Zander Cannon | SLEEP HC/TPB out now!!

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Eisner-winning cartoonist who's been making comic books since 1993. Notable works: Replacement God, Kaijumax, Heck, Sleep, and - with Alan Moore and Gene Ha - Top 10. Operates World Monster HQ out of Minneapolis. he/him

A watercolor cartoon of Groo the Wanderer, by beloved cartoonist Zander Cannon
A smiling middle aged cartoonist (me, Zander Cannon) in a barcade holding a sinister green glowing drink that illuminates his face.
A very busy photograph of the artist studio World Monster HQ, with a bunch of illustrations in the foreground lit up by black light
A SLEEP sketch cover, with protagonist Jonathan on the left, and the Brundlefly from the 1980s Fly movie on the right. Drawn and watercolored by beloved cartoonist Zander Cannon
The cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #183, which shows the skateboard-riding anti-hero (?) Rocket Racer beating Spidey up, while both of them are about to be smooshed by a giant Wheel, the driver of which is saying, "Rocket Racer, you may have defeated Spider-Man, but not even you can stop the BIG WHEEL!" In brief, this cover rules.
Krazy Kat panel in which Ignatz beans him with a brick
Beloved cartoonist Zander Cannon in front of his convention banner.
Zander Cannon in front of the C2E2 banner
A two-sided sketch cover from the comic book SLEEP, with Godzilla (millennium design) on the left, and Grimace ('70s design) on the right. Drawn by beloved comic book artist Zander Cannon
A photograph-ready cardboard stand-up of the Kartoonist Kelly Sickos guy, with beloved cartoonist Zander Cannon ha-ha-yes-ing right along with him.
A sketch cover for the comic book SLEEP, with the protagonist on the left and Cookie Monster, of all people, on the right. Watercolored by beloved cartoonist Zander Cannon
A middle-aged cartoonist, uplit by an ominous green drink
A watercolored sketch cover for the comic book Sleep, with the protagonist Jonathan on the left, and the Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth on the right, drawn by beloved Minneapolis cartoonist Zander Cannon
A watercolor illustration of Spider-Man, lit by an ominous green glow and with the classic Ditko spider-sense wiggles around his head, drawn by beloved cartoonist Zander Cannon
Cover of xmen annual #11 drawn by Alan Davis, with Horde holding wolverine and Storm by their throats
A sketch cover edition of sleep, with a watercolor painting of the protagonist and a hellish looking gremlin
A Sleep sketch cover, with the black and white protagonist Jonathan on the left, and a hellish looking Gremlin on the right. Drawn by beloved Twin Cities cartoonist Zander Cannon.
Watercolor illustration of Captain Carrot (of The Zoo Crew fame) by beloved Twin Cities cartoonist Zander Cannon
A great review
A sketch cover edition of SLEEP by Zander Cannon that has a watercolor illustration of Knute from the Replacement God on the left and Thiudmir the Visigoth on the right
A flyer advertising a signing by beloved Twin Cities cartoonist Zander Cannon at Hot Comics Richfield
A smiling, middle-aged, and bespectacled cartoonist (me, Zander Cannon) holding up two copies of the comic book SLEEP, one with a cover drawn by me, one with a cover drawn by Gene Ha.
A gif of Alec Baldwin on 30 Rock saying "Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning is a go!"
Screenshot of a news story in which Tom Holman claims that the ICE operation "Metro Surge" in Minnesota is ending
Two smiling middle aged people at an ICE protest
A watercolor illustration of Radar, the Hound Supreme, from Supreme the Return by Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse, drawn by beloved Minneapolis cartoonist Zander Cannon
A crowded street in the MN anti-ICE protest
A weather app that reports that not only is the temperature in Minneapolis is currently negative 20 degrees, but the wind chill makes it feel like it's negative 36 degrees.
A watercolor illustration of a grotesque but not very scary Krampus, sporting appropriate prison tattoos, including "Mistlefoe," "Anti-Claus," and a visual representation of the Grinch's heart being 3 sizes too small. By beloved Minneapolis cartoonist Zander Cannon
A still from the movie Near Dark: Bill Paxton as a sunglasses-wearing vampire with a bloody mouth
The classic reddit post that reads "I slipped on icy stairs last winter and swear I saw my own butt crack as I fell. No one believes me."
A nice mini-review of the comic book SLEEP by Zander Cannon
A watercolor cartoon in the style of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Rat Fink (a grotesque creature driving an impossible hot rod) using Glorp Gum's eponymous mascot character.
A smiling middle-aged cartoonist-- me, Zander Cannon-- holding a copy of SLEEP, published by Image Comics
A watercolor cartoon drawing of a little green homunculus pointing up as if to say "I have an idea." It's wearing a hat with ear flaps, Minnesota style, that also somehow have space age metal ear cones on them. This is Glorp, the mascot of a comics and oddities shop in Minneapolis called Oddmart. Drawn by beloved Twin Cities cartoonist Zander Cannon!
The cover to Sleep #7 from image comics, drawn by beloved Twin Cities cartoonist Zander Cannon. Depicts the protagonist in a straitjacket in a nondescript cornerbof a blue room, surrounded by his red glasses, a tipped over glass of water, and a floor drain.
Watercolor drawing of Jabba the Hutt, about to eat one of those little frog guys
A watercolored sketch cover for the comic book SLEEP, that, rather than the usual stuff, has two characters from the comic book The Replacement God: the protagonist, Knute, and the, let's say secondary antagonist, Thiudmir.
An original watercolor cover of Zander Cannon's SLEEP, featuring the protagonist Jonathan on one half and a hungry wolf on the other.
A promo image of beloved cartoonist Zander Cannon, laughing, for his appearance at the Twin Cities Comic Con (November 7-9, Minneapolis Convention Center). Surrounding him are images from his comic books, including Heck, Sleep, and Kaijumax.
Beloved cartoonist Zander Cannon holding the two variant covers of his latest comic book: SLEEP #6
Beloved cartoonist Zander Cannon holding the A and B covers of Sleep #5 (by himself and Brian Hurtt, respectively)
A variant cover for Zander Cannon's Image comic SLEEP #7, in which a colorful speedster superhero -- Doc Rocket, from Youngblood -- zooms into the horror mystery series'grayscale-with-red-highlights town. Does it make any sense? No! Is it fun anyway? Yes!
A smiling middle aged cartoonist (me, Zander Cannon) smiles as he holds up two versions of issue 5 of his comic book SLEEP.
A promotional image from a very strange 70s animated special called "Romie-0 and Julie-8," in which Shakespeare's play is remade with robot lovers in an all-mechanical future.
The a cover to Sleep number four by Xander Cannon, showing an uplit, bloodied face as well as numerous mining implements and body parts, all contained in a stylized capital E.
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock saying "vertical integration"