My not so ordinary submission for this years Tomie Depaola awards

I've been a member of SCBWI member since 2007, so I figured it was finally time to enter the Tomie Depaola awards with my not so ordinary piece for his prompt - "Sneeze" A sneeze, Is a breeze, In, Your, Nose.

Wish me luck!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

A little Thanksgiving promo piece for my Art Rep. Tugeau 2

Limited Edition of the Jack & Jill Gang Mysteries

Join Jack, Jill, and Lia as they save Santa in this limited edition of the Jack & Jill Gang Mysteries.

Bitter Sweet - New Comic and Cover for the Nov/Dec issue of Humpty Dumpty magazine

New Cover/Comic work for the Nov/Dec issue of Humpty Dumpty Magazine!! and unfortunately do to financial issues at US Kids magazine. This will be the last appearance of the new Humpty comic for awhile :-(

Anyways enjoy!!

Happy Halloween!!!

You never know when the Great Pumpkin will rise!!

Happy Halloween!!!

~ Merrill

New work for Pockets Magazine!!

A few new pieces for the upcoming issue of Pockets magazine!!

"Memoirs" Girl's scrapbooking kit

Recently I had an opportunity (that went south) to design/illustrate a Girl's Scrapping kit product line.  Needless to say that the physical product will never see the light of day, but at least I now have a few good looking pieces to add to my book/portfolio :-)

 

Spooky happening in the Sept/Oct issue of the Jack & Jill gang.

Spooky happenings are just around the corner in the Sept/Oct issue of the Jack & Jill Gang comic.

enjoy ~ Merrill

Sept/Oct issue of the Humpty Dumpty comic

Join Humpty, Butch and Kylie as they bring "Chorebot 3000" to life in the Sept/Oct issue of Humpty Dumpty magazine.  To subscribe to Humpty Dumpty magazine go to -->> http://bit.ly/17OWJcX 

New cover work for the Sept/Oct issue of Humpty Dumpty Magazine!!

New cover work for the Sept/Oct issue of Humpty Dumpty Magazine. 
To subscribe go to: http://bit.ly/17OWJcX or pick up a copy at your local Barnes & Noble!!!

July/August issue of the Jack & Jill Gang!

Join the gang for a friendly game of "Pie in the Face" in the July/August issue of Jack & Jill Magazine.

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New illustration work for Scholastic

New work for Scholastic's iread program. YARR!!!!

Introducing the new Humpty Dumpty comic!!

Recently I had the pleasure of working with the AWESOME crew over at US Kids Magazines to redesign the Humpty Dumpty characters and comic for the July/August 2013 issue of Humpty Dumpty magazine.  It was a great experience, and I really enjoyed how everything turned out.  Check out all of the new work below, and be sure to stop by your local newsstand where for the first time Humpty Dumpty magazine is available for purchase!! ~ Merrill

Humpty Dumpty magazine cover:

Humpty Dumpty comic logo:

Humpty Dumpty comic:

Character Studies: