Serena (my wife) found an abandoned religious poster and brought it home. We decided I might as well treat it as “found art” and work with it. The results include Elmer Fudd in full Emiliano Zapata regalia, as well as Bugs Bunny in drag… enjoy!
Ink & brush on “found print”, about 30″x36″. Like it? It’s yours for a mere $1250! Shipped insured.
My latest painting Capri & Saucer 36″ x 36″ acrylic on canvas
As a cartoonist, I usually paint “small”, 11″ x 14″ being a favorite size. This three-foot square canvas is a whole different animal to tame!
Serena (my wife) commented that this painting reminded her of the work of David Hockney. I’ll take that as a compliment!
Interested parties can email Steve.
Offered at $895 (includes shipping/insurance).
Drawing is an excellent way to spark children’s interest in natural science. I’m creating seminars in nature drawing for children, combining the joy of drawing with their deeply rooted love of nature.
For starters, we’ll create animal and insect drawings using basic shapes like circles, ovals and triangles. Everyone can get a feeling of accomplishment from executing a decent likeness of a mantis, ladybug, bee or beetle from basic shapes!
From there, the workshop moves on to an exploration of the building blocks of accurate drawing from nature, gesture, contour line, and shading.
The idea is, everyone can learn to draw favorite plants and animals in a 60 – 90 minute workshop, and learn techniques and the work ethic that helps improve drawing skills over time.
I’m starting a process of scheduling seminars at libraries, museums and schools. I’ll be updating this post and website with info as it becomes available. Se habla español.
Once I get rolling with the Nature Science drawing seminars for kids, I’ll look to add a Graphic Novel Workshop for ages 12 & up.
Please email me with questions, comments and queries about teaching.
Steve Lafler
Clarinet with Margarita 9″ x 12″ acrylic on canvas. $275
This clarinet painting is almost a self portrait of my wife Serena and I as jazz bugs!
I’ve been slinging a bit of paint around, here are a few of the latest items. Interested parties can send a query via email or call me at (707) 849-7836. Prices include shipping via FedEx 3rd day or Priority Mail. Shipped insured.
Adam & Eve wine bottles. Acrylic and varnish on glass. $395 for the pair.
Frankentiger, 11″ x 14″, acrylic on canvas. $350
Ralph the Drummer, acrylic on wooden nightstand. $495
Note, this nightstand item will cost $150 to ship alone, thus the price.
Robespierre snubs Trump at the Gates of Hell, 11″ x 14″, acrylic on canvas. $395
I’m primarily a graphic novelist and cartoonist, but I’ve painted on and off my whole life. I actually took an art degree at UMass Amherst in December 1979 with a concentration in painting.
Feel free to drop me a line with comments and questions!
Cheers,
Steve Lafler
Welcome to the Steve Lafler / Cat-Head Comics Catalog! Here’s a great selection of my strange and wonderful graphic novels, available at my Lulu store (high-quality print-on-demand!) After the book listings, you’ll find some unique original art pieces on offer. Cheers!
I’ve reissued the Complete Dog Boy ($29.95, 488 pages) and the Complete BugHouse ($25.95, 406 pages) on my Cat-Head Comics label. Click through the links to place your order.
Lucha Bruja ($12.50, 144 pages)
You are invited to join expats Rex and Gertie on a wild ride to the remote highland jewel of Oaxaca, Mexico. There they find Eduardo, a crafty 2000-year old Zapotec vampire who prefers chicken blood, and El Rey Pelón (the skinny, pot-bellied fungus who drives a taxi). I lived in Oaxaca from 2007 to 2016, Lucha Bruja is my takeaway fictional report on the whole experience!
What kind of whack job would put on a mask and a skin-tight suit and head out into the city after midnight? I mean, what is this guy really up to? What pathology, what proclivity are we dealing with here? Is he fighting crime? Hell no, he’s just going clubbing—and he’s frankly perplexed when the barflies & drunks want to pick a fight with him.
Rosa the Latina hottie inventor and Eddie the geek artist meet in a fender bender. Tempers flare but sparks fly and they fall in love. Working together, they create the perfect clean energy motor while being tracked by goons working for big oil.
PAINTED FURNITURE!?
YES INDEED! I’m setting up a spacious new studio and I’m A-PAINTIN’ that furniture.
Above is the Ralph tabletop closeup. Below you can see the whole table, with the underpainting stage complete. This piece is on offer for $195, shipped insured. Send me an email if you see this in your space-age pad, and we’ll work out payment/shipping deets.
Frankentiger
11″x14″ acrylic on canvas, $295. Shipped insured via fedex. Please email me if interested and we’ll set it up.
Thanks again for checking out my graphic novels and Fine Aht!
I’ve started messing around with painted furniture, here’s an old school wooden table with underpainting in progress.
And here is the finished painted tabletop, depicting Ralph the drummer from my graphic novel BugHouse. This piece is available at $250 which includes packing and shipping. Gotta have it? Email me and we can work out the details!
I scored this sturdy wooden toddler rocking chair at Goodwill and painted a kitty on the back support and a happy bug on the side (in acrylic)! It’s on offer at $275. Price includes shipping/packaging. Again, simply zip an email my way and we can set up payment.
Thanks for checking out the painted furniture! More to come…
Steve Lafler
P.S. Check out the Cat-Head Comics catalog featuring my graphic novels Lucha Bruja, The Complete BugHouse, The Complete Dog Boy, and Cat Suit.
Hey there, I’ve got a great new painting (aka “reward”) on offer at my Cat-Head Comics Reboot Kickstarter!
It is an 11″x14″ acrylic painting on canvas, FrankenTiger. The work depicts the classic Frankenstein monster from the Aurora monster model packaging of the early 1960s.
The monster is playing Tiger, Jerry Garcia’s custom guitar designed by master luthier Doug Irwin. Here it is:
If classic movie monsters playing iconic guitars is your type of think, this is the painting for you!
Cheers
Steve
Just finished this 11″ x 14″ acrylic on canvas piece. Robespierre Snubs Trump at the Gates of Hell.
Interestingly, finished on the day Nancy Pelosi greenlighted the impeachment proceedings on Trump.
This one goes for $500. Interested? Please email Steve Lafler.
Shipped insured via Fedex.
Here’s a new painting with the working title “Paul is Dead”. Yeah, it is a tongue in cheek title. Here’s Dracula playing a left-handed Hofner bass, a clue to the title of the work for sure! 11″ x 14″ acrylic painting.
I’d offered this piece here for sale, and BOOM! SOLD (in one day).
More paintings are on the way.
Meanwhile, I’m offering a Paul is Dead T-Shirt from my Redbubble store, just click this link.
Steve Lafler
Hey there, welcome! You are invited to sample my graphic novels, art and T-Shirts. Let’s get started with a few of my favorites…
My latest graphic novel is Lucha Bruja, inspired by my decade-long stint of living in the magical city of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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– Stephen Beaupre, editor of Buzzard Comics anthology
You can order your copy of Lucha Bruja direct from Amazon for $14.99.
BugHouse is my best known graphic novel, an insect noir narrative of be-boppin’ bugs, set in a fictional Manhattan of the early 1950s. Inspired by the music of Miles Davis and the cryptic yet lively writings of William S. Burroughs, BugHouse offers a ride like no other graphic novel.
“I’m going to recommend a graphic novel that is great because it is good, solid and delivers in spades what I most enjoy in a comic book; a comfortable mastery of the form, fun, surprises, a story I can get into and a light touch. In short its the kind of book you can flop down on the couch with of an afternoon, lie back and enjoy.”
– Jim Woodring, commenting on BugHouse for Boing Boing
BugHouse is available at my LULU store for $14.99.
Note: Click through to show you are old enough for this “mature” book.
Benb T-Shirt. Benb is the “happy guy”. He is a complete bumbler, yet he lives a charmed life! Like a cat, he always lands on his feet.
Order your Benb T from my Redbubble shop.
Original Art! I have several key pieces of cover art on offer. You can email or call me if interested. Shipped insured.
Steve Lafler
(707) 849-7836
BugHouse graphic novel cover, brush & ink on bristol board. $500.