Tag: Comics

On Visual Reference, The Movie Meatballs, and Pinterest

I recently got a commission to illustrate a six-page memoir comic about going to see The Empire Strikes Back on opening day. Empire was released in the summer of 1980 and so one thing I had to take care of before I got to actually drawing the story was getting visual reference for the story. …

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Geof Darrow on Moebius (Panel From Heroes Con 2011)

If you’re even tangentially involved in comics you’ve heard by now of the passing of Jean Giraud, better known as Moebius. Moebius was one of  the last living giants of the comics field (Robert Crumb being the only other one I can think of off the top of my head) and despite his having been …

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For Creator Owned Day: The Georgia Peach

So apparently the comics community has decided that March 1st is “Creator Owned Day” and who am I to argue with them? To celebrate I figured I’d post some of my own creator-owned work. Actually, other than the Amelia Earhart book I did for Hyperion, pretty much all of my work is creator owned–so I …

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Interview at PanelBound.com

A few days ago PanelBound posted a short interview I did with them. You can find it here.

My Top Three Most Overlooked Books Of 2011

I neglected to do a top ten list for 2011. Partially I was just busy–but also, looking at the lists that other people together, I realized that there are a lot of major books that dropped in 2011 that I’ve not read yet. I have, though, noticed a conspicuous absence in most of these Best …

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