ajmitchell - ProfilesArchive

About Me

ajmitchell is a professional illustrator and cartoonist. His comic strip, "Hot Rock", was the first in the Western Hemisphere to be published on the PalmPilot and Handspring computers and has thousands and thousands of readers worldwide. Where you have seen his work: OC Register, over a dozen video and phone games, Boing Boing magazine, Relix (music) magazine, Funny Times, in his self-published comics: "Hector Impala, P.V."; "Headcase"; "AJMitchell Sketchbook", 2004 edition of the "Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market" book, or on his sites: ajmitchellart.com; financialcartoons.com; financialillustration.com

My Interests

Illustration, cartooning, fine art (recent fascination: watercolor painting), graphic design, writing, film, investing, dining out, travel, etc.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet other creative people of all types but especially writers, artists, illustrators and cartoonists

Music:

Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, No Doubt, U2, They Might Be Giants, X, Oingo Boingo, Beatles, and (though it's not music) comedy albums while I'm at the drawing board

Movies:

Groundhog Day, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Garden State, certain Adam Sandler movies (Wedding Singer, Waterboy, 51 First Dates), Hitchcock movies, Marx Brothers flicks, Blade Runner, High Fidelity, The Thin Man, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Big Sleep, It's a Wonderful Life, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Barbershop, Amelie

Television:

Seinfeld, Simpsons, Law & Order, Daily Show, Bernie Mac Show, Warner Brothers cartoons, Lakers basketball (yes, I'm still in mourning). Shameful confession: Pimp My Ride.

Books:

Lord of the Rings trilogy, pretty much anything by Mark Twain or Ray Bradbury, On Writing by Stephen King, Elmore Leonard novels, graphic novels by Craig Thompson.

Heroes:

Walt Disney, Warren Buffett, Mike Mignola, Carl Barks, Ben Franklin, Ronald Searle, Peter deSeve, Bill Watterson, Gary Larson