Gary Barker

Marker on 11x14 Bristol Board.
#Garfield

Marker on Bristol board. Giving Odie some of the spotlight. I forgot how old this movie is...wow!

A marker drawing on a blank Batman cover for a raffle at a Ringling event last year.

I'll be at the Ringling booth with fellow faculty and writer extraordinaire, Rick Dakan. Come by and say hi! We will have complimentary copies of Meanwhile comics available and I will be doing sketches. #rcad, #ringlingcollege, #garfield, #marvelcomics, #dccomics

Sure, my pleasure. Working on some new ones as I have time. My students are great at "prompting" me.

Thank you!

WOW, thanks Kieu!!! Oh, yeah, Primal Self from the 1984 Garfield: His Nine Lives Book. That was a lot of fun.

The first Garfield mashup from a couple of years ago. My student requested Sans from Undertale. #Garfield, #Sans, #Undertale

This is the current Garfield mashup I'm working on. Garfield and Pokemon!!! There are so many!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So this is part one, I'm half way into penciling part two. And there may be more. Thanks to my students for helping me decide which ones to do. #garfield #pokemon, #comics, #anime

This was a request for Calcifer by my student, Olivia. #garfield, #calcifer, #ComicArt, #CartoonArt, #comics

In the 90's, Marvel was reprinting a lot of material which provided cover opportunities. This is my pencils with the finished cover, inks by Mark Farmer. Since there will be a new Fantastic Four movie...seemed timely.
#marvel, #fantasticfour

This is a Sunday strip from June 15, 2003. When I first started working for Jim Davis in 1983, Garfield was already walking on his back legs, so getting to pencil this gag written by Brett Koth was a dream come true. #garfield, #comicstrip, #comic, #cartoon

My first Marvel work, Hulk #389, 1992. My pencils on cover and interior, inks by the incredible Mark Farmer, colors by Glynis Oliver and script by Tom Field. #hulk, #marvel

A Hulk convention sketch drawn with marker circa the 90's. Recently added the background color and logo digitally. #hulk,
#marvel, #comics

This was for a student last year. Still trying to catch up, have a few more to do. I hope to be able to offer a limited number of commissions soon. 11x14 marker on Bristol. I'm using mostly Copic markers these days. #garfield, #ghost, #comics, #music

Thanks, David. I remember how impressed I was by your work. And your work just keeps getting more impressive. It is amazing seeing what you have become as an artist!

This is a drawing I did for a friend a couple of years ago. 11x14 marker on Bristol Board. #spideyverse, #garfield, #comics

Wow! One of my students, (thanks, Gwen), sent me this ad for a Garfield/Miku plushie. It is to be released Feb. 3rd from Youtooz! It reminded me of a student request from 2021. #youtooz, #garfield, #miku, #comic, #manga, #anime

Are you using Illustrator?

So, you are saying I'm old, ha ha (true). Thanks for your post. I have been very fortunate. When Jim Davis hired me in 1983, it changed my life.

A student request from last year, 2024 of Garfield with South Park. Marker on Bristol Board.

A Garfield/Glamrock Freddy student request from 2022.
11X14 marker on Bristol Board #garfield, #glamrock

A student request from 2022. They wanted Garfield and Mario. It was around the time that Chris Pratt was announced as the voice of Garfield. And he was also Mario and Star Lord. Copic marker on Bristol Board.

A student mash-up request from last year.
Marker on Bristol Board. #garfield, #splatoon

A student request from a few years ago. I will be working on some new ones soon.

It certainly is.

Oops, sent too quick. We (me and Brett) have worked for Jim for so long that we have a good idea of what he wants. He still makes decisions though.

As for the strip, if there were extras, sometimes I would get to design them. Sometimes Jim Davis did and sometimes Brett Koth did. We have worked with Jim so long (I started in '83 and Brett Koth started in '85-86. I believe.

No, I designed many logo boxes, as well as Brett Koth and Eric Reaves. It was daunting to come up with a new logo box every week. Now we recycle logo boxes rather than creating new ones.

From 2-2-2003, It was always fun to draw and, in this case, design the additional characters. #garfield