The Arizona desert is home to many peculiarities, but some oddities can be found in the Phoenix metropolitan area, too . . . castles, caves, and — a pyramid? It only gets weirder from here. Fortunately, Arizona can handle it.

Everybody knows Arizona’s birthday falls on the 14th because the 12th is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, and the 13th was considered unlucky . . . but that makes no difference to a certain amorous arrow-shooting angel that wants the holiday all to himself . . . !
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Much has been made of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s presidential finger-wag during Barack Obama’s visit to the Valley this week, but what happened AFTERWARD? Only “Amazing Arizona Comics” knows for sure!

With all of the hype around 2012, I thought I’d present a few of my own apocalyptic predictions — and if any of them come even close to true, you can say you heard it here first!
One more note: I crudely colored this strip in a record thirty minutes for the Phoenix zine Pholx, and I hope to color more installments exclusively for Nerdvana, but I couldn’t predict when that will start.  Zombie Vice President Joseph Smith, on the other hand . . .

Truth be told, I hate zombies.  From The Walking Dead to the zillions of zombie apocalypse survival guides out there, the zombie genre has become the nerdy inside joke we’ve let grow way out of hand.  Still, as a comic book artist, I’m obliged to tell at least one zombie tale in my fledgling career — so I’m glad my yarn could be spun around Bob Leeper’s “Zombie Santa!”
Bob donned the Zombie Santa garb during Evermore Nevermore’s holiday events, and I can think of no better mascot for his strange …

The first Amazing Arizona Comics strip of the year is the last for Zombie Santa . . . unless faithful readers demand more! I reiterate my assertions from Zombie Santa’s inaugural adventure here: No.  Allegory.  Intended.

How did Zombie Santa spend Christmas?  This strip explains! (Click to enlarge.)

No allegory here. I promise.

What do Donald Trump and a legion of geeks have in common? Last week, their hearts sank, thanks to events right here in the East Valley.

Hey, if Al Gore can invent the Internet, why can’t Dan Quayle clone people? The question is, WILL QUAYLE SUCCEED?