Sep 24 2008
My venerable publishers, SLG, are currently having a store-wide 25% off sale on everything in their webstore. So, if’n you’re looking to pick up any of my stuff on the cheap, now’s a good time to do so. Just type in “bigsale” in the coupon code field on the checkout screen to get your discount. …
Sep 11 2008
I’ll be making the second of my two book festival appearances this year at this weekend’s Bookmarks book festival here in Winston-Salem. The festival is on Saturday and I’ll be at the “All That & then Some” tent (V-2) at 2:30 PM where I’ll be discussing Midnight Sun, comics-making, and comics and graphic novels …
Sep 08 2008
This is a potential character I’ve been playing around with for my next creator-owned book, tenatively titled Oyster War. I’ve had it in mind that I’d do this book entirely with a dip pen, rather than with my usual tool-of-choice, a #3 brush. I’m having a really hard time weaning myself of the brush, though, …
Aug 29 2008
Today the local NPR station, WFDD, will be rebroadcasting an old interview with me in which I discuss Midnight Sun (then still in “floppy” format), my other cartooning projects, and teaching comics. If you’re local, it will be broadcast at 1pm and 6pm. If you’re out there on the internets, you can catch it streaming …
Aug 21 2008
Oh, to be the layout guy…. Here’s an example from the Amelia Earhart book I’m working on now. First, the layout panel from the thumbnail: Here, the penciled panel: Now, why can’t I just write “breathtaking view” and be done with it instead of having to draw hundreds of buildings!? I’ve reversed the location of …
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