Oct 20 2009
Crumb this… Genesis that… Yadda, yadda, yadda…. Where’s the hoopla for The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga?! It officially came out yesterday and I had mine pre-ordered, so it arrived on my doorstep today. (Curiously, Amazon appears to be out of them already.) It’s a truly beautiful book. I’ve not really even looked …
Oct 18 2009
I’m not sure why I’m so preoccupied with this Count of Monte Cristo thing–especially since I have about a million other things I should be working on–but I’ve been sketching some possible character designs for other folks from the book. The top two rows here are possible Fernand Mondego (also known as the Count de …
Oct 15 2009
It’s great to see comics getting more press and more recognition in the form of awards and awards nominations. Whenever some high-profile instance of this occurs, those of us who are interested in comics tend to see these sorts of events as indicators that comics is finally beginning to receive the recognition and appreciation it …
Oct 14 2009
Folks on a comics forum I occasionally check out were discussing anthologies that have open submissions policies and someone had linked to Heavy Metal magazine’s submissions page. I figured I’d check it out just for fun, despite the fact that absolutely nothing I do would work stylistically in Heavy Metal. Is it just me, or …
Oct 13 2009
I’m still tinkering around trying to come up with some crewmen/women both for the pirates and for the oyster navy vessel from Oyster War: I’m thinking that these folks might work well in a possible Count of Monte Cristo GN as well.
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