What a nice surprise — my upcoming graphic novel, Upside Down: A Vampire Tale, has been nominated for an Arty award in the ” Graphic Novel/Zine/Multimedia Publication” category!If you’ve liked my comics so far and have enjoyed the free 9-page preview, would you mind taking a minute to vote for my book? VOTE HERE. Thank…
I’ve decided to go on a book tour this fall to celebrate the release of my first graphic novel, Upside Down: A Vampire Tale (out from Top Shelf Productions this October)! Thanks so much for all the feedback, suggestions, and responses to last week’s Help Me Plan My Book Tour (Part I). I’M GOING APE Upside Down: A Vampire…
My first graphic novel is called Upside Down: A Vampire Tale, and it comes out this October. That’s just two months away! Eeek! Comics, drawing, and telling stories have been passions of mine for as long as I can remember, so this book has been a long time coming. I recently got a chance to talk…
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,…
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…
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…
For those of you who are new to this blog, or are trying to figure out who I am and what I do: this post is for you. HELLO. MY NAME IS JESS SMART SMILEY & I MAKE RAD PICTURES. Despite what my name might suggest (and ponytail in this photo), I’m a guy. It’s…