Ike Crawford
Isaac (Ike) Crawford, also known as Ike Comics for his indie comic books and YouTube channel, is cofounder of Clever Kaiju. He is also a practicing therapist. His background is varied and includes being an electrician, guitarist, sound designer, and high school counselor. He grew up in a big family, the son of a pastor, and spent a lot of time focused on drawing, music, and creating. He earned a B.S. in Electronic Arts from MSU in 2009 and a M.S. in School Counseling from Evangel University in 2011. Ike's focus is on making comics and telling stories, and, when it comes to his art, the focus is on being fluid but also ambitious, raw, and ever-evolving.
Commissions
I will periodically announce that I'm taking commissions to my email subscribers, first and foremost, but feel free to reach out at anytime if you want to inquire about a commission. If I'm available, my rates are as follows:
Inked, may include ink wash, grey tone, colored pencil, watercolor, or markers: 9x12-$100, 11x14-$125 (additional complexity, additional cost).
For professional work inquiries, email me at ike@ikecomics.com
Original Pages
Until 2023 or so, Ike held onto every original page of comic art that he ever made. Most are still available, so if you would like to buy an original page, just reach out with a picture or screenshot of the page you have in mind to see if it is still available. Email ike@ikecomics.com.
Clever Kaiju
Ike is a founder of Clever Kaiju, an artist-led organization integrating publishing, webcomics, education, and community into one super organism. Our purpose is to enable artists to do their best work, and help audiences, clients, and artists connect in more fulfilling ways. We host The Pen Clique live art show, workshops, events, and a discord community to help artists collaborate and grow. We also offer online courses. The founders are artists Ike Crawford (Ike Comics), Nate Howard (Mammoth Ink), Gary Bedell (Graveyard Slaughter), and James Rutherford (veteran artist and art educator).
Bibliography
First Son and Sword: Safe Harbor. In progress.
First Son and Sword: Crocodile City. 2023.
We are Inside a Worm. One-shot. Aug 2022.
Link Invalid. One-shot. April 2022.
The Musical Mishaps of Cat and Fiddle: Fairy Folk Revival. Part 1. Dec 2020.
The Musical Mishaps of Cat and Fiddle: The King of Instruments. Oct 2018 - Oct. 2019
A Passage in Black horror anthology, Piasa Dreams. Script by JimmyZ Johnston. Lettering by Micah Myers. Story by Cullen Bunn. July 2019.
Seven Dwarfs and Some Odd Tales vol. 1. Aug. 2018.
The Culling of Tin Woodsman; Hey Diddle, Diddle; Fig Mother; The Call of the Bunyip mini comics. Feb 2017-Dec 2017.
The Boy and the Dragon. One-shot. June 2016.
The Gray Judge. Five issue mini-series. Aug 2015 - Dec 2016.