Author: Jess Smart Smiley


  • Drawn Words has taken interviews to a whole new level! Writer Kevin Cortez, and artist Estevan Sanchez have teamed up to make the most in-depth comics-style interview since Top Shelf’s Conversation #1 and #2,ย by drawing out their interview with comics great, Jeffrey Brown. Read the full interview at Drawn Words.

  • Free Comic Book Day is tomorrow, Saturday May 5! Free Comic Book Day is a single day – the first Saturday in May each year – when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely freeย to anyone who comes into their stores. Find a comics shop near…

  • Check it out – my Comics Grab Bag was picked and featured by the Kickstarter staff! My full-color short comics collection is now 76% funded, and a mere 10 comics orders shy of succeeding. Pretty exciting! We’re so close, but the project won’t happen at all unless we hit 100%. So, let’s make this fun.…

  • Tattly makes my favorite temporary tattoos. Period. There’s something for everyone, and each tattoo is a perfect combination of cleverness and fun “for design-minded kids and kids-at-heart.” Check out the entire collection here.

  • Yesterday I announced the launch of my Comics Grab Bag on Kickstarter – a full-color collection of short comics I’ve made over the years for various books, magazines, websites, and personal projects. I’m excited to announce that the project is already 60% funded, and 27 comics have been ordered. Hooray! Running a project is very…

  • I love sharing comics on this blog that I’ve been working on, and those that I’ve finished that have been included in anthologies and other projects, but it’s always a little sad for me that I’m not able to share entire comics with you here. Well, all of that ends today. The Comics Grab Bag…

  • Thanks to Drawn, I found Ray Frenden‘s incredible review of a new drawing tablet that could bury Wacom, if the word got out. The tablet comes from Monospace, a company known for its electronics and computer accessories, but not as a player in the world of drawing tablets. As an experienced user ofย Yiynova, Cintiq and…

  • THE BEAST MOTHER

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    Eleanor Davis has been a favorite comics artist and storyteller of mine for years. I love her dark fairytales and the way that she draws monsters. Her brushwork is amazing – riddled with textures and great character. She’s posted one of my favorite comics, The Beast Mother, on her site for free! Check it out…

  • Check out this sweet online color matching game. My favorite challenge is the complementary matching.