Happy October! I thought it would be fun to celebrate the new month and the release of my first graphic novel, Upside Down: A Vampire Tale, with a fun activity page that can be printed at home, and shared online. Click the word search to see it at full-size and print out copies for the family, your…
Pixar has teamed up with Threadless to create a brand-new Toy Story t-shirt! How cool is that?! They’ve asked designers and illustrators to submit their own designs, and I jumped at the chance to come up with my own retro-looking Woody and Buzz. What do you think? This is a contest and the shirt with…
Upside Down: A Vampire Tale comes out next month from Top Shelf Productions — just in time for Halloween! Pre-orders will be shipping soon, but in the meantime…meet John and Randy: John and Randy are two crazy bats. They like to hit on ladybirds, talk about how great bats are, spook butterflies, and cause all kinds…
I’ve been watching more than my fair of Parks & Rec lately. This is for all the rest of you that can’t get enough Ron Swanson in your life. Related articles The Making Of A Man: How Ron Swanson Became Ron Swanson (fastcocreate.com) Are The ‘Parks & Rec’ Characters Inspired By Its Stars? (huffingtonpost.com) Ron…
John Hogan of the Graphic Novel Reporter got in touch with me to talk about my upcoming graphic novel, Upside Down: A Vampire Tale (October 2012, Top Shelf Productions). Here’s a snippet of our conversation: “Congratulations on your first graphic novel! What’s the story behind it? Thank you! Upside Down has been a lot of fun to make, and…
My first graphic novel, Upside Down: A Vampire Tale (October 2012, Top Shelf Productions), was recently nominated for an Arty Award from the Salt Lake City Weekly, and I just found out that my book won for the Best Graphic Novel/Zine! Hooray! Thank you to everyone that voted and got involved. Keep watching this blog and…
Upside Down: A Vampire Tale comes out next month — just in time for Halloween! Pre-orders ship later this month, but in the meantime…meet Vermillion: Vermillion is the last witch on Earth, which makes her extra nasty! Armed with a spell book written by Madame Rose, Vermillion is determined to get revenge on vampires everywhere and…
David Knight is “completing an extraordinary documentary about the end of the Space Shuttle program, and the amazing New Pioneers that are succeeding it.” The documentary is called “Space Shuttle & the New Pioneers” and I recently got the chance to design an embroidered mission patch to go along with the film. Having been a fan…
Yesterday I approved the proof of Upside Down: A Vampire Tale with Top Shelf and the printer, and the book has been sent to press! Exciting! With just 39 days until October arrives, I’m finding that there is still a lot of work to be done. While we wait, I thought I’d share some more about…