What a great idea, right? Make a recipe in comics form (a recipe for anything—food or otherwise) and send it in to be collected in Just Add Ink: A Comic Cook Book. Submissions are due June 15 and you can find the guidelines for making your comic here. The book will also be shown in…
It’s that time of year again, when every comic book store in North America passes out free comics! Top Shelf Productions has a 24-page issue filled with comics from James Kochalka, Andy Runton, Ray Friesen, Chris Eliopoulos, Christian Slade, and a 4-page story of my very own, featuring Harold the vampire, and his batty friends…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPtZOUr0Ctc] Joann Sfar is the madman creator of about a million comics and graphic novels and they’re all my favorite. One of his books is The Rabbi’s Cat and it’s coming out this June in the form of a traditional 2D animation! Sure, it’s in French, but it’s gonna be beeeeeea-utiful!
Two years ago, my friend Loranย Cook asked if I’d be interested in illustrating a short horror story that he’d written. Of course I said yes! He envisioned the story in comics form, with fun and child-friendly drawings, so that the horrifying ending would come as a surprise. When Loran starting describing Victuals as a story…
After Shock is a comics anthology that’s being put together by Adam Paison to aid in the support for Japan’s recovery. ย He’s put out a call to comics artists everywhere to contribute and be a part of this great cause. I’m a strong believer in the power of images to change lives for the better…
If you’ve been following this blog, then you’ll notice I’ve made a few changes to the layout and design of the page. It needed a little feng shui intervention! Among other things, I’ve added a banner along the right side, promoting my upcoming graphic novel, Upside Down: A Vampire Tale. The book comes out this…
Whoa! Check out Jesse Jacob’s debut graphic novel, Even the Giants! There’s a beautiful 9-page preview on the AdHouse ย website.
Guess what came in the mail this last Saturday? That’s right—Nick Bertozzi’s Lewis & Clark! If you are familiar with First Second‘s books, then you know they have a fairly standard size. Whether the book is hardcover or soft, most of their books are pretty close to 6″ x 9″. Right out of the box,…
It’s finally here and available for pre-order! Only 2000 copies have been made and the publisher will be planting a tree for each copy sold. It’s been a lot of fun following Bone from issue one (thanks, Dad!), all the way up to its intergalactic fame, and Jeff Smith has been a constant source of…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0YCZ_4XqiY&feature=player_embedded] Ivan Brunetti’s Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice is easily my favorite guide to drawing and writing cartoons and comics, and am excited to know that Yale University Press will be re-publishing the 88-page book this year. I love how small, manageable, easy-to-understand and important this book is. It’s not a How To Draw Like Ivan…