Category: General

Craft: “In the Weeds” Character Designs

I’ve been working more on character designs for In the Weeds, refining some of the characters I’d already got rough versions of and adding a few secondary characters.  I’ve still got a girlfriend or two, as well as a pastry chef (for some reason, I’ve saved the female characters for last) to get together visually, …

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Leonard Weisgard’s Secret River Illustrations

I’m fortunate enough to have a daughter who’s really interested in books. As a result, I’ve become immersed in the world of children’s book authors and illustrators over the last few years.  She’s a fan of the old standbys–Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak–and I’ve subjected her to my childhood favorites, particularly the wonderful Tomi Ungerer, but …

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Con Report: SPX 2010

Well it’s finally happened. We all knew it would some day. There came a time on Saturday at SPX where the crowd was so butt-rubbingly, San Diego Comic-Con-ishly close that it wasn’t fun to walk the isles. Anecdotally, I’ve not heard either way whether this late afternoon crowd surge translated into a late afternoon money …

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Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips Vol. 1

I just finished reading the first volume of the Fantagraphics collected Captain Easy Sunday strips. I’ve been a big Roy Crane fan for a while, but I was mainly interested in the black and white Wash Tubbs dailies. For whatever reason, I’ve always been really fond of the duotone board technique he used for those …

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Sketchbook 9/4

I’ve been doing some of these “girls’ hair” warm-up exercises that John K. posted over at his blog a while back. I’m not wholly happy with them–I think I’m concentrating too much on detail to the detriment of overall form–but I’ll maybe attempt another batch of them soon.