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 …
Category: General
Aug 21 2008
Craft: Layouts vs. Finishes
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 …
Aug 04 2008
Three Penciled Pages from ‘Ameila’
They say you don’t miss your water ’till your well runs dry, and in the case of my scanner I’d have to agree. The last two weeks during which I’ve been scanner-less have really made me realize how much I use a scanner–not just for scanning final inked pages, but for the little things… like …
Jul 01 2008
Doc Ock Triumphant! (Commissioned Art)
Here’s a commissioned piece I just wrapped up for a collector I met at Heroes Con. He’s got a pretty impressive collection of comics art, much of it with a common theme: a villain in front of a “trophy wall” of some sort displaying the heads of his vanquished foes. In this case, it’s Doctor …
Jun 26 2008
Thoughts on Heroes Con ’08
In previous years, I’ve done a day-by-day roundup of Heroes Con, usually typed semi-deliriously from my hotel room in the wee hours of the morning. This year, though, with so much comics press at the show (Heidi MacDonald from PW’s The Beat, Johanna Draper Carlson from Comics Worth Reading, Matt Brady from Newsarama, Craig Fischer …
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