I recently read the newest addition to Top Shelf’s catalogue, Lucille, by Ludovic Debeurme, translated from the original French version. This is what the publisher has to say about it: “This rich and intimate story follows two teenagers, Lucille and Arthur, as they struggle with the complex legacies inherited from their families: legacies of illness…
Cartoonist Bill Alger is developing a new graphic novel for kids called Homeboy, and has started a blog to record his process and ideas over the next year. “Homeboy is a kid who runs away from home, then wakes up the next morning to discover that a tiny version of his family’s home has become…
Had these babies printed a while back for Free Comic Book Day. I’ve been passing them out at schools and library presentations, and the conventions and symposiums I’ve been presenting at. What do you think?
Tomorrow (Saturday, May 28) I’ll be on several panels at Conduit in SLC, discussing writing, drawing and comics. Bring your questions and sketchbooks. See you there!
Today I’m giving a 2-hour presentation on writing, drawing and making comics at the Salt Lake City Library, from 3-5pm. It’s free to attend and I expect to see you there with your sketchbook and questions! More information is available on the library’s website.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuXT6H7-480&feature=player_embedded] Word balloons, line variety, using layers, editing, adding panels, starting pages from scratch, duplicating images…it’s all here and Doug TenNapel shows you how in Manga Studio.
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 website.