Darren Vogt

@darrenvogtart

Cartoonist and graphic designer ☆ Designer for Z2 Comics ☆ He/Him ✉️ darrenvogtart@gmail.com 💻 darrenvogt.com

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Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· 23d

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Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· 23d

In case they see this and feel spontaneous, here's some of my work

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· 26d

Good mail day! @theothermarioc.com, @jamesfergcomics.com, @radpencils.bsky.social Daniel Caval, Colin Johnson, Tony Riga

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Jul 8

Can't wait to read this (and I no longer have to!!) @ajomasonwriter.bsky.social @dommnics.bsky.social it looks so good!!!

My hand, holding my copy of Kloud o: The Star Soldier by AJ O. Mason and Dominic Bustamante

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Jul 8

I'm watching Drops of God

Three panel comic.

Panel one shows a guy typing on the computer from behind - the computer screen shows an excel window and a calculator opened up. There is text that reads "I love manga and anime because there will just be a 40+ volume, 100+ episode series on the most niche, hyperspecific interest.

Panel two shows a guy looking at the first guy in shock, thinking "That's the 'concatenate' function! He's good!". Text above reads "like a series dedicated to Microsoft Excel."

Panel three is a dramatic close-up of the computer-working guy, thinking "I will avenge my father and find the 'golden formula!'" The text reads "and somehow, they never fail to make it (overdramatic) and interesting." There is a dramatic background with flowers and floating excel cells and a cursor

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Jul 7

Update - not even gonna bother to white the name out this time. What an ass, and this guy's profiting off of Akira Toriyama's name and work. Livid

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Jul 7

"Instead of simply criticizing us" gtf outta here

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Jul 5

AI slop flyers are so poorly focused, they cram in tons of unnecessary information with tons of random icons that don't mean anything, and zero hierarchy so that you wind up looking at it like this

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Jul 4

I often don't understand the jokes in it, but Saint Young Men is such a comfort read for me

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Jun 30

Please show some support to my friend @mrmad100s.bsky.social's comic "Duppy" on Kickstarter: duppycomic.com - he's so close to the finish line!

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Jun 25

Motherhood

A Tortoiseshell Persian cat wearing a tiara and sunglasses, riding a blue and pink-feathered velociraptor who is smiling at her. The cat is Princess Donut and the velociraptor is Mongo, both characters are from the Dungeon Crawler Carl series

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Jun 24

Found out about #makeaterriblecomicday a little under an hour ago

A two panel comic. The first panel has no frame and is a calendar with dates circled on the following days:

-Feb 9th Hourly Comics Day
-April 27 Designer Day
-May 1 Free Comic Book Day
-May 5th National Cartoonist Day
-June 24 Make a Terrible Comic Day

Within June, March and February are frazzled drawings of me, the artist, saying "Oh shit" because I've realized at the last second or too late about the dates.

The second panel has the artist, me, pulling eyes down, exasperated, with the text "Will I ever be prepared for these ahead of time?"

Below all of this is a dotted line that says "Tear here." It is a cheap pun on "Terrible Comics" and the artist should be ashamed

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Jun 22

And then these to show my other manga cover design work

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Jun 22

In light of the announcement of the Detective Conan 3-in-1 omnibuses, as a huge fan I want to beg Viz to let me design them, with these as proof that I can do it

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Jun 20

Good mail day!!! The physical book looks stunning @leswrite.bsky.social @chappyzach.bsky.social @jpjordan.bsky.social @ Rodrigo Cataraca @andriylukin.bsky.social @bugracomic.bsky.social

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· May 28

Unmatched levels of delusion

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· May 17

Well I've officially been hit by the Dungeon Crawler Carl bug. REWARD: you get this silly little Illustration/ design I made

An illustration of the back of Princess Donut (a Persian tortoiseshell cat who is wearing a tiara and large round sunglasses) with the words "Goddamn it Donut" in the foreground. The O is positioned on her butt, and a pixelated skull is in the center of the O. A word balloon is above her with the words "I AM YELLING CARL"

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· May 3

Thid is a bit of a splash of cold water here after being enamored by Absolute Batman

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Apr 12

The job requirements to be a pirate are pretty intense (from the upcoming first issue of my comic, Graphic Designer on a Pirate Ship)

Five panels of a comic.

Panel one shows a thick, bearded pirate with a sword in place of his left arm, saying "Have ye been out to sea? How many years of experience do ye have with design? Pillaging? Cannons? Can ye lift up to 50 pounds?"

Panel two shows a small guy with glasses looking uncomfortable. He responds "Well, if you count my design gig at the campus bookstore... one semester? Pillaging? No..." He thinks to himself to remember that he's talking to a pirate and then says "I mean... yes? Cannons?"

Panel three shows a close-up of the pirate with his eyes squinted in suspicion. He says "do ye have SCURVY?"

Panel four shows the guy, taken aback. He says "What?... no-"

Panel four shows the pirate throwing his arms up in the air and smiling, shouting "GREAT! That's great."

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Apr 1

Trying to do some comics journaling

Three panel comic.

Panel one shows a drawing of me on the couch, looking at a book with awe. Floating above me are stamp designs of different shapes. The text reads "My latest obsession is old illustrations and designs from (mostly) pre-computer times. Stickers, wrappers, tags, and other ephemera. There are a few publishers who collect these in books."

Panel two has several books with titles like "hotel tags", "cheese labels" "candy wrappers", "soft drink labels", "pre-war Japan tourist maps".

Panel three shows a crow dropping one of these books into my hands. The text reads "I like to think of them as crows, bringing me designs instead of shiny trinkets." A dialogue balloon from my mouth reads "thank you, crow"

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Mar 29

This is just as good as the scenes where the Straw Hats say Luffy will be king of the pirates

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Mar 21

Finished reading this today and it's reeeaally good @alexkrokus.bsky.social

Holding up a copy of "Talking to my Father's Ghost: an Almost True Story" by Alex Krokus

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Mar 12

With season 3 coming, it's the perfect time to expand on this idea. Official One Piece people please notice me

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Mar 12

Part 2!

Darren Vogt@darrenvogtart· Mar 12

I've done a few manga logo/cover treatments now and I wanted to share! Biggest thanks to @mangamavericks.bsky.social for trusting me with these!! Go buy some/all of these great books!!