In my opinion, Cleveland Magazine rocks more than Cleveland itself!
All of my stuff:
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Phrustrated Phan Films
  • Preston & Steve
  • Greeting Cards
  • The Cowbellis
  • Cleveland Magazine
  • Roadkill Bill
  • Gif-toons
  • Cartoons
  • Where's Christ?
  • The Newspaper Years
  • The Zit
  • 'Roids Beer
  • Dave The Dead Dog
  • Frenzy Comic Book
  • Into The Real World
  • Miscellaneous
  • Links
    		• I had started to take the whole freelance illustrator thing a little more seriously and began using my newspaper illustrations to show off my editorial illustration talents. I put together some pretty nice packets of samples, went back to the Graphics Artist's Market again, poured through it looking for a good match for my illustration style, and sent off mailings like crazy. I got two magazines that took me on: National Business Employment Weekly and Cleveland Magazine. The first, National Business Employment Weekly had me do an illustration for their October 17-23 issue and then shortly after went out of business, but Cleveland Magazine had me do an illustration for their March 1999 issue depicting a parking lot that the city had zoned underwater. They contacted me again a few months later for an illustration for their August 1999 issue for a story about a Cleveland Browns fan living on the west coast. It was pretty nice being published on slick magazine paper.

    The first issue of Cleveland Magazine I was in also featured an illustration by Brian Michael Bendis. He's now a writer for Marvel and has written Spider-man. How's that for a brush with comic book greatness?

    Comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated
    William A. Renn, Jr. IllustratorWanna contact me? Click here!