Top Shelf Comix just posted 9 pages of previews from my upcoming graphic novel,ย Upside Down: A Vampire Tale. Get a taste for the 144-page comic (and sloppy rough draft of the cover)ย 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…
If you didn’t set foot into a comic shop on Saturday, May 5, then you missed out on comics’ biggest event of the year: Free Comic Book Day! The first Saturday in May is and has been designated as Free Comic Book Day, for the last eleven years. Participating comic shops in North America and…
Drawn Words has taken interviews to a whole new level! Writer Kevin Cortez, and artist Estevan Sanchez have teamed up to make the most in-depth comics-style interview since Top Shelf’s Conversation #1 and #2,ย by drawing out their interview with comics great, Jeffrey Brown. Read the full interview at Drawn Words.
Free Comic Book Day is tomorrow, Saturday May 5! Free Comic Book Day is a single day – the first Saturday in May each year – when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely freeย to anyone who comes into their stores. Find a comics shop near…
I got to do an interview withย Free Comic Book Day, and talk about my upcoming graphic novel fromย Top Shelf Productions, and next month’s free comic! Read the full interview on the FCBD site.
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…
After an incredible week of visiting high school classes via Skype and speaking at LTUE about creative processes, it’s nice to know that the fun can continue! To all of my friends who love the Boneย comics from Jeff Smith, I recommend Eisner Award-winner Aaron Renier’s The Unsinkable Walker Bean. It’s incredible. Aaron’s ability to tell…
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…
For nearly three months now I have been drawing a portrait of the late night talk show host Conan O’Brien—one for each and every single episode of his show since May 15. To date I have made 62 pictures of our friend Coco and plan on drawing a new portrait, each episode, until this October…