National Drawing Day
National Drawing Day has come and gone, but its a concept that never gets old. Started by the National Gallery or Ireland, its a day to inspire and motivate, from […]
Category Archives: Art
Cartoon Saloon
I am not sure what I love more about Cartoon Saloon, the movies, or the story behind the studio. You see, everyone in art school talks about joining up and […]
How I Stumbled Into Comics?
It was many years ago that I stumbled into the comics business. I had been working for a toy/publishing company called Mail Mania and the company had gone through a […]
MichaelBencik.com — One Way Ticket – The Comic
One of the coolest things about traveling for nine months through Asia was has the ability to draw and illustrate a web comic as I went. It allowed me to […]
MichaelBencik.com, Sketch Book
“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic […]
Irish Easter vrs American Easter
So I went out last night to pick up my egg dying kit for Easter , and hit every store that I could find. Would you believe, not one store […]
MichaelBencik.com, Sequential Art
Sequential Art or Comic Art, which is it, and why does it matter. In the end, it really doesn’t. The term Sequential Art was generated to give more weight to […]
MichaelBencik.com, Illustration Page
Part of the fun of designing a new website about your art is actually digging deep through all your files, finding the art work that not only represents what you […]
My New Website MichaelBencik.com!
So the time has come, after 20 years, to create a new web site showcasing some of my best art and stories. For those of you who do not know […]
Sketches from the Road – An Illustrated Journey Through Asia Art Opening
“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic […]
Democratic Debate 2015
My thought on this debate.
365 Sketch Challenge, Must Keep Sketching
Moving along, still working my pencil as often as I can. Who would think it would be so easy to fall of the wagon. One day your forget, next thing […]
365 Sketch Challenge!
Getting near the end of March now, and I have hit 52 days straight of sketching. Its fun, but you know, some days you just don’t feel like whipping out […]
30 Day Sketch Challenge, Why Not 365?
February has come and gone, and I managed to get the sketch pad out everyday. I have to say I really enjoy traveling around the city, checking out new things, […]
30 Day Sketch Challenge 2015
Everyday in February I am going to do a sketch from life. The parameters I have set for myself is fifteen minutes minimum, on the sketch pad, with pencils, inks, or brush. […]
20,000 Hits Plus the Thirty Day Sketch Challenge
Wow, its pretty cool to think that my snippets from the road; stories, comics, sketches, and photos have been looked at over 20,000 times. It’s a really rewarding feeling. I think […]
SEVENTH DAY OF THE HOLIDAYS – ARGENTINA
Argentina Day 7 The first thing that comes to mind for me about Argentina is food. Not just any food either, but mouth watering slabs of meat, cooked on […]
EIGHTH DAY OF THE HOLIDAYS – NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans, Louisiana Day 8 One of the most magical cities in the states, if not the world. I wish I could say what makes it so unique, but I have no […]
Vientiane – Monks, Belgium Beers, and Prostitutes.
Vientiane, capital of Laos, is a bustling backwater that has a lot of the French Colonial charm while slowly moving forward into the modern era. Sitting next to the […]
Kong Lor Cave
I am sitting here, looking out over fields of lettuce, tobacco, and other crops. In the distance is a village at the edge of the fields. A water buffalo […]
