Jan 09 2006

Monster Mash

I always make sure to have a “couch project” going at all times. A couch project is some drawing project that can be done in small time periods with just pens and pencils–something that I can work on a little at a time each evening in the twenty or so minutes I spend relaxing on the couch before I go to bed. At the moment I’m working on something inspired by Lynda Barry’s book One! Hundred! Demons!; I’ve bought a little moleskine tablet and I’m trying to fill it with 100 monsters/demons. Using an online random word generator, I’ve generated a list of about 300 made-up demon/monster names and I pick one each night to illustrate. I’ve done maybe about 70 at this point and here’s two:

monsters
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At some point–maybe when I’m finished–I’ll scan them all and post them. No doubt, I’ll make a minicomic out of the completed project.

Jan 09 2006

America: L’il Baby Waah Waah

I remember reading an article in Time magazine maybe ten years ago called something like “America: Nation of Whiners. Complainers and Cry-Babies.” Regretably, as the items below demonstrate, that’s as true today as it was then:

Family Calls Comic Book Racist

Cowboy cartoon draws fire

Wal-Mart Web site makes racial connections

Said an astute commentor on slashdot, “I’m not American so I’m not really exposed to this over-the-top sensitive PC stuff, but this seems just silly to me.”

Dec 30 2005

Midnight Sun: Pencil Pages

Here are a few non-consecutive, un-inked pages from my forthcoming comic book, Midnight Sun:

Midnight Sun, pg 1
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Midnight Sun, pg 2
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Dec 30 2005

Macbeth Sample Panel

I recently submitted some sample sketches and drawings to a publisher for a proposed comics version of Macbeth. Here’s a sample panel from Act 1 Scene 5, in which Lady Macbeth is reading a letter in which Macbeth recounts his encounter with the witches–and later, the King’s men– on the heath.

Macbeth comics
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Dec 15 2005

December Critical Mass Ride

December’s Critical Mass ride in Winston-Salem will be on December 30th. More details later…

December Critical Mass