Postcards From Pangaea

  It was just natural that my second post, right after the one with the mighty T. Rex , would feature Triceratops . Both creatures are bundled together in pop culture as eternal arch-enemies, just like Medusa and Perseus, David and Goliath, Hercules and the Hydra, Spider-man and the Green Goblin, Batman and the Joker, and so many more. The difference being that Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops provide ample evidence of their existence in a past way more remote than the one all the others were supposed to have lived in. Clash of the Titans: The Real Deal . M y first contact with old Three-horned Face happened way back when I was seven, when my teacher borrowed a book from the school library to show us what dinosaurs were and how they look ed . That was also the pivotal moment that definitely brought dinosaurs to my attention and started an interest that lasts to this day. I already knew what dinosaurs were, though. I remember repeatedly browsing through (and eventu...

  Well, here I am. Trying to give my wimpy drawings some kind of purpose through a lame blog. I think I have been drawing all kinds of animals, creatures and characters all my life. Most often for no other reason than my own enjoyment. At some point I wanted to become a comic-book artist, being a lifelong Marvel fan as I was (although I have always very much enjoy ed a lot of material by many other publishers, so please don’t freak out yet, you DC zealots ), but when I eventually tried to tell a story through panels on a page I found out I would probably get bored fast. And I hated drawing buildings, vehicles and urban environments with a passion. S o I’m really so rry Spidey, but being your dad was not an option for me. Comics aside, I also have a tendency to obsess about everything dinosaur-related since I was seven, and dinosaurs have always made a huge part of my creative output. Jurassic Park, both in book and movie form, was a huge deal for me back in 1993. I was 1...