[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3qYk6Fu6eE] Doug TenNapel has been one of my favorite creators, ever since my Dad introduced me to his all-clay computer game,ย the Neverhood, in either sixth or seventh grade. His quirky characters, funky stories and cream-of-the-crop monsters have all been instant favorites of mine and I’m the proud owner of all 10 of his graphic novels.…
Later this Fall, my first graphic novel, Upside Down: A Vampire Tale, will be released from Top Shelf Productions. To get people excited about the book, Top Shelf invited me to contribute a four-page story to this year’s Free Comic Book Day issue! Dad got me into Free Comic Book Day years ago when it…
Today I finished page three of my new short comic, The Goblin’s Child, and it’s just getting more and more fun to draw the more I work on it. Not that anyone asked, but I’m drawing with a ‘fine’ Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen on 11 x 14″ Strathmore Smooth Bristol board. It’s the same board…
This is strange for me. I don’t think I’ve ever posted to a blog so consistently. Hopefully these posts are doing something good for someone, instead of me just rambling on the internet… This is page 2 from my new comic. It’s slow-going, but steady, so far, and I should be finished with the full…
A few months ago, I was invited to contribute to a comics anthology, but just didn’t have the time (until recently) to work on a story. This comic will be 12 pages long and I’ll be trying out a few techniques I haven’t used before. The trickiest part will be in drawing the detailed, graphically…
Grimalkin Press is now accepting short comics for it’s upcoming HIVE SIX comics anthology. You have until April 1 to submit, so get on it! If you like what you see, you can get previous issues here.
At last week’s Life, the Universe and Everything symposium, we talked a little bit about how we need to work more and talk less about our projects. Whether it’s a movie, a drawing, a story (or finally changing the oil in the car!), we all have projects that we can’t wait to see come to…
TUTORIALS / PROCESS / INTERVIEWS Coloring Comics Digitally with Kazu Kabuishi Using Photoshop Actions to Speed the Process Various interviews with comics writers, publishers and artists onย The Comics Journal The Personal Touch (audio recording of panel on personalizing your comics) How to Make an Interactive Comic video by Jason Shiga Understanding, Making and Teaching Comics…