Jul 05 2009
When people discuss the fundamentals of comics-making they most often discuss narrative, panel-to-panel action, storytelling, etc., but there is something to be said for really hunkering down and digging into one image for a while. For us comics folk, that usually comes in the form of a “splash page.” Here’s one I just wrapped up penciling from a book I’m (very slowly) working on called Oyster War:
Jun 28 2009
J Chris Campbell and Rob Ullman will be trekking it out to San Diego this year for the big Comic-Con International (alas, I will not be) and it looks like J. Chris is putting together a Michael Jackson memorial minicomic to sell there. And, thus, the call went out to all WAPpies for comics and pinups of MJ. Here’s mine:
I have to admit: I’ve never been a huge Michael Jackson fan. I think Off the Wall is a really solid pop record and I dig a lot of the old Jackson 5 stuff, but beyond that I’m not a big follower. I know he was really important to a lot of folks, but honestly my world was a lot more changed by the recent death of Ron Asheton. As far as record sales go, Jackson is clearly the champ, but I really feel that modern music would sound really, really different if Ron Asheton had never walked the earth. I don’t think you can really say that about MJ, though… On the other hand, he could sure as hell dance better than Ron Asheton.
Jun 27 2009
Did you know that Sonic Youth has a new record out? I didn’t until reading about it in the new issue of Signal to Noise magazine. Based on that article and the reviews of it I’ve seen so far, it seems worth checking out.
Jun 23 2009
Here’s a recent review of Midnight Sun that popped up via my Google alerts. It’s on a blog called Painted Smiles; Written Words and the writer seems to have enjoyed the book. It’s gratifying to know that even a year or two after I put my pens and brushes away on a project, it can still be floating around, hopefully providing people with some reading enjoyment.
Jun 22 2009
Snooker, a 64-page full-color compilation of many of my best minicomics, anthology contributions, one-pages, superhero pinups and other miscellanea is now available for sale directly from IndyPlanet.com for $10.00 plus shipping. I noticed that the site requires you to create an account to place an order–an irritating and unnecessary practice that I find really annoying–so if you don’t already deal with IndyPlanet already or you just don’t want the hassle of creating an account, please just email me at the address in the masthead image up top and I’ll send you one directly if you can pay via Paypal.
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