From the First Second blog and the desk of Zack Giallongo: “Ever since I started down the path of drawing when I was a kid, my favorite thing was always the characters. It sounds obvious to me, but I realize that many people don’t always enjoy drawing characters or thinking about their design. As I got older,…
From today’s interview with Gavin’s Underground for City Weekly: “Gavin: What’s the process for you when creating a new comic, from first idea to final product? Jess: One fun way to start is to put three characters you’ve made together, and start an idea map (or idea web) and jot down little ideas about each character.…
Doug TenNapel’s Ratfist was a web comic sensation last year, and he’s at it again with a new story called Nnewts. Updating just once a week, a full page of Nnewts comes out each Wednesday. Hey–that’s today! Anyone that knows my taste in comics knows that I’ve been loving Doug’s work for a long time now. If you aren’t…
Top Shelf Comix just posted 9 pages of previews from my upcoming graphic novel, Upside Down: A Vampire Tale. Get a taste for the 144-page comic (and sloppy rough draft of the cover) here. Although we’re still five months away from its release, you can pre-order the book on the Top Shelf site or your local comic…
I got to do an interview with Free Comic Book Day, and talk about my upcoming graphic novel from Top Shelf Productions, and next month’s free comic! Read the full interview on the FCBD site.
For fans of Jeff Smith’s epic fantasy / adventure comic, Bone, this sort of news has been nothing but a rumor since the mid-90s. This time they mean it. The Hollywood Reporter announced today that P.J. Hogan (My Best Friend’s Wedding) will be directing, and Patrick Sean Smith (Greek) will be writing the script. Read…
If you’re an indie comics fan, then you’ve probably already noticed the great lineup Top Shelf has in store for 2012. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, you can see all their upcoming titles here. Here’s everything Top Shelf has planned for 2012 (so far!) listed in order of release…
“Frank Santoro is starting his own Correspondence Course, but it’s small: only ten students will be accepted. It is a one-on-one 8-week correspondence course over phone, e-mail and snail mail. He’s going to focus specifically on advancing your understanding of layouts, color, contour line drawing, and printmaking for producing comic books. Frank is an astonishingly accomplished artist, and…
Top Shelf Productions just announced the release of their Kids Club App (available now on iTunes). “It’s a completely free app that lets you browse and purchase digital versions of our all-ages graphic novels – including several titles at launch, and many more coming soon!” You can also download a free copy of this year’s…