have their work in it too. The collection is already receiving positive press, prompting the Stranger’s Paul Constant to herald a return of the Seattle comics scene: “…after a few somnambulant years, the Seattle comics scene is back.” Also, the anthology has been featured on my favorite source of comics news, Tom Spurgeon’s The Comics Reporter. Neat! Go take a look at what we’ve done! (The cover art posted above is by Nikki Burch)

My illustrative compatriots at the Bureau of Drawers have put together a free e-anthology which you can download here. Writer Adam Eivy has his entire first Sleep Deprivation Ninja story (with art by me) in the anthology, and a bunch of my other friends have their work in it too. The collection is already receiving positive press, prompting the Stranger’s Paul Constant to herald a return of the Seattle comics scene: “…after a few somnambulant years, the Seattle comics scene is back.” Also, the anthology has been featured on my favorite source of comics news, Tom Spurgeon’s The Comics Reporter. Neat! Go take a look at what we’ve done! (The cover art posted above is by Nikki Burch)


Feb 23
Late notice, but tomorrow night (February 24th) is my friend/fellow-artist Gina Siciliano’s book release party for her graphic-novella Summertime, an 88-page odyssey of “Sex and Violence, Punk and Love, Self-Destruction and Survival.” The party is at Left Bank Books in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market at 7 PM. There will be snacks, drinks, and a discussion. Interested parties who can’t make the signing can still snag a copy of the book at the University District Comic Stop.

Late notice, but tomorrow night (February 24th) is my friend/fellow-artist Gina Siciliano’s book release party for her graphic-novella Summertime, an 88-page odyssey of “Sex and Violence, Punk and Love, Self-Destruction and Survival.” The party is at Left Bank Books in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market at 7 PM. There will be snacks, drinks, and a discussion. Interested parties who can’t make the signing can still snag a copy of the book at the University District Comic Stop.


Feb 16

Feb 8
And voila: colors, typography and everything else added in via Photoshop.

And voila: colors, typography and everything else added in via Photoshop.


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