Having solidified the character designs and done a bit of last-minute story revising, I’m now beginning to do thumbnails for In the Weeds. This will be my first digitally-drawn full book (my semi-recent stories for Creepy and Cartozia Tales were drawn digitally, but were short pieces) and as such my process is somewhat different. With Oyster …
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Nov 03 2016
Comics at The Scholastic Book Fair
If you read this blog and/or follow me on twitter, you know one of my usual rants is about the large swath of comics that gets ignored when “comics” is–as is often the case–taken to mean “the direct market.” I’ve written before about the huge and often-ignored market for kids’/all-ages comics, but today I want to …
Aug 22 2016
Rob Liefeld, The Enchantress’s Enchanted Butt, and Comics Lettering
So, this 90’s Rob Liefeld page was making the rounds recently on Reddit’s /r/comicbooks message board: Taking digs at Rob Liefeld’s art is one of comics fandom’s favorite pastimes (which is as lazy as it is unfair–but that’s a subject for a different post, perhaps) and this page is a favorite because The Enchantress in panel …
Jul 13 2016
In the Weeds Progress: More on Character Designs
As I mentioned in my last In the Weeds progress post, one of my post-Oyster War take-aways was that I need to spend more time working on character designs before I sit down and start drawing pages. To that end, I’ve spent some time over the last few weeks focusing on the badger character (I …
Jun 03 2016
Last Two “Oyster Tour” Appearances… and Commissions!
Oyster Tour Final Appearances The Oyster Tour is winding down! It’s been great fun, but I’m looking forward to being done with travelling and holing up in my studio here to work on In the Weeds. I do, though, have two more appearances before things wrap up: Heroes Con – Charlotte, NC – June 18th and …





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