Oct 25 2011
OK, “abandoned” isn’t the most accurate turn of phrase–maybe “on hold for the time being” is better. Anyway… a while back, my then-agent and I were mulling over possible projects to pursue and one possibility that came up was a proposal to adapt an existing book for the great SF/fantasy publisher Tor Books. Looking over …
Jul 08 2011
And when I say “fantasy” I don’t mean “chicks in chain-mail being rescued from dragons”– I mean fantasy as in “fantasy football.” Here’s the background for this post: a while back, cartoonist Scott Chantler (of the excellent recent graphic novel, Two Generals, among other things) put out a call on Twitter asking other cartoonists what …
Jul 02 2011
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick is one of my absolute favorite novels and I’m definitely not the only cartoonist with an affinity for it. Most famously among us “indie” types is probably Jeff Smith’s homage to Moby Dick in his series Bone. In it, Moby Dick is the favorite book of one of the characters, Fone …
May 04 2011
Before my daughter takes her afternoon nap, I usually read her a few pages from a non-picture book to help her doze off. We’ve gotten through a surprising number of books in this fashion–mostly things like William Steig’s Abel’s Island and the Ramona books. Last week we started reading The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. My …
Mar 15 2011
This week’s Twitter #PortraitNight subject is a suggestion from Tim O’Shea of Comic Book Resources. After two disastrous attempts at his other suggestion, Peter Gabriel, I wound up switching gears and attempting a likeness of author John Irving. This was a quick drawing that took maybe twenty minutes in my sketchbook and I think turned …
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