Folks over at the Blog@Newsarama Fringe Benefits column, did a nice review of Midnight Sun, and gave special mention to the encounter one of the characters has with a polar bear in the book. Since drawing the page they sample there, I—like a lot of folks—have been following the “career” of Flock the baby Polar …
Tag: Comics
Mar 23 2008
Comics Terminology: “Alternative,” “Indie,” etc.
This question was posted over at the Indie Spinner Rack message board: What’s the definition (if any) of the various terms such as Independent, Small Press, Alternative, etc. What do you call companies in Previews outside of the Big Four (DC/Marvel/Dark Horse/Image)? Outside of the Established (Fantagraphics, Top Shelf, Drawn & Quarterly, Oni, AdHouse, etc)? …
Mar 17 2008
“Rent” Party for Comics Artist Craig Hamilton
I got a ginormous long email this morning from friend and comics artist Craig Hamilton, but I’ll condense it for you here: He’s been renting a cool house that he loves in downtown Macon for years, and now he wants to buy it. So, he’s having a “rent” party, but instead of rent money, he’s …
Mar 08 2008
More Midnight Sun Reviews
Lately, I’ve been using the occurrence of each new review of Midnight Sun as an opportunity to talk about my comics-making process. I’m currently under the gun to get my pages for the WAP Free Comic Book Day issue done by the end of the month, so I’m just going to post excerpts and links …
Feb 29 2008
Sketchbook 2/29
I’m thinking that my contribution to the dinosaur/caveman-themed Wide Awake Press Free Comic Book Day comic (Piltdown is the name of the book) is going to require a paleontologist “guide” who will introduce three separate one-page stories. This is where he’s heading–original sketches up top, cleaned up on the bottom:
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