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Paul Fricke
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Blood Orange comic https://www.newdaynoir.com/ • MCAD Comics prof • Alex Toth In Depth program host
Gene Kelly Summer Stock dance gestures • JUMP FOR JOY!
September 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Back at it: 40 pages of breakdowns on Blood Orange. Time to draw some more comics.

Read previous chapters or purchase your own print copy of Vol. 1 at www.newdaynoir.com/shop
August 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Enough.
August 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides."

— Junichiro Tanizaki
August 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
NOIR frame/composition study

THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (1948)
August 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
mum
August 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
bagel shop sketch 5
August 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"Gratitude builds a bridge to abundance."

— Roy T. Bennett
August 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
don't B- B+
August 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
So, it's been revealed - DC will release July 2026 the HC collection - DC UNIVERSE BY ALEX TOTH: THE DELUXE EDITION.
The powers-that-be tell me the cover shown from the Penguin Random House’s online catalogue is but a stand-in. And it'll be many more than the 200 pgs cited in that listing.
August 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
bagel shop sketch 4
August 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
August 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
gymgnostic gestures
August 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
WATCHOUT
August 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
bagel shop sketch 3
July 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Grace. Class. Respect.

RIP Ryno
July 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
full drawing ->
July 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
bagel shop sketch 2
July 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
While in CHGO recently, met up with a group of artist pals. L-R: Alex Ross, Jim Engel, moi, Jim Wisniewski, & Hilary Barta. Superb pizza, top-notch chats 😎
July 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
bagel shop sketch 1
July 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
on the rocks
July 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
genuinely
July 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
a life of adventure can take its toll
July 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
om
July 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
daisy, daisy…
July 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM