Jan 04 2005
The Flaming Carrot is back! One of my all time favorite comics series, The Flaming Carrot, originally published in the ’80s, is cranking up for a new run with Image Comics. To really bring back the feeling of those halcyon days of the 1980s, be sure to buy an extra copy so you’ll have one …
Jan 03 2005
Katherine, Sheila and I took advantage of the unseasonably warm temperatures yesterday and went for a hike at Pilot Mountain State Park. Pictures here. That unsightly haze that’s general throughout the valley is courtesy of Tennessee’s continued slack-ass air polution laws. First Garth Brooks, now this…
Jan 03 2005
For each panel, I usually start working up a drawing in my sketchbook or on another sheet of paper. Again, I work in colored pencils–starting with a light color and moving to the darker ones to build up an image I’m happy with…to be able to make corrections and move things around without having to …
Jan 02 2005
All those artsy comics-journal-message-board-types are always “Dan Clowes” this, and “Crag Thompson” that… But why is no one discussing “The Angriest Dog in the World?” The dog who is so angry he cannot move. He cannot eat. He cannot sleep. He can just barely growl. …Bound so tightly with tension and anger, he approaches the …
Jan 02 2005
As some point in the process before you really start drawing, you’ve gotta get a handle on the characters you’re going to be drawing. In this case I’ve drawn the Boxing Bucket a bunch before–and he’s not really that difficult to deal with…you see, he’s a bucket with arms and legs. The other character in …
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